Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Katie Workman, The Associated Press For me, it’s just not fall unless there is at least one apple picking outing. It’s been a family tradition since I was ...

Apple butter is very versatile. It can be added to oatmeal, served on top of pancakes, smeared onto a slice of toast with butter, can be added to baked goods, and more. Thick and super yummy, this ...

Peel and core the apples. I used an apple corer and slicer, but you can also use a potato peeler and a knife. From there, chop the apples into 1-inch chunks. Put all apples in a slow cooker that will ...

For me, it’s just not fall unless there is at least one apple picking outing. It’s been a family tradition since I was little — even though I actually fell out of an apple tree and broke my leg when I ...

For me, it’s just not fall unless there is at least one apple-picking outing. It’s been a family tradition since I was little - even though I actually fell out of an apple tree and broke my leg when I ...

Apple butter was the fall essential long before pumpkin spice lattes. Not much beats homemade apple butter bubbling on the stovetop. Except maybe enjoying it on toast, scones and biscuits. Ben Libay, ...

This is the second in a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” Cooking columnist Ben Mims follows up stone fruit jam with his take on autumnal apple butter. Before there ...

This story is a component of the feature “Seasons of Preserves: Apple Butter,” which is part of a four-part series on preserving fruit at home called “L.A. in a Jar.” When making fruit jam, which is ...