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Get Your Apple Butter!
Get Your Apple Butter!
This year, jars of apple butter will be available outside the Visitor Center, along with specialty items from the Explore Store.
At this time, all items are available for in-person purchase only.
What is Apple Butter?
What is Apple Butter?
Apple butter isn't actually butter! It's a thick, rich spread made by slowly cooking apples with cider, sugar, and spices until the flavors deepen and caramelize. The name comes from its smooth, "buttery" texture, not from dairy.
How Long Does It Take?
How Long Does It Take?
Traditionally, apple butter is made in a large kettle over an open fire. It's stirred for hours (sometimes all day!) to keep it from sticking or burning. At the Apple Butter Festival, our stirring traditions are about community. Volunteers and Star Stirrers take turns at the paddle, showing visitors just how much time and effort go into making apple butter the old-fashioned way.
Traditionally, apple butter is made in a large kettle over an open fire. It's stirred for hours (sometimes all day!) to keep it from sticking or burning. At the Apple Butter Festival, our stirring traditions are about community. Volunteers and Star Stirrers take turns at the paddle, showing visitors just how much time and effort go into making apple butter the old-fashioned way.
The apple butter jars you’ll find for sale are made using the same long, careful cooking process. Every purchase brings home a taste of fall while also supporting Fenner’s work in conservation, education, and stewardship.
The apple butter jars you’ll find for sale are made using the same long, careful cooking process. Every purchase brings home a taste of fall while also supporting Fenner’s work in conservation, education, and stewardship.
FUN FACTS!
FUN FACTS!
Apple butter has been around for centuries, first made as a way to preserve apples through the winter.
Because it’s so concentrated, it has a long shelf life, making it both delicious and practical.
It can take up to eight pounds of apples to make one pound of apple butter! The exact amount can vary depending on the apples' water content, size, and how long you reduce the mixture.
Apples are Michigan's most valuable food crop, with this state being the third-largest apple-producing state in the U.S.
Explore Store
Explore Store
Bring a piece of Fenner home with you! Every purchase directly supports our mission, so when you shop, you’re not just picking up something fun—you’re helping care for the trails, habitats, and programs that make Fenner special.
Apple Butter
Fenner T-shirt
Maple Syrup
Fenner Tote Bag
FNC Sticker
"Dead Body Creek" Sticker
Maple Grove Sticker
Fenner Tick Socks
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