Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Apple butter is a smooth puree of fruit — rather than chunks — and must be approached differently than jam. (Rebecca Peloquin/For ...

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 ...

Every once in a while, my father would bake biscuits for breakfast. He made them the only way I knew they could be made: out of a box. Only after I was grown did I realize that box-made buttermilk ...

Every once in a while, my father would bake biscuits for breakfast. He made them the only way I knew they could be made: out of a box. Only after I was grown did I realize that box-made buttermilk ...

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 ...