How to Can Grape Butter

Grape butter is a great way to use up Concord grapes from a farmer’s market or your own yard. Mixed with equal parts sugar and placed in a quick water bath, this butter will be perfect all year!

Prep time: PT10M

Cook time: PT40M

Total time: PT50M

Rating

5 stars (4 reviews)

Keywords

grape, grape butter, jam, preserved

Ingredients

6 cups Concord grapes (removed from stems and washed (see note below))
6 cups granulated sugar

Cuisine

American

Steps

Combine grapes and sugar in a heavy-bottom kettle and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
Continue boiling until the mixture is at a rolling boil (a boil that cannot be stirred down) and boil for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes, remove from heat and push through a cone strainer with paddle. Work through strainer leaving pulp and seeds behind.
Fill prepared jars, wipe off, and place on lids and rings.
Place in the waiting water bath for 10 minutes.
Remove from water bath and let cool for 24 hours before removing rings and storing.

Nutitrion

Serving Size: 1 tbsp
Calories: 39 kcal

Reviews

Jamie on 2024-09-20 (5 stars):
Thank you for this very easy and very delicious recipe!! I made 3 batches with our Fontenac grapes and the last batch I made spiced (3/4t cinnamon, 3/4t cloves, 3/4t allspice).
Lynn on 2022-09-28 (5 stars):
So delicious! My grandma always made grape butter when I was a kid! Thanks for the inspiration to carry on her tradition, Kaleb.
Kathy on 2022-09-18 (5 stars):
Made today. Amazing! And amazingly simple to do. I cooked mine for 25 minutes and it’s perfectly set. Got 6 of the half pint quilted Ball jelly jars. Going to make another batch tomorrow. And I used paraffin to seal. Have using paraffin on jams for 50 years with no problems. Thanks for the recipe.