I am lazy and skipped the browning of the meat in the pan and it tasted just fine. I couldn't find the condensed french onion soup at the grocery store so I substituted an envelope onion soup mix. I figured that if I used half the water that the onion soup called for it would make the soup "condensed". Well that ended up being WAY too much water. If I made it again this way I would probably add somewhere between 1/4 -1/2 cup water instead of the 2 cups that I tried. My butt roast was 5 1/2 lbs so I put 1.5 times all the other ingredients. The flavor was wonderful but a little milder than I was looking for. It probably would have had a fuller flavor if I hadn't watered it down so much. I will look for this condensed french onion soup at a difference grocery store before making again, but if I can't find it, I will still make again using the packet and less water. I made Uncle Earl's NC BBQ sauce to go with the meat and that tasted really good because the sauce ingredients were similar to what the roast was cooking in.

Reviewed On: Jan. 5, 2010

I made some pulled pork that was a little plain and I was looking for a quick fix so I tried this. The quantity is WAY more than I needed so I just squirted a little ketchup in a bowl and eyeballed the rest of the ingredients. I didn't put in the butter because the quantity was so small and I didn't have any hot sauce plus I don't like things too spicy. I didn't even cook the sauce because I was in a hurry but the ketchup/vinegar/sugar/pepper flakes combo was just what I was looking for. I'm sure it tastes even better if you follow the recipe.

Reviewed On: Jan. 5, 2010

This was delicious. I was surprised how easy it was. I halved the recipe (using 1 small can of pumpkin) and only cooked it for 1 hour. This made just about the right amount that I think I will eat in a month without needing to freeze any. Definitely keep the lid on the pot and just crack it or else it will splatter everywhere. Be careful when taking the lid off so that the apple butter doesn't jump up and burn you. I made whole wheat honey bread for a bread machine from this site, toasted it and topped it with butter and this pumpkin apple butter. A delicious fall treat!

Reviewed On: Nov. 14, 2009