From a Carriage Shop to a Pennsylvania Dutch Tradition
Bauman's Fruit Butters
Bauman’s began in 1892 when John W. Bauman purchased a cider press and installed it in his carriage-manufacturing shop. Before long, he was using a traditional family recipe to make apple butter for neighboring farmers, who knew it by its Pennsylvania German name, “lattwaerrick.”
As word spread, apple butter gradually replaced carriage making as the family business. More than a century later, Bauman’s continues to produce fruit butters, cider, and other Pennsylvania Dutch specialties in Sassamansville, Pennsylvania.
Shop Bauman's Gift SetsA Wide Selection of Classic Fruit Butter Flavors
Apple Butter
Bauman’s Apple Butter is made in season and in small batches by a Pennsylvania Dutch family, using a centuries-old recipe with clean, fresh apples and pure apple cider.
A Taste of Bauman’s
Select gift sets include Bauman’s Fruit Butter, one of the most unique parts of our gift collection. These old-fashioned fruit butters bring Pennsylvania Dutch flavor and history into the gift. When Bauman’s Fruit Butter is part of a gift set, we include our own in-house recipe ideas so the recipient has simple ways to enjoy it. On those product pages, you may also see a Bauman’s Alert explaining why that fruit butter pairing makes the set special.
Gift Sets Featuring Bauman's
Bauman’s fruit butters add a genuine Pennsylvania story to our gift collections. Their smooth texture and orchard-inspired flavors pair naturally with bread mixes, pancakes, tea, honey, coffee, and other small-batch American favorites.
Every Gift With a Story collection includes information about the products and their historical significance, along with a custom Prohibition-inspired occasion story at no additional charge.
