apple butter bbq wings

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 cup musselman's® apple butter
• 1/2 cup hot sauce (use your favorite brand and level of heat)
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/2 teaspoon celery salt
• 2 pounds uncooked chicken wings, cut in 2 sections, or chicken drummettes (can also use fresh chicken tenders)
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Recipe

• heat oven to 375 degrees f.
• mix together the apple butter, hot sauce, ketchup, and celery salt in a medium bowl. reserve 3/4 cup of the sauce as a dip; cover and refrigerate.
• place the wings in plastic zip storage bag with the remaining sauce. seal the bag and coat all the wings. refrigerate 2 hours to overnight.
• for easy cleanup, line baking pan (about 10x13-inch) with foil. remove wings from the marinade bag and place in a single layer in the pan. reserve the bag of marinade.
• bake wings for 30 minutes. turn wings and baste with the remaining marinade. bake an additional 30 minutes or until wings are fork-tender. discard any remaining marinade in the bag.
• warm the 3/4 cup of reserved sauce with the melted butter and serve as a dipping sauce with wings.