Homemade Applesauce with Any Apples
When you have extra apples or some that are getting soft, make Homemade Applesauce! It’s easy to make and you can use any variety of apples you want.
Servings: 8
Cost: 2.50
Ingredients
- 1 ½-2 lbs. Any Apples About 4 or 5 medium sized, peeled, cored and cut into quarters or large chunks.
- ½ Cup Water
- 1/3 Cup Granulated Sugar use more or less to taste
- ½ tsp. Lemon Juice, optional
- ⅛-¼ tsp. Cinnamon, optional
Instructions
- Prepare your apples and place in a Dutch Oven or large saucepan.
- Add the water, sugar, and cinnamon (if using) the pot and give it a good stir.
- Bring to a boil over high heat then cover and reduce heat to a simmer.
- Cook for 8-10 minutes until apples soften.
- Remove from heat and puree using an immersion blender or mash with a potato masher
- Eat warm or chilled.
- Store refrigerated, in an airtight container.
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Notes
Applesauce Tips
- Apple Peels – Don’t worry about a few little bits of missed apple peel. They’ll blend or mash up after cooking
- Coring the Apples – After peeling the apples core the apples using a gadget like this or by cutting the apple in quarters and cutting out the core.
- Chunky or Smooth Applesauce – The immersion blender makes quick work of breaking down the cooked apples. You can make it totally smooth or as chunky as you like. If you don’t have an immersion blender, simply get out the potato masher and start mashing. Apple
- Cooking Time – Different types of apples will cook up faster than others so cooking time may need to be adjusted up or down by a few minutes. You may also need to increase your cooking time if you are using a potato masher instead of an immersion blender so the apples are softer.
- Adding Cinnamon – Adding a little cinnamon to gives the sauce a little bit of warmth to it. I like to add a dash or so but add more depending on how much of a cinnamon taste you want.
- The Sugar – I find that half a cup of sugar is plenty of extra sweetness to the apples but adjust this and use as much or as little as you like.
- Lemon Juice – I add ½ tsp of Lemon Juice to the apples just so there is a little acid in the sauce, not for flavor. Just grab that “from concentrate” you have hidden on the fridge door. Again this ingredient is optional.