Homemade Apple Sauce Recipe
I can applesauce each year for my kids. They love it! I love to eat the applesauce warm, so my favorite way to eat it is right after it cooks. My kids love it anyway that they can get it. This is the one thing that I never seem to be able to can enough of. You can cook these down in a big stock pot or in a crock pot. If you are cooking it in a stock pot, you will need to stir more frequently.
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Recipe type: side dish
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Prep time: 30 mins
Cook time: 30 mins
Total time: 1 hour
Serves: 5-6 pints
This is a delicious, easy apple sauce recipe that is sure to please!
Ingredients
- 12 cups of apples, peeled, cored and pureed in a food processor, or finely chopped
- 1/-2 to 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon of cinnamon or 1/2 cup cinnamon candies or both
- 3 Tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Peel, core and slice the apples. I use a corer, peeler, slicer. I place the apples in a bowl and sprinkle them with the lemon juice.
- Puree the apples to desired consistency. I like mine chunky, so I only pulse the apples a few times in the food processor.
- Place the apples which are pureed and have been sprinkled with lemon juice to the stock pot or crockpot.
- Add the sugar, cinnamon or cinnamon candies, and stir. If your apples are really sweet, you will not need much sugar at all, for tarter apples, you can add more sugar.
- You will want to put a lid on the crockpot and stock pot.
- In the stock pot method, you will want to stir every few minutes to ensure that the apples are not burning. Usually you only have to cook this for about 30 minutes.
- In the crockpot, I usually let mine cook for a couple of hours.
- Since I have four children, I can my apple sauce in quart jars.
- If you are canning your applesauce, place it into sterilized jars. The pint jars will process for 15 minutes in a boiling water bath, and the quart jars will process for 20 minutes in a boiling water bath. If you live at a high altitude, you will need to add 5 minutes per 1,000 feet to your processing times.
- I usually will make 10 times this amount and use both methods. I will can the apple sauce in the stock pot first, then the apple sauce in the crock pot.
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Thank you!! I mean to can applesauce every year, but have never gotten to it!! Maybe I’ll actually do it this year!! :) Thanks for the great recipe and reminder!
You are very welcome! I hope that you enjoy it!
What a timely post. I canned for the first time this year and have a bag of apples on my counter that I need to do something with before they go bad. Applesauce, which my daughter eats daily, seems like the perfect solution. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this! Looks great!
Looks great. Visiting from Rook.
yummy. I love the smell of applesauce cooking in fall. And I love the homey way it makes the house smell. Sweet memories. I started a link party at my blog and I’d love for you to link this up. If you’re interested it’s http://caribbeanmissionarywife.blogspot.com/ Have a lovely day, Maria
We are a fan of applesauce here too! I have never canned it before, but would love to give it a try. Thanks for sharing how to do so!
One of the best things about Fall- homemade applesauce!
Thanks for sharing the recipe and for linking up to the Frugal Tuesday Tip!
I’ve never amde applesauce, I’ve been working with pears these last few days ,love the crock pot idea
Helen
I’ve never made applesauce, but I’ve really been thinking about trying. Now that I know I can do it in my crockpot I’m even more on board!!!
Your house must smell fantastic with this cooking away in a slow cooker. Perhaps I should give it a try! I’m going to print the recipe. Thank you.
-Karen
It does smell so good! I just love the way that the house smells in the fall with the apples and pumpkin! So much fun!! Thanks for printing the recipe, Karen!
Actually, I can’t seem to get it loaded all the way. I see it on the screen but the icon keeps circling and I haven’t been able to print. It must be something at my end. I can always write it out later, Rene.
Thanks for sharing. I love applesauce and so do my grandkids.
This seems super easy! I will be trying this! Thanks for sharing. Visiting from A Glimpse Inside link party.
I just love this recipe – I make it often in my crock pot! We really enjoy applesauce here. Thanks so much for bringing to Friday Potluck!
Love this recipe!! Great!! Thanks for linking to Things I’ve Done Thursday!
Melanie
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Hi Rene,
Your Apple Sauce Recipe looks delicious. We just love a good homemade Apple Sauce. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and have a great week end!
Come Back Soon,
Miz Helen
We love apples anyway you fix them. Your suggestion to can apples when you have an abundance is timely!
This sounds yummy with great instructions…I’ll have to try it!
I love applesauce. This would be perfect w/ the pork roast I’m posting tomorrow. Have a blessed week.
I’m always looking for new and creative ways to use my crockpot. Looks like I’ve found one! Great to have you be a part of Seasonal Sundays.
- The Tablescaper
Love apple sauce! And fall is the perfect time for this treat! Thanks for partying at Fancy This again this week!
Mmmm…a perfect applesauce recipe! You have me feeling inspired to pack up the crew and go apple picking this weekend!
Thank you for sharing your recipe at Rook No. 17!
Jenn
I love your recipes so much! You’ve been an inspiration to cook healthier. Would you consider doing a apple pie recipe? My daughter loves it and I can’t find a recipe like. Thanks a lot ! :)
I baked an apple pie last week. I might have even taken pictures. I would be more than happy to share!
Sounds really good. My kids are weird, they are not big apple sauce fans, but this might change their mind. Thanks for sharing at Bacon Time.
I am not a huge applesauce fan either, but I love it when it is just made, and warm. My kids love it all the time. (-: They could eat a quart at a time, and have! LOL!
oh so yummy
Thank you so very much for joining the T’ Time Link Party last week! I really love to see all the wonderful ideas. Link parties are also a great way to get your blog out there for others to see. Hope to see you today! Maria Raising4Princesses
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