I have to say that I never thought I would be making my own applesauce. Seriously. Well, since I became a stay at home mother, a lot of things have changed for me. I have become a regular Betty Crocker.
Today, I decided to make the plunge to make homemade applesauce. Well, I was almost forced to when hubby walks through the door with about 200 apples.
I started looking around online to see what recipes I could do with the kitchen appliances that I had. I couldn’t really find anything just right, so I decided to sit and read for a bit, then thought I would get up and just start messing around. Guess what? My recipe that was invented off the bat – well, the kids love! I, personally do not like applesauce, but I tried this and I have to say that it was pretty darn good!
I did not use any measuring cups, so the below is my guesstimate, so feel free to taste as you go along.
- Take a large pot, fill it with about an inch of apple juice and about an inch of water.
- Take your apples, peel them, cut them in to wedges – core out. I used a $10.00 apple peeler that I bought at a local kitchen retailer. It was on sale from $20. What a steal! Also, the apple corer was about $4.00.
- Boil the wedges on high, until you can poke a fork through them softly.
- Once they are soft, drain and put in a food processor. I used my Cuisinart Elite Collection 14-Cup Food Processor
- Pulse until they are at the consistency that you like.
- I did not add any sugar to the mixture, but I did add sprinkles of cinnamon to taste as the kids like.
- If you like your applesauce sweeter, then you can add white or brown sugar to taste, otherwise the apple juice that the apples are boiled in, will give them a nice sweet flavor.
- Once the mixture is done to your liking, you can freeze in to servings for up to a year, in a good deep freeze.Otherwise, you can make mixtures in jars to can. Applesauce will can very nicely!
Pictures of my adventure:
Here is a video I made throughout my process showing you what I did. I hope this will help explain what I didn’t verbalize in words.
To ‘can’ these, all I do is use my regular large pot, sterilize the lids & seals, put the applesauce in the jars, lids & seals on, then I heat while they are in the tall pan, take out of the boiling water, then turn upside down on a towel, leave overnight – you will hear the lids pop in when they are sealed. Walah – Canned applesauce!
Happy Applesauce making!
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I’m not a big fan of applesauce but I’d try yours. LOL
Lee
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Good job, momma! Looks yummy!
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Wow that looks deliscious. I have not made applesauce since my kids were babies and I was doing the homemade babyfood thing. i know it is a really versatile ingrediant to becuase I have cake and bread recipes that you can substitute applesauce instead of oil. Thanks for the tutorial Tanya!
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I love that little peeler thingie you have there. I so need one of those
I’m not an applesauce fan either, but my kids like it. I may have to try it!
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That seems a whole lot easier than the way we used to do it growing up! We didn’t have food processors, and so we had to mash the apples by hand.
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I love applesauce! Send me some!
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You make it sound so easy. My aunt gave me a 50lb box of apples a couple weeks ago and I’ve been trying to push them off on everybody because I didn’t know what to do with that many apples. I’ll have to give the applesauce a go.
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I have always wanted to try making my own applesauce. I will have to give this a try!
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The apple peeler corer from pampered chef is the way to go, that thing is amazing! I’ve never boiled them in apple juice, but that is a good idea!
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Man, that brings back memories. I used to make applesauce with my aunt.
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That is really awesome Tanya. I had no idea apple sauce was that easy. Now I just need one of those super cool apple peelers and a food processor.
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I love that you made a video, that is so neat. I’m going to be looking to get an apple peeler/corer (I hate peeling and cutting myself), bc this looks so easy and I know my kids would love it. Yay for yummy and nutritious snacks! Thanks!
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I want one of those pealers! Way cool! You made it look so easy. I’ve never made apple sauce before so I may have to try it. Thanks babe!
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I do mine in the crockpot and smash with either a fork or potato masher for a chunky applesauce and add a bit of brown sugar with a cinnamon blend. The house smells INCREDIBLE and I canned 9 jars…more to come since my parent’s orchard is overflowing this year!
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Loooks SOOOO yummy!
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