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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