I made applesauce last week and it was so delicious! I ended up altering the recipes I found online because there was way too much sugar in them for my tastes. In our home, we like chunky applesauce with a little cinnamon-sugar flavor, but that still retains some of the tartness of the apples. This is how I made our applesauce.
~ 8 cups of apples, a mixture of Gala, Jonared, and Mcintosh (cored and cubed)
~ 1/4 cup of packed brown sugar
~ 3/4 cup of water
~ juice of one lemon (a medium-sized lemon will give you about 2 tablespoons)
~ most of the peel of that lemon
~ 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Put everything in one large pot and stir well. Cover and bring to a boil. Then, reduce the heat to a low simmer and let it cook for 30 minutes. Since we like it chunky I mashed up the apples right in the pan. If you want it thinner, you could definitely use an immersion or regular blender. (Make sure you fish out the lemon peel.) I then continued to let the applesauce simmer for another 15 minutes.
Enjoy!
I made apples sauce in the crockpot. It was amazing. So much better to make your own.
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