You really can make your own homemade applesauce. It’s surprisingly easy!
Even if you’re on a budget and don’t have lots of fancy tools it’s not difficult to make it work. If you can get a WONDERFUL contraption like this one, then you can quickly make apple sauce…and any other sauce. But you don’t have to have any fancy tools to make homemade applesauce from scratch.
All you really need is a pot and a knife. If you have those, then you’re ready to go.
Homemade Apple Sauce Step by Step with Pictures:
1) Wash apples. You can use as many pounds as your pot or slow cooker can fit. Any apples will do, but sweeter apples are better. You’ll find different apples will have different textures as well.
2) Core apples. You can peal them if you want, but you don’t have to. By not peeling them you will be retaining all those wonderful nutrients in the peel.
3) Add about 2 inches of water or apple juice to the pot. This is usually about 4 cups, depending on the pot. Then add the juice from one lemon.
4) Cook apples on low until they are soft. This will take 1- 2 hours depending on the temperature. I like to get them before they are completely mush. This way they will still have a little texture. Some people add a little brown sugar at this point. I like to just add cinnamon.
5) If you have removed the peels, just crush with a potato masher and add to sanitized jars. If you left the skins on, add the mixture to a blender and blend.
6) Place the jars in the freezer or fridge, or process jars for canning (Put hot mixture in jars that have been boiled. Seal with lid and boil in water for another 5 minutes. Let cool and lids should pop down).
Homemade Applesauce Recipe
This recipe makes about 64 ounces. I like to use smaller jars so that what I open doesn’t have time to go bad before we use it all.
Add cinnamon and brown sugar, or just cinnamon if that’s your preference.
Homemade Applesauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 pounds apples
- 4 cups water
- 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon , optional
- ½ cup brown sugar , optional
Instructions
- Wash and core apples (peel if desired)4 pounds apples
- Add 4 cups of water to the pot and the juice of 1 lemon.4 cups water, 1 lemon
- Cook apples on low until they are soft. You can use a slow cooker if desired. This will take 1- 2 hours depending on the temperature. I like to get them before they’re completely mush, where they still have a little texture.
- Some people add a little brown sugar at this point. I like to just add cinnamon.1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/2 cup brown sugar
- If you have removed the peels, just crush with a potato masher if necessary and add to sanitized jars. If you left the skins on, just add the mixture to a blender and blend.
- Place jars in freezer (with 2 in head space) or the refrigerator, or process jars for canning (Put hot mixture in jars that have been boiled. Seal with lid and boil in water for another 5 minutes. Let cool and lids should pop down).
