Fall means homemade apple sauce! This recipe is super easy and doesn’t take long (well, depends on how much you make!).
Growing up, we had apple trees on a side hill of our house. We usually got a good bagful each year, but they were typically gross and sour. Not even good enough for pies! So, my mom always made the not-so-good apples into the best amazing apple sauce!
We would save some for Thanksgiving, and it was always a special treat when it appeared for other dinners throughout the season.
Making this apple sauce is super easy! Just wash them, chop them up and plop them into a pot to boil. Let them cook for 20-30 minutes, and then my favorite part!
Pushing and squishing the soft apples through the old-fashion apple sauce maker! Fun fact about the one I use, it used to be my great-grandmother’s!
Now, technically you could use a food processor and grind it all up, but I think it’s fun to get away from the electric appliances sometimes (not when making whipped cream, though, never again!). If you have kiddos around, too, this is a super fun way that they can help!
My nephew that I nanny loves to help in the kitchen, and it’s so fun (and stressful sometimes)! Though, he was content just watching me make the apple sauce this time, maybe next year!
If you don’t have an old-fashion apple sauce maker and don’t want to use the processor, you could always use a standard sieve. Though the deep cylinder part of the apple sauce maker really does help!
Now enough chatting, time for the recipe!
Super Easy Stove-Top Apple Sauce
Ingredients:
- 6 large apples
- Cinnamon ( optional)
- Sugar (optional)
Instructions:
Wash the apples well and chop them up, no peeling or coring needed. Size doesn’t matter, but I usually chop them up into 6ths or 8ths.
Put the apples in a pot, with an inch or two of water at the bottom, and steam for 20-30 minutes, or until very soft. Give it a stir once in a while, and letting all the apple fumes fill your house.
Once the apples are all soft, put them through the apple sauce maker.
You can add sugar and cinnamon or leave it plain.
Store it in the fridge, put some in the freezer, or eat it all in one sitting because it’s that good!
Notes:
I used about 1-1.5 tsp of cinnamon for 2.5-3 cups of apple sauce. For sugar, I used no more than 2 Tbsp.
Enjoy!
~Becky 🙂
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