Homemade Applesauce
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Homemade Applesauce
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You only need four ingredients to make my flavorful, homemade applesauce recipe. This quick and easy recipe uses just one pot and finishes in less than an hour. It's also super customizable!Scroll down to the how-to video for instructions!
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Ingredients
- 3 3 lbs apples peeled, cored, and diced to be about ½" (I recommend using a crisp, sweet apple like Fuji, Honeycrisp, Gala, Pink Lady, or Cortland.) Weigh before peeling/coring apples.
- 1 1 cup water
- 3 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar¹
- 2 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 2 cinnamon sticks² optional, see note to omit or use ground cinnamon
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Instructions
- Combine apples, water, sugar, lemon juice, and cinnamon sticks in a large pot on the stovetop. Stir to combine.
- Turn stovetop heat to medium and bring mixture to a simmer. Reduce heat to medium/low, cover with lid, and continue to cook for 20-30 minutes, checking/stirring just once or twice to make sure the heat is not too high and apples are not burning to the bottom of the pot.
- Cook until apples are completely soft and tender when pierced with a fork (they should give easily to the fork and offer no resistance).
- Remove from heat and carefully remove cinnamon sticks. Mash with a potato masher (for chunkier applesauce) or blend with an immersion blender until smooth (for a smoother applesauce). You may also transfer the apples to a blender and puree until smooth if you don’t have an immersion blender.
- If applesauce is too watery for your liking you can return to the stovetop and cook over medium/low heat, stirring occasionally, until the water is reduced and mixture is the desired consistency.
- Allow to cool and then serve!
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Notes
- I recommend using the amount listed, but you may reduce or even omit the sugar (if you have very sweet, flavorful apples) or increase it up to 4 Tablespoons or even more if you are using particularly tart apples. Brown sugar (light or dark), honey, or maple syrup may be substituted for the sugar but each will impart their own flavor into the applesauce.
- I like to use cinnamon sticks for a subtle cinnamon-flavored applesauce. You may omit if you do not like the flavor. If you do not have them but want the flavor, stir in ½ teaspoon of ground cinnamon after pureeing/mashing the applesauce.
- This applesauce recipe may be reduced in half or doubled or even tripled (if you have a pot that’s large enough). I usually only add an additional ½ cup (113ml) of water for every additional 3 lbs (1.4kg) of apples that I use.
- Store in a sealed container in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Applesauce may also be stored in the freezer for 6 months or longer, just use an airtight container, preferably a plastic bag that you can remove the air from. To defrost I thaw in the fridge overnight. While this applesauce recipe may be canned, I have not personally canned it and don’t feel comfortable advising on the specifics of how to do so. Here is a canning guide that I found that may be helpful, though!
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1cup
Calories
193kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
51g
(17%)
Protein
1g
(2%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Sodium
6mg
(0%)
Potassium
333mg
(10%)
Fiber
8g
(32%)
Sugar
39g
(78%)
Vitamin A
168IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
15mg
(17%)
Calcium
36mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 5cups (1 liter)
Amount Per Serving
Calories 193 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cup | |
| Calories | 193kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 51g | 17% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 6mg | 0% |
| Potassium | 333mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 8g | 32% |
| Sugar | 39g | 78% |
| Vitamin A | 168IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 15mg | 17% |
| Calcium | 36mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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