This super easy homemade applesauce recipe is a family tradition. I suspect it was what I lived on the first year or two of life. I remember applesauce being a major food group of my childhood.
The homemade applesauce recipe is so easy, it only has 3 ingredients…
How to Make Homemade Applesauce:
1. Wash the apples – I am using a bag of Granny Smith apples here, but any apple that is good for cooking will work great for applesauce.
2. Quarter the apples – There is no need to de-seed or de-skin.
3. Add 3-4 inches of water to pan full of apple quarters – You can cook the apples covered or uncovered. I usually leave uncovered since they are less likely to boil over and make a mess on my stove.
4. Cook until apples are soft – Some apples will keep their shape even though they are soft. Some apples like these Granny Smith just melt into a big apple-y mess. These cooked about 25 minutes.
5. Add cooked apples to food mill and applesauce magically appears – Food mills are relatively inexpensive (I think I paid $12 for mine close to 20 years ago) and a few round-n-rounds will create applesauce before your very eyes.
6. Add cinnamon and sugar to taste – These apples were pretty tart so I ended up adding 1 1/2 to 2 cups of sugar and approximately 4 T of cinnamon. The cinnamon eliminated the greenish tint of the Granny Smith sauce.
Yum!
I only make easy food. Here are a few of my favorite easy recipes:
Super easy cheeseburger runza.
Super easy and extraordinary pizza buns.
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Apple sauce is a staple at our house too! This looks so easy… now I need a food mill.
Yummy!!! I can almost smell it percolating!
I usually make apple sauce or apple pie with all the apple my 1 1/2 yr old has sampled and left around the house. One, sometimes 2 bites, then she drops them somewhere for me to find.
If you don’t have a food mill, just peel and core the apples before cooking. Then use a potato masher for chunky sauce or a blender or food processor for smooth. Yum.
So, in the first picture, the applesauce to the far left looks like it has an ear in it, but that’s not one of your listed ingredients. I was relieved
Whitney
I love super easy recipes and haven’t made homemade applesauce in YEARS!! Thanks for reminding me how good it is. Looks yummy.
I’m going to try this with my food processor. Thanks for sharing.
I love applesauce too although I’ve never made it myself. I think you’ve inspired me with this post! Thanks! Dawn (www.thewayiseethings.typepad.com)
What a super easy Applesauce recipe! I need to pick up one of those food mills so I can make some!
Looks delish!
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What an easy recipe. (I can’t wait to try it!)
OMG!! that looks so easy. I can’t believe I have never made it before.
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