Crockpot Applesauce II

By Addie

This recipe turned out great, and actually it was so simple to prepare and turned out so well that I’ve got another batch planned for sometime this week. (I did invest in one of those peeler, corer, slicers over the weekend, which made a huge difference in the simplicity factor.) There’s not much of a recipe to applesauce, and it’s easy to adjust to your preferences, but I’ll include the recipe I followed. It cooked perfectly in the crockpot in about 3 1/2 hours before I pureed it with my immersion blender (we aren’t chunky applesauce people). It tasted great and only took about 15-20 minutes of hands on time to prepare. I think it’s safe to say that our freezer will be full of homemade applesauce by the end of apple season.

Ingredients

• 3 pounds apples (6-9), peeled, cored, and cut into 1 1/2 inch chunks
• 1 cup apple juice or apple cider, plus extra as needed
• 2 Tbsp sugar, plus extra as needed
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon (or 2 cinnamon sticks)

Preparation

Step 1

Combine all ingredients in slow cooker. Cover and cook until apples are very soft and beginning to disintegrate, about 4 hours on low. Remove cinnamon sticks if using. Mash apples thoroughly with potato masher (or blend with immersion blender). Season with additional sugar/cinnamon to taste and adjust consistency with additiona hot apple juice or cider as needed.
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Recommended Apples:
Jonagold, Pink Lady, Jonathan, Golden Delicious, Empire, Mcintosh, Rome


Not Recommended Apples:
Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Braeburn, Cortland, Baldwin, Norther Spy, Honeycrisp