Homemade applesauce
Making this delicious homemade applesauce is easy and will fill your house with amazing scents. Forget store-bought applesauce forever!
Servings: 8
Calories: 121kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 lbs apples (any variety)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 vanilla bean
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Wash the apples and cut them in quarters. If you have a food mill to process the applesauce, leave the peel and core on. If you do not have a food mill, peel and core the apples.
- Split the vanilla bean lengthwise.
- In a large stock pot or Dutch oven, combine all ingredients.
- Cover and bring to a boil over medium-low heat. Reduce to low and cook 45 minutes until apples are falling apart. Stir occasionally and make sure the apples are not scorching (add a splash of water if they are).
- Larger apples will take longer to cook. If the apples are not falling apart after 45 minutes, cook another 10 to 15 minutes and check again.
- Uncover pot and let apples cool slightly.
- Working in batches, pass apples through a food mill fitted with a fine or medium disk into a large bowl. Discard solids.
- If using a food processor or blender, process the apples in batches until smooth.
Nutrition
Calories: 121kcal | Total Carbohydrate: 32g | Protein: 1g | Total Fat: 0.5g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 248mg | Dietary Fiber: 6g | Total Sugars: 24g | Vitamin A: 124IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.3mg | Includes Added Sugar: 0g