Easy Homemade Applesauce

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5 from 17 votes

Skip the store-bought and make your own applesauce from scratch!

Course sauce, Snack

Cuisine American

Diet Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings cups

Calories 160kcal

Author Tracy

Equipment

Ingredients

2 1/2 lbs honeycrisp apples
3/4 cups water
1 tablespoon lemon juice
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
2 teaspoons brown sugar up to 1 1/2 tablespoons

Instructions

Peel and Core Apples: Peel and core the apples and chop them into 1-inch pieces.
Cook Apples: Add chopped apples, water, lemon juice, sugar, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg to a pot and heat on high. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat slightly to a strong simmer. Let simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the apples are fork tender. Taste apples for sweetness. Add more sugar if desired (see recipe notes).
Blend: Add it all to a Vitamix or other blender and blend until creamy or desired consistency.
Enjoy hot or let cool and store in the fridge.

Video

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Notes

The nutritional value is per 1 cup of applesauce.

Storage

Fridge: This is a great make-ahead snack for the week as it will last in the fridge for up to 1 week.

Freezer: Store in a freezer-safe container for up to 6 months.

Canning: Use safe water bath canning methods to can!

Substitutions

Apples: Honeycrisp are our favorites to use but you can also use another sweet apple like cosmic crisp, gala, fuji, or your other favorite apples. Just keep in mind the more tart the apple, the more tart the applesauce, therefore if using a less sweet apple, you may want to use more sugar to bring up the sweetness of the applesauce.

Cinnamon: Adjust to your preference!

Ginger: Optional, but we just love the combination of apple and ginger together. This amount of ginger adds a little kick of flavor that makes you go "mmmm, what is that?"

Sugar: Adjust to your preference! We find that the least amount that will make just a slightly sweet applesauce is about 2 teaspoons when using Honeycrisp apples. This is the least we can use with our kids still loving it. Anything less, they think it's not sweet enough. You can use up to 1 1/2 tablespoons for a much sweeter applesauce with 1 tablespoons being a good sweet applesauce.

Blending

Blend to your preference! If you like a chunkier sauce then don't blend completely, or you could even mash by hand to keep some nice big apple chunks. We prefer a very creamy applesauce and find that using a blender is the best way to achieve this texture.

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