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Easy Homemade Applesauce Recipe

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The best thing about this homemade applesauce recipe is you can use apples you like to make the best tasting applesauce.

What apples do you use for applesauce?

Take a look at this apple chart to find the perfect apple for you. Based on this chart you can choose what blend of apples would be the best to use for your own applesauce recipe. I love golden delicious, since if falls right in the middle of the apple chart. These are just sweet enough without the need to add any sugar. Also you can try a blend of sweet to tart apples to create the best homemade applesauce for you.

Easy Homemade Applesauce Recipe

My love affair with my slow cooker continues with this homemade applesauce recipe. This is the one I use and love it. I broke out my slow cooker once again for this awesome sauce recipe. To make it really smooth I use a hand blender like this one. 

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Slow Cooker Applesauce Recipe

Find out how easy it is to make a homemade applesauce recipe in your slow cooker. No added sugar or ingredients for this all natural applesauce recipe.

Course Snacks
Cuisine American
Keyword homemade applesauce, recipe, slow cooker applesauce
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Servings 16
Author Amy

Ingredients

  • 4 lbs Apples
  • 1 Tblsp Lemon Juice

Instructions

  1. Wash four to five pounds of apples. No need for accurate measurements here.

  2. The ease in this applesauce recipe is to peel, core and cut apples. Cut apples into large slices. No need to be fancy here, just trying to get all the apples in the pot.

  3. Place the apples in the slow cooker on low for around 7 to 9 hours.

  4. After 8 hours remove the lid and stir the apples. Sometimes the apples just fall to pieces and make a great apple sauce. Other times you may want to get a masher and mash them up a bit or use a immersion blender to blend up the apples for a smooth applesauce.

  5. Get a few canning jars and add the delicious applesauce and seal tight with lids. Place in a large pot of boiling water for about 20 minutes to seal remove and wait for the lids to pop. This applesauce will keep for around 6 months in a dark pantry or a year in the freezer. If they don't pop eat those first.

Recipe Notes

  • Lemon juice is optional. If you do not use it, your applesauce will be more brown in color. Still very tasty

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How long does homemade applesauce last?

When this applesauce recipe is canned it can last 6 months canned in the jar or up to 12 months when frozen. Who knew it was this simple? I have to admit I have been canning and making it homemade this year and it has been really nice to enjoy food that I have prepared and put away myself without any added preservatives or chemicals in my food. I know I am giving my kids good food to eat. Now I just need to grow the apple tree to have fresh apples all the time.

Find more healthy slow cooker recipes here. 

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Have you ever made applesauce? Did you know it was this easy?

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Comments

    • Amy says

      It makes about 3-4 jars of applesauce. I would recommend canning them to ensure no air gets in to prevent spoilage. You may be able to freeze the applesauce if you are not going to can them, but I have not tried this method.

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  4. Diane says

    Yes, you can freeze the applesauce. I actually put the cooled applesauce in plastic cups , cover and freeze that way. IT stays good at least 6 months.

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