This homemade applesauce recipe is easy and delicious! Lightly sweet and warmly spiced, it’s so much better than the store bought kind.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Serves 8
Ingredients
- 4 pounds apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
- 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- ⅓ cup water
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice:
- Ingredients:
- 1/4 cup cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
- Instructions:
- In a small bowl, combine the cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and cardamom.
- Use in the recipes suggested in the blog post above.
- Notes:
- Makes a heaping 1/4 cup.
- pinch of sea salt
Instructions
- Combine the apples, apple cider vinegar, and water in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Cook over low heat, stirring often, until the apples start to soften, about 4 minutes.
- Cover and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Uncover, stir in the apple pie spice and salt, cover again, and continue simmering for 10-20 more minutes, stirring occasionally, until the apples are very tender and beginning to fall apart.
- Turn the heat off and use a potato masher to mash the apples to your desired consistency (Note: don’t use a metal masher on an enameled cast-iron, non-stick, or ceramic pot. Mash the apples in a bowl or use a silicone masher). If you’d like a smoother applesauce, pulse it in a food processor.
Recipe by Love and Lemons