I hope you all had a great weekend! We enjoyed a very lovely 3-day weekend thanks to Labor Day. We were lucky enough to have some crazy cool Fall weather this weekend (like temps in the 60’s!) and so we did what you must do on a beautifully crisp day…we donned our cute fall sweaters and vests and made this:
Homemade applesauce.
It was delicious…and healthy Us mommas like when we can make something that combines those two words, don’t we!?!
We picked gobs and gobs of these beauties to make it:
Those are Jonamac apples. They are a cross between a Jonathon and MacIntosh for those of you that are interested. This combo makes for one TART apple. Perfect for making applesauce. Or eating straight up. It makes good fun watching your kids faces twist from all the extreme tartness.
The applesauce we made this weekend was done in my crockpot, of course, wouldn’t you think less of me if it wasn’t? If you’ve been a long time reader of my blog you know of my absolute love and adoration for my crockpot and well, if you are new just check out my Recipes Tab up top. So now that it’s September my trusty sidekick is revving up for another long haul, who’s excited with me?
Okay, this recipe is another easy breezy one. If you’ve never made applesauce before you must try it, it’s so easy to do. And with the crockpot it’s even easier. The ingredient list for this applesauce is simple and your prep time is quick. Are you ready? This is a good one!
Crockpot Applesauce
Recipe Type: Slow Cooker
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Ingredients
- 10-12 apples (medium to large in size)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon.
Instructions
- Core your apples and cut into chunks…really any size chunks will do.
- You can peel the apples first if you like but I don’t cause if you cook them in the crockpot the skins mostly dissolve.
- Plus, why not get a little more fiber into your diet!?!
- Mix your apples chunks, sugar and cinnamon together and pour into your crockpot.
- Add the water and cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-5.
- You may need to mash up the apples a little depending on how chunky you want it!
This is super yummy served warm with vanilla ice cream or of course just as lovely served cold as is!
Your ingredient list…simple whadiditellya!
**Side Note** Depending on your apple variety and your taste preferences you may need more sugar. Remember it’s always easier to add more than to take it away!!
All you do is cut up those apples into chunks…if you have an apple slicer it makes this job even easier.
Slice, chop, cut…you get my drift!
Mix your apples together with the sugar and cinnamon and pour into your crockpot. Cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 4-5 hours.
Then, you get this deliciousness at the end of a hard day’s work
*wink wink*
Aren’t you happy Fall is finally here!!
Me too!
Happy Tuesday!!!
My mom makes home-made apple sauce every year even though we live in Florida and have no apple orchards around! She always makes it on the stove top. I’ll have to try your crock pot version!
I can’t wait until the apples at my Mom’s are ready to be picked. This recipe is going to be the first thing I make! Thanks.
Love it! I just read your post, ran in the kitchen and made it! We got apples at a local orchard last week and I needed to make something with them before they went bad. The kids wouldn’t eat them because they were too tart. Hope these work out! Guess we will find out in about 8 hours! Thanks!
I don’t know what applesauce tastes like.
really.
Mmm. I love Jonamacs. Thanks for the tip about the skins. I had no idea. That just saved me lots of time (since I’m a slow peeler ha ha). Plus the fiber’s always welcome. I just made pear sauce in my crockpot a few weeks ago. Yummy. I’m so happy fall is coming. I just wish it lasted longer!
I have made applesauce in the crock pot before but still spent all that time peeling the apples because I didn’t know any better…so THANK YOU for telling me that its not necessary!
I do have a question though…have you ever canned applesauce? I’m wondering if I could just can it or if I need to add some type of preservative to avoid browning/discoloring…
Apple sauce won’t turn brown once it’s cooked .
We love this simple, delicious, recipe. Thanks a bunch! We’ll be making it over and over. http://myjourneyasablog.blogspot.com/2010/10/delicious-applesauce-in-crockpot.html
Hello!
I really want to try that recipe!
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I love crockpot applesauce! I don’t add cinnamon but instead I do a dash of lemon. I love the fresh, clean taste of pure apple goodness.
Hey Maggie!
I’m Chef Corey from Family Fresh Meals.We just started a new recipe Linky called Sunday Funday.This recipe would be perfect for the first week theme CROCKPOT. My kids inhale apple sauce, so this is great! Each week will be a new theme.Once this Sunday Funday gets going,I would LOVE to do a random gift card giveaway each week.But I am going to need a good amount of posts to start that,so come join the fun. At the end of the week, a recipe/blog will be picked at random to be the featured recipe for the following week. Hope you stop by and join!
http://familyfreshmeals.blogspot.com/2011/11/sunday-funday-recipe-of-week.html
XO Chef Corey
PS…am addicted to your blog 🙂
How much applesauce will this make and how long will it last in the fridge?
Thanks,Sonya
How much applesauce does this make and how long will it last in the fridge?
Thanks 🙂
This recipe makes about 8-10 servings and I’m not sure how long it would last cause ours is usually gone in two days tops. I would think maybe a week?!
This looks delicious!!! Can’t wait to try it!!
How long does it last ? Do I have to refrigerate it ?
Yes! Refrigerate it!!! And it should be eaten within a week as it is freshly made with no preservatives!!!