My CSA for this year is still going and I’ve been getting tons of apples every week. We haven’t been able to keep up with them and I started looking for applesauce recipes to use them up yesterday. My original thought was to make something in the crockpot but realized that it was too late in the day to get that project started.
I did find a stovetop recipe that seemed suitable, on my favorite food blog, of course:
Pioneer Woman Homemade Applesauce
I adapted her recipe as follows:
I had about 9 or 10 apples of different sizes and varieties. I peeled them (but not completely because my goal was not perfectly smooth applesauce)(plus I hate peeling apples). I cored and cut them into large pieces, and threw them into a large pot.
I didn’t have the lemon juice or apple juice her recipe called for so I used about a cup of water. Next time I’d probably stick to about 3/4 cup. I sprinkled enough cinnamon to cover the surface of the apples, and added 1/4 cup of Florida Crystals Demerara Cane Sugar.
I let everything simmer on medium for about 30-40 minutes, until the apples were soft. I started checking them around the 20 minute mark. Once they were soft, I removed from heat and used a potato masher on them until I was happy with the texture.
Loved it! This made enough for about 4 bowls and was not overly sweet.
