Ingredients
serves 4 – 6
IngredientsÂ
6 apples
2 bitten apples by your toddler
4 pears
water
*all ingrendients easily adjustable. Add more or less as you see fit.
Preparation
1- Core and peel your apples and peers. (Peeling your apples is optional. If you want your applesauce to be even more rustic, keep your skin or at least some of them.)
2- Cut up your fruit in any which way and toss them in the pot with 2 tbsp of water. Cover the pot with a lid and bring the fruit to a soft boil and then turn down the heat to low. Simmer on low for 10 minutes.
3- Once your fruit is soft you can take off the lid so that some of the moisture evaporates and your applesauce will be less juicy and more applesaucy. Using a fork, start crushing up your fruit. Make it as “chunky” or crushed as you prefer. Serving warm is a bonus! Enjoy.
*this can keep up to a week in the fridge.
**if you are freezing some, make sure to leave 1-1.5 inches of room in your jar to allow space for expansion.
Step 1
Gather your ingredients. 6 apples, 2 bitten by your toddler apples, 4 pears.
I like to core all of my fruit in one go using my pointed peeler. I try and get the seeds out at this point.
For my apples, I peel them whole and then slice it down the middle and cut out the tough part that I couldn't get with the peeler.
For the pears, since they are usually softer than the apples I cut them up into fours, take out the seeds and then peel them.
I cut up my fruit into small pieces but this is not necessary. They can be bigger and uneven too!
Once all the fruit is cut up I cover the bottom of the pot with some water. Not even 1/2 an inch, put a lid on and turn it on medium-high heat to bring it to a boil.
Everything that didn't make it into the pot will go into our compost.
This is what your fruit will look like as it softens and cooks. Your home will smell so good at this point!
Then it will itself start to breakdown.
Use a fork to crush up the fruit to a texture of your liking. You can, even, use an immersion blender if you want a soft applesauce as opposed to rustic.
This is where I wanted it in terms of rusticness.
I have one jar for the fridge and one for the freezer. The jar in back had been already eaten out of! Enjoy!
Making applesauce at home is really quite easy. It takes a little time but can be done over the course of an evening if that is what is manageable. Nothing is really precious here in terms of timing. The one thing that could backfire is that you wait a few hours between cutting up your fruit and cooking it as it will oxidise and turn brown 🙂Â
I like to make a big pot to eat some fresh and freeze some too. It’s a super way to use up some old apples and also a great way to use up some apples with small little bites in it say from …. your toddler. My daughter did this for about 4 months!? Toss them into your applesauce.
I love homemade applesauce for many reasons, one of which is that you can switch it up easily. Add in some pears, dried prunes or some vanilla if you will. Cinnamon is a favorite especially for the cold winter mornings. Secondly, it’s simple to make and you can easily include your toddler in the making of it if you wish.Â
Thirdly, it’s just really so delicious. Enjoy!
