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Homemade Applesauce

A community recipe for Homemade Applesauce, adapted from the collaboratively edited Wikibooks Cookbook.

60 minutes
8 servings
Easy difficulty
Creative Commons source

Gather

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds Apples
  • ½ cup Water
  • 6 tablespoons Granulated Sugar
  • 6 tablespoons Sugar Substitute
  • As needed Lemon about 1 tablespoon
  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon or apple pie spice

Make it

Method

  1. 1

    Put chopped apples in a large non-stick saucepan. Stir in water, sugar, sugar substitute, and lemon juice.

  2. 2

    Bring mixture to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to medium-low.

  3. 3

    Cook until apples are tender (about 10 minutes).

  4. 4

    Use a potato masher to break cooked apples up into a nice purée.

  5. 5

    Stir in ground cinnamon or apple pie spice.

  6. 6

    Serve warm or cold.

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Source & rights

Where this recipe comes from

Adapted from “Homemade Applesauce” by Wikibooks contributors, revision 4524778, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This source recipe has been reformatted for Pantry Start but has not yet been kitchen-tested by our editors. Check current food-safety guidance and use your judgment.