Earlier in the week I was given more free apples than we could eat. And since all of the apples had minor blemishes, I knew we needed to either eat the apples right away or figure out how to preserve them. So I did the first thing that came to mind. I made applesauce. The kids flipped out {apparently it’s been entirely too long since I’ve made fresh applesauce}.
Here is my simple recipe:
Ingredients
5 – 6 lbs Apples {I used a combination of Cameo, Braeburn, Fuji, Jonagold, Gala, Jonathan and Mcintosh apples}
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup of water
Directions
Wash and quarter apples. Place apples in a 5 quart dutch oven, cover with 1 cup of water. Place lid on the pot and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
When the apples are soft, remove from heat and process through a food mill. Discard pulp.
Add cinnamon and sugar to warm applesauce {if desired} and stir.
Enjoy!
Fresh applesauce will keep in the refrigerator for about 5 days. If you don’t think you’ll go through it that fast, you can always freeze it.
Amazon has the Mirro Foley 2-Quart Stainless Steel Food Mill on sale for $23.68.
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