Easy Homemade Applesauce Recipe
Our family has been making this easy homemade applesauce recipe for two generations. It’s delicately flavored and deeply colored, and it’s just so much better than applesauce from a jar. It’s a great addition to the holiday table and also freezes beautifully to serve anytime.
Servings: 24
Calories: 131kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 pounds 2(722 grams) McIntosh apples
- ¾ cup (175 ml) water
- Pinch of salt
- ¾ cup (150 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Quarter the apples and slice out the cores. Leave the skins on.
- Add apples to a large pot (8 quart minimum).
- Add water and salt and bring to a boil.
- Cover and reduce the heat, adjusting to maintain a simmer. Cook until apples have softened completely and yield their shape easily when stirred.
- Set a food mill over a very large bowl and begin by pouring some of the apple mixture into the top of the mill. Turn the handle of the food mill clockwise to force the pulp through the holes. Reverse the direction of the blade occasionally to clear the mill.
- Continue adding apples and rotating the blade until all the apples have gone through and only the peel remains in the top portion of the mill.
- Add the sugar and cinnamon and stir thoroughly. When cool, divide into storage containers and refrigerate or freeze as desired.
Notes
- McIntosh apples yield their shape easily when cooked. That's one of the reasons they're the perfect choice for applesauce. You can find them in most supermarkets year-round.
- Leaving the skins on the apples while they cook produces a sauce with a gorgeous ruby color and maximum nutritional value. The food mill removes them afterward.
- If your food mill has multiple discs, the middle one (with small but not microscopic holes) should work well.
- This is a large recipe — it makes about 12 cups of sauce. It keeps extremely well in the freezer for up to a year.
Nutrition
Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 34.8g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 0.3g | Fiber: 4g