Making homemade apple sauce is easy and only requires a few ingredients.
This Apple Sauce recipe is a great way to use up any apples you may have lying around. It is also easily adaptable to your taste—add more sugar if you like it sweeter, or add a dash of your favorite warm spice for extra flavor.
For more Apple-inspired dessert recipes, check out this Apple Bread, Spiced Apple Muffins, Apple Galette, Apple Pie, and Dutch Apple Pie.🍏
How to Make Applesauce
Note: The full instruction is provided in the recipe card below
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place the lemon juice in a large bowl. Peel, quarter, and core the apples. Add the brown sugar and cinnamon and toss until combined. Pour the apple mixture into a 9x13-inch nonreactive baking dish.
If using apple cider, pour it into the baking dish. Scatter the chunks of butter evenly over the top. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, tossing once halfway through, until all the apples are soft.
Alternatively, you can combine all the ingredients in a large pot, set the stove to high heat, and stir the apples for a few minutes. As the mixture heats up and boils, cover the pot and let it cook on medium heat for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender.
Mash or blend the apples until you reach your desired consistency. For chunky applesauce, use a potato masher or fork to break the cooked apples up by hand.
Blend the cooked apples in a food processor, food mill, or immersion blender for a smoother applesauce.
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📖 Recipe
Homemade Applesauce
Ingredients
- 3 pounds Tart apples such as Granny Smith apples
- 3 pounds sweet red apples , such as Honeycrisp, Fuji, Gala, or golden delicious
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter , cut into ¼-inch chunks, optional
- ½ cup light or dark brown sugar , packed or granulated sugar. (You can use maple syrup or honey as substitutes. For unsweetened applesauce, use less sugar or remove the sugar altogether.)
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ cup apple cider , optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place the juice of the lemon in a large bowl. Peel, quarter, and core the apples. Add the brown sugar and cinnamon and toss them until combined. Pour the apple mixture into a 9x13-inch nonreactive baking dish. Pour the apple cider into the baking dish if using. Scatter the chunks of butter evenly over the top. Cover tightly with aluminum foil and bake for 45 to 50 minutes, tossing once halfway through, until all the apples are soft.
- Alternatively, you can place all the ingredients into a large pot, set the stove to high heat, and stir the apples for a few minutes. As the mixture heats up and boils, cover the pot and let it cook on medium heat for 25 to 30 minutes or until tender.
- Mash or blend the apples until you reach your desired consistency. Use a potato masher or fork to break the cooked apples up by hand for chunky applesauce. For smoother applesauce, blend the cooked apples in a food processor, food mill, or immersion blender.
Notes
All nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods, and portion sizes per household.
