Applesauce in a Crockpot

I like to go out to the apple-growing area of Missouri every fall and get several bags of apples. Some of them are good keepers and stored properly will last all the way through spring.

With others I make pies, and……applesauce!

And applesauce really is the easiest thing in the world to make—no recipe required. So I got started peeling and coring as many as I could fit in a crockpot.

Once I filled the pot I put maybe a quarter of a cup of water in the bottom and squeezed some lemon juice over them.

I cooked the apples on low for probably 8 hours. They browned a little, but I didn’t care since I was going to be loading them up with cinnamon anyway.

I just mash them in the crockpot. I like them a little chunky.

Then I taste test. I used Braeburn apples for this batch, and they really didn’t need much sugar. I tasted it, added about a tablespoon of sugar and stirred it in, then a rounded tablespoon of cinnamon.

I wanted a sauce loaded with cinnamon.

Then I had a bowl. So good!

Labels: Fruit