Apple Sauce Home Made
By: winelady cooks
Published: Monday, November 8, 2010 - 12:07pm

Ingredients




16 apples (use sweet apples rather than granny smith)
1/2 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
1 teaspoon lemon zest
brown sugar (as needed)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (optional)
pinch of nutmeg (optional)

Preparation

1 In a saucepan, combine apples, juice and lemon zest. Cook over medium heat until the apples are soft. (15-30 minutes depending on how many apples and how small you chopped the apples) 2 Remove from heat and let cool. 3 Using a potato masher, or a food mill, mash the apples until desired consistency. We like If you like a chunky apple sauce the potato masher works fine. If you like a smother applesauce then the food mill will be the tool to use. 4 Taste the apple sauce and add any sugar and spices as desired. 5 Once you make your own applesauce you will never go back to buying apple sauce off the supermarket shelf.

About


Apple picking in the fall is a fun family activity which we do every year.  My daughter has perfected this recipe for our family preferences.  I hope you give this recipe a try when apples are in abundance.
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