Homemade Crock pot applesauce is a delicious way to end the autumn season! This applesauce recipe is so simple and so easy!
Summer will always be my favorite season, but there is something special about fall. I love to look across the landscape and see the various colors of leaves on the trees, hear the chatter of excitement of a new classroom of students, feel the softness of an old, worn, flannel shirt, the smell of dry leaves while raking, and the taste of almost anything grown fresh from a garden. My neighbors have a large apple tree in their backyard that get so heavy with apples that the branches nearly touch the ground. Again this year my neighbor kindly offered to share her apples, which I excitedly hopped the fence to get. (Literally -I hopped - well, more like fell over the fence. It wasn’t pretty and I am glad there wasn’t photo proof of this!!)
If you don’t have a generous neighbor like I do, there are many great apple varieties that you can find at your local farmer’s market or grocery store. I prefer a crispy, sweet and tart apple. This recipe is so easy that the hardest part is the peeling of the apples, which is why I like to use an apple peeler.
Ingredients:
Crock pot (any size 3 quart or larger)
12-15 apples -peeled, cored, & sliced (depending on size of apples and crock pot)
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1/2 cup water
Instructions:
Peel and core apples. Cut into fourths and place in crock pot. Stir in lemon juice and then add in sugar and cinnamon, stirring to combine and coat. add in the water
This recipe doesn’t have to be exact so if you have more apples and room in you crock pot, you can add them. The tartness and sweetness depends on the apple type and the sugar added. You can always add more sugar & cinnamon or have less depending on what you like. My recipe was using a 3-4 quart crock pot.)
Cover the crock pot with lid and cook on HIGH for 3-4 hours and on low for 5-6 hours or until apples are very soft. I will stir occasionally.
You can eat it immediately warm over ice cream or alone or store in a sealed container in the refrigerator or even can it to give away as a gift. ( I will have a step by step simple canning blog next.)
Your whole house will smell wonderful! Enjoy! Follow me to catch the next blog on a simple way to can using the water bath canning method.
