How To Make Your Own Applesauce. Make your own applesauce at home with just apples, sugar, cinnamon, and this recipe. Although you can make it any time of the year, right now is the absolute best time to make your own applesauce. You can’t beat the taste of homemade applesauce. The apples are ripe and ready for picking. That means that they are at their peak of natural sweetness. Therefore, you won’t even need to add sugar to your applesauce! Most applesauce recipes call for the classic apple pie flavoring of cinnamon and nutmeg. Tip: Instead of using ground spices that quickly lose their potency on the shelf, try tossing one or two whole sticks of cinnamon into the pot along with a few scrapes of freshly grated nutmeg. More add-ins: Lemon juice to brighten up the taste, and fresh ginger to give the mix a little kick.
Method. Put the apples in a saucepan with the lemon zest and water. Cover and cook over a low heat until they are soft and mushy. Take off the heat and beat in the butter and the sugar. Most applesauce recipes call for the classic apple pie flavoring of cinnamon and nutmeg. Tip: Instead of using ground spices that quickly lose their potency on the shelf, try tossing one or two whole sticks of cinnamon into the pot along with a few scrapes of freshly grated nutmeg. More add-ins: Lemon juice to brighten up the taste, and fresh ginger to give the mix a little kick.
Make your own Applesauce! September 16, 2015; By Megan; Today was applesauce day at our house! It’s something we do every year, and I always look forward to a big bowl of warm applesauce made with freshly-picked apples. Then I fill the freezer with the rest, and we have it for the rest of the year.
While I usually only make enough for the recipe – 1 medium apple yields about 1/2 cup applesauce – today I scaled it to give you four servings. Ingredients: Note: all of these items are “to your own taste” kinds of things. The solution to all of my applesauce woes is to make my own. I can make just as much as I need, and make it as tart, sweet, spiced or unspiced as I like. It's also a great way to use up apples that have a few bruises and bumps that make them less tempting for eating out-of-hand. And when I want to get creative, I can add other things, like. First, pick the apples: there are no rules. All apples make applesauce. But obviously, the taste will vary depending on the type of apples. Granny Smith will give you a tart applesauce whilst Golden Delicious will give you a really sweet one. I usually like to mix them up. Wait. That was a lie. Make your own Applesauce! September 16, 2015; By Megan; Today was applesauce day at our house! It’s something we do every year, and I always look forward to a big bowl of warm applesauce made with freshly-picked apples. Then I fill the freezer with the rest, and we have it for the rest of the year.
