Homemade Applesauce Recipe

Serves: 6 Save

Ingredients (7)

  • 4 pounds of apples (about 8 to 10 apples, depending on the size), peeled, cored, and quartered (use apples varieties that are good for cooking such as Granny Smith, Pippin, Gravenstein, Mcintosh, Fuji, Jonathan, Jonagold, or Golden Delicious)
  • 2 strips of lemon peel (use a vegetable peeler to strip the zest only, not the pith)
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice or apple cider vinegar (more or less to taste)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • Up to 1/2 cup of white sugar (can sub half of the white sugar with brown sugar)
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt

Directions

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