Crockpot Applesauce (Homemade): How To Make Apple Sauce In A Slow Cooker

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

cinnamon

🥗Healthier: cinnamon

💰Cheaper: none

Cinnamon is affordable and commonly used.

vanilla extract

🥗Healthier: vanilla bean

💰Cheaper: vanilla flavoring

Vanilla flavoring is less expensive.

Welcome viewers and introduce the recipe for homemade applesauce in a slow cooker.

Start with 5 pounds of a mixture of Macintosh and Gala apples, peeled, cored, and cubed.

Add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice to the apples.

Pour in 2 tablespoons of real maple syrup.

Add 1 cup of apple juice to keep the mixture moist (optional, can substitute with water).

Sprinkle 6 tablespoons of brown sugar and 1 tablespoon of cinnamon over the mixture.

Stir the ingredients together to combine.

Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours.

After 6 hours, check the applesauce; it should have shrunk down and some apples will be in chunks while others will be mashed.

Use an immersion blender to blend the applesauce to your desired consistency (optional).

Serve warm or let it cool before storing.

If canning, it can last up to a year; if freezing, it should hold for a couple of months; otherwise, refrigerate for a week or two.

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