How To Make Applesauce

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: stevia

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

cinnamon

🥗Healthier: nutmeg

💰Cheaper: allspice

Nutmeg offers a unique flavor with lower cost.

Gather 23 apples and cut them up, removing any bad spots.

Prepare a trap for fruit flies using a lid with apple cider vinegar and a drop or two of blue dish soap.

In a large pot, combine the cut apples and 4 cups of water.

Add 1 and 1/4 cups of sugar to the pot with the apples and water.

If desired, add a little over a tablespoon of cinnamon for flavor (optional).

Cover the pot with a lid and cook the mixture on high heat until it starts boiling, then reduce to a simmer.

Cook the apples down for a couple of hours until they are soft.

Once cooked, transfer the hot apples to a blender to puree until smooth.

Taste the applesauce and adjust sweetness if necessary.

Fill jars with the applesauce, leaving about an inch of headspace, and debubble if needed.

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