Homemade Applesauce Recipe

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: maple syrup

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

cinnamon

🥗Healthier: nutmeg

💰Cheaper: pumpkin pie spice

Nutmeg provides a warm flavor similar to cinnamon.

Peel the apples and core them.

Add a little bit of cinnamon, sugar, a pinch of salt, and the juice of one lemon to the apples to prevent oxidation.

Continue peeling and coring the apples, placing them in a bowl with the lemon juice.

Boil mason jars to sterilize them for preserving the applesauce.

Add a little bit of water to the apples in the bowl.

Stir the apples and close the lid on the pot.

Cook the apples until they squish down easily, releasing their aroma with cinnamon.

Once cooked, remove the apples from heat and prepare to fill the sterilized jars with the chunky applesauce, leaving about half an inch of space at the top.

Place the filled jars back into boiling water for about 20 minutes to seal them.

After sealing, show the jars of applesauce and taste the unsealed jar.

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