I have found that homemade applesauce is very easy and unbelievably quick to make. I love being frugal with our money and our food. Homemade applesauce has been a way to do this lately.
I have a dear friend who yearly brings me boxes of fruit for the holiday season. We appreciate it so very much. Sometimes it’s so much fruit that we cannot get through it all before some of the apples start to get a bit grainy.
I’ve come up with the perfect recipe for us to use about half a dozen apples at the time and have fresh, hot applesauce with some of our meals.
I peel about 6 medium to large apples and then slice pieces off, placing them into a heavy pot, discarding the core. I put enough water in the pot to cover only about 1/4 way up. Too much water will make runny, watery applesauce. :p
On medium-high heat, I bring the water to a boil and let the apples cook until soft and easy to chop up with a hand-held chopper. This really only takes about 15 minutes and then you can turn the heat off and let the apples sit for a few minutes to cool down a bit. I chop the apples up somewhat with the hand-held chopper, then add about 1/4 cup of sugar (maybe less, give or take), plenty of cinnamon (you can add to your taste), and a little bit of Smart Balance (a “butter” blend that we like, but this step is optional).
I then put the still-chunky applesauce into my blender and puree for a couple of seconds. From there it goes into a pretty jar for our meal and for storage in the fridge if it’s not all eaten. Rare. 
Happy Cooking!
Lynn
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You are killing us! Lorena, Kelly, Christian, and I are sitting here looking at your applesauce remembering the applesauce Grandma Sarah (my mom) always made for us. The thing we REALLY liked about it is that you could leave big chunks of apple in there. We are going to do it THIS WEEKEND!
LOL.
It is good! A great-aunt used to make applesauce for me. She’s really the one who made me fall in love with homemade applesauce!
Lynn
Dear Lynn,
The applesauce looks delicious! You reminded me to use the applesauce my mom brought out that we haven’t eaten yet
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I am so happy you had some snow to play in; I thought of this poem when you mentioned your daughter~
“In the winter time we go
Walking in the fields of snow;
Where there is no grass at all;
Where the top of every well,
Every fence and every tree
Is as white as white can be.
Pointing out the way we came,
Everyone of them the same-
All across the fields there be
Prints in silver filigree;
And our mothers always know,
By our footprints in the snow,
Where the children go.”
Love,
Marqueta
Marqueta, I love that poem! Very sweet. Thank you.
Lynn
Lynn,
There’s just nothing like homemade applesauce – I don’t think anyone can resist eating it! I remember my mom used to make dumplings in with the applesauce, as it simmered in a big pot. Uh! I think I’ll be getting lots of apples at the grocery store this week! . . . . .
Liane
Liane, I never knew my boys would love it so much. I don’t remember making it much when they were very little. Tee hee — I was up to my eyeballs in diapers and GI Joes, so I probably just didn’t have as much time, but they sure love it now, as does everyone else.
Lynn
Lovely, I just love homemade applesauce!
Nothing in here on how to thicken runny applesauce
Diane, I’m sorry! I have not had that problem. I’m sitting here thinking what would I do. I supposed you could drain — I’m not sure exactly how runny it is, and that might lose some of the flavor too. You could also use a couple more apples to cook with very little water and add them. I’m just not sure. I would do a google search and see what that yields as far as ideas!