Remember when I made applesauce and canned it last January? Ooooooh! That was some mighty delicious applesauce. And pretty easy to make. Of course I complicated things by canning the results. (We ate all that applesauce up way before it would have spoiled w/o canning.) But still, it’s an easy and cheap way to get some wholesome, homemade applesauce.
Well, It’s going around the blogs. If you read very many mom blogs then likely you have read about someone making applesauce in the crockpot.
I had to try it.
My grocery had red delicious on sale in the 5# bag for $1.99. I had to make applesauce! Had to!
All I did was peel the whole bagful and use my handy slicer/corer on ‘em and toss ‘em into the crockpot. I added a bit of water, maybe a cup and a half and about a capful of lemon juice.. Turned the smarty-pants-pot on high and forgot about it for a few hours. After about 3 hours, I checked it and gave it a stir, then left it alone for a couple more hours. Way too easy!
When the apples were nice and mushy I used my potato masher and mashed ‘em right in the pot. Then I put the sauce into quart jars and put ‘em in the fridge.
Th-th-th-that’s all, folks!
The bottom line is that I paid $1.99 for the apples, got 2 quarts of homemade applesauce out of it! Lovely!
Linked to:
- Tightwad Tuesday
- Tackle it Tuesday
- Tasty Tuesday
- Toot Your Horn Tuesday
- Tempt my Tummy Tuesday
- Crockpot Wednesday
- Ultimate Recipe Swap
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