Making Applesauce at home doesn’t have to be difficult. Here we will share how to make an easy and delicious applesauce that you and your family will love!

Making Applesauce at home is so easy that you will wonder why you bought the ones from the grocery store.

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Easy Homemade Applesauce is one of our favorite items to keep in the house. It is a quick and healthy snack! We also love that we can choose what kind of apples we want for the sauce. Granny Smith apples will bring a tart flavor to the sweetness or if only sweetness is what you are looking for then Fuji would be a perfect apple to use.

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You can make a big batch of this applesauce and store them in mason jars.

Another great way to use applesauce is as a substitute for oil, eggs, or sugar when you make baked goods like cake, cookies, and quick loaves of bread. Applesauce has helped us when we were out of an important ingredient so we didn’t miss out on the treats we had been craving. It also can help if you are trying to make your baked goods vegan!

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The ingredients for Easy Applesauce are Apples, Apple Cider, Lemon Juice, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Brown Sugar.

Ingredients Needed for Easy Homemade Applesauce:

Cooking Equipment Needed for Easy Homemade Applesauce:

You can used applesauce instead of oil in your baking goods!

How to make Easy Homemade Applesauce:

You can use whatever kind of apples you like with this easy homemade applesauce recipe!

01. Clean, peel, and slice all the apples and add them to a large pot.

02. Add the juice from the lemon to the pot and toss to coat the slices.

03. Add juice, brown sugar, and spices to the pot.

Before you cook the apples, you will mix in brown sugar, apple cider, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

04. Stir until all apple slices are coated.

05. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally for 20 minutes or until apples are tender.

06. Remove from heat.

You can use a masher or food processor blender to blend them together to make the applesauce.

07. Process to desired consistency with a masher or food processor blender.

08. Serve warm, room temperature, or chilled. Store it in an airtight container or glass jar with a lid in the fridge. It will last about a week in the fridge but you can also freeze it up to a year.