Apple Sauce

natalie_ca · Aug 22, 2013

A girl at work brought me about 30 pounds of apples from her tree. Some of them were starting to turn and had some bruises, so I decided I was going to peel them all and make some apple sauce.

I made plain; no sugar or cinnamon. I'm going to freeze some and give 1/2 to my brother and his girl friend who is diabetic. If they want to they can add sugar and/or cinnamon if they want. Personally I prefer plain apple sauce without sugar or cinnamon.

I'm going to ask her for more apples and I'll use those to make some apple crisp and a pie or two to freeze. Plus I'll give some to my brother so he can make a pie or 2 also. Or I may just make him the pie, lol

smitten4kittens · Aug 22, 2013

I like to make applesauce too. I just peel and slice them and put them in the crockpot with cinnamon and a little lemon juice. My favorite apples to use are honey crisp. Easy, healthy and delicious!

natalie_ca · Aug 22, 2013

smitten4kittens said:
I like to make applesauce too. I just peel and slice them and put them in the crockpot with cinnamon and a little lemon juice. My favorite apples to use are honey crisp. Easy, healthy and delicious!

I also put some lemon juice to not only add some flavour, but to help decrease the amount of discolouration while I was peeling the apples. The apples were about 1/2 the size of store bought apples, so I just peeled, cored and cut them in 1/2. It took about 40 minutes to cook down on the stove and I pureed them with my stick blender.

Just making myself some spaghetti. Haven't had dinner yet. I was too busy trying to get the apples done tonight and finishing up my dishes from yesterday and Sunday. I had my roaster soaking. I might put together my ingredients for Chili tonight and put the slow cooker on tomorrow before going to work. Or I might just do it Friday evening and let it cook all night and just portion and freeze it Saturday morning.

smitten4kittens · Aug 22, 2013

I'll have to try it your way on the stove, it's so much faster. I didn't think about using the stick blender. Good idea.

Glad you're feeling better this week

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betsygee · Aug 22, 2013

Natalie_ca said:
A girl at work brought me about 30 pounds of apples from her tree. Some of them were starting to turn and had some bruises, so I decided I was going to peel them all and make some apple sauce.

I made plain; no sugar or cinnamon. I'm going to freeze some and give 1/2 to my brother and his girl friend who is diabetic. If they want to they can add sugar and/or cinnamon if they want. Personally I prefer plain apple sauce without sugar or cinnamon.

I'm going to ask her for more apples and I'll use those to make some apple crisp and a pie or two to freeze. Plus I'll give some to my brother so he can make a pie or 2 also. Or I may just make him the pie, lol

How much applesauce do you get out of 30 lbs of apples?

natalie_ca · Aug 22, 2013

betsygee said:
How much applesauce do you get out of 30 lbs of apples?

I'm just estimating about 30 pounds. I'm not great at calculating weight.

I have a 16 quart stock pot and it was filled beyond the top (very heaped rounded) with raw halved apples. It made about 16 cups or so.

Winchester · Aug 23, 2013

Do you have a food mill? If so, don't bother peeling or seeding. Wash the apples, slice them into quarters (or smaller if they're large apples), throw them into the pot of water and cook until tender. When they're done, spoon them out and let them drain a bit. Then run everything through your food mill. The mill will catch the peels and the seeds. It saves a lot of time in the long run. We have two food mills, so Rick will work one and I'll work the other one. We use very little sugar, depending on the apples, we may not use any. We do put cinnamon in our sauce and sometimes just a good scraping of nutmeg per large bowl.

We usually do a little over 100 pounds of apples into sauce every fall for Rick to take in his lunch; he just loves apple sauce. I will usually throw together about four pies for the freezer as well as a large quantity of apple dumplings, for us, for the freezer, and for my sister and for Rick's parents. There are a few apples left over for me to make some apple crisp and to dehydrate, too.

I use the food mill for apple sauce and to puree pumpkin, too.

A large plastic grocery bag can store a little over 20 pounds of apples, depending on how full you stuff it.

otto · Aug 23, 2013

I make sauce from the small spotty apples my tree yields every year. I like my sauce a little chunky though, and I use brown sugar and cinnamon. The apples are small but I do as many as I can get, it's a lot of work but so worth it to have a freezer full. Of course once I'm done I have no room left for anything else in the freezer.

I cook it down until there are a few chunks left then freeze it in 1.75 cup freezer containers. It's wonderful to have hot brown sugar and cinnamon applesauce in the middle of winter.

I know someone who does it Pam's way. I don't like the taste that cooking the apples with the core and skin gives it. Her sauce has a bitter after taste.

My tree yields both Macintosh and Delicious apples.

Draco · Aug 23, 2013

makes me look forward to fall so I can pick apples and make applesauce too! I make them in the crock pot.. love the way the aroma fills my apartment!

I don't put sugar in, but I do put cinnamon in

natalie_ca · Aug 23, 2013

Winchester said:
Do you have a food mill? If so, don't bother peeling or seeding. Wash the apples, slice them into quarters (or smaller if they're large apples), throw them into the pot of water and cook until tender. When they're done, spoon them out and let them drain a bit. Then run everything through your food mill. The mill will catch the peels and the seeds. It saves a lot of time in the long run. We have two food mills, so Rick will work one and I'll work the other one. We use very little sugar, depending on the apples, we may not use any. We do put cinnamon in our sauce and sometimes just a good scraping of nutmeg per large bowl.

We usually do a little over 100 pounds of apples into sauce every fall for Rick to take in his lunch; he just loves apple sauce. I will usually throw together about four pies for the freezer as well as a large quantity of apple dumplings, for us, for the freezer, and for my sister and for Rick's parents. There are a few apples left over for me to make some apple crisp and to dehydrate, too.

I use the food mill for apple sauce and to puree pumpkin, too.

A large plastic grocery bag can store a little over 20 pounds of apples, depending on how full you stuff it.

I don't have a food mill. I would have done that though, it was my first thought. I really should plan on investing in one. They aren't used often, but they do come in handy.

margecat · Aug 23, 2013

I used to can applesauce--mostly for my in-laws. I don't have a food mill; I like mine chunky.

I just peeled them, cored them, threw 'em in a huge pot with some brown sugar, a bit of water, a tiny bit of lemon juice, and lots of cinnamon, cloves and ginger. Applesauce with soul, baby!

cheylink · Aug 23, 2013

I love making applesauce in the fall.......perfect for the holidays

I use 1/3 Granny Smith and the rest mix of the season apples. Quarter peel and core then spread out into deep baking dish. Sprinkle cane sugar across top, 1/4 cup sugar every 12 med-large size apples, cinnamon, fresh squeeze lemon juice and a bit of water then bake at 375-400 for 20 minutes then stir and keep baking till disired consistency...

denice · Aug 24, 2013

cheylink said:
I love making applesauce in the fall.......perfect for the holidays

I use 1/3 Granny Smith and the rest mix of the season apples. Quarter peel and core then spread out into deep baking dish. Sprinkle cane sugar across top, 1/4 cup sugar every 12 med-large size apples, cinnamon, fresh squeeze lemon juice and a bit of water then bake at 375-400 for 20 minutes then stir and keep baking till disired consistency...

This is how the Barefoot Contessa Ina Garten from Food Network makes it. She is about the only one from that network that I like. Her recipes are always really good without having to go to the store and buy a lot of ingredients or try to find an ingredient.

natalie_ca · Aug 24, 2013

I like making it plain with just water and lemon juice. Sugar and cinnamon can always be added when you want to use some of the apple sauce. I don't like overly sweet apple sauce, and I'm not really much for cinnamon unless it's in cinnamon buns, so I much prefer to eat just plain apple sauce. Besides, the plain is far better for you, especially if you are diabetic like me and my brother's girl friend arel

I think society adds far too much sugar to things.

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