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How to make applesauce from scratch with no sugar added

Natural and Homemade Unsweetened Applesauce

Delicious no peel, no sugar added, homemade applesauce. Once you see how easy it is to make applesauce from scratch, you'll never buy it from the store again!
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Servings: 2 Cups
Author: Michelle

Ingredients

  • 6 medium to large sized apples-use whatever kind you love to eat the most or whatever's ripe at the local orchard.
  • 2 tablespoons of water
  • A food mill

Instructions

  • Slice your apples into wedges. You can use an apple corer/slicer if you have one, or I just slice mine about 1/2" thick with a kitchen knife.
  • In a medium sauce pan, add your water and the sliced unpeeled apples.
  • Cover the pot and cook over medium heat until you hear the water come up to a simmer.
  • Reduce heat to medium low, leave covered and continue cooking for about 45 minutes, or until the apples have gotten very tender.
  • You can test for doneness by piercing the apples with a knife. There should be no resistance.
  • Remove the pot from the heat.
  • Set a food mill fitted with the medium grinding disc over a bowl.
  • Transfer the hot apples to your food mill and grind the apples by turning the handle clockwise. Every once and a while turn the handle counterclockwise to clean the grinding blade and disc. 
  • Keep grinding until all the apples have been processed through the disc into the bowl, and just the peels remain in the mill.
  • Give a scrape to the bottom of the food mill with a rubber spatula to get any applesauce stuck on the bottom of the mill.
  • Give the sauce a quick stir and it's ready to eat!

Notes

If you don't have a food mill, then just peel the apples prior to cooking.
Once they're fully cooked, mash them with a potato masher, a hand mixer, or immersion blender!
Cuisine Fall Food
Course Sides

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 47kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 2mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 9g