THE Apple Sauce!

I can’t very well be the ‘Boss Of The Apple Sauce’ without having a go-to apple sauce recipe!  This recipe is from my favorite blogger, Ree Drummond, aka, The Pioneer Woman.  It’s plain and simple, good.  AND, it’s plain and simple!!  You really can’t mess up this recipe!  I’ve made several different apple sauce recipes for my daughter, Leila, since she was old enough to eat it! But, this recipe is by far the winner.  The worst part of the preparations is the peeling and cutting of the apples.  No. Big. Deal.  Here’s what happened…

The original recipe calls for 6 pounds of apples.  What does that look like, right??  Like this! 🙂  Honestly, it depends on the size of the apples.  About 2 to 3 per pound, depending on size.  I wanted to show you the apples I used to show you that you can use any apple variety you want.  There are Granny Smith, Pink Lady, and Royal Gala in this recipe.  All will work here.

The beautiful part of this recipe is, after you get done with the nitty gritty of the peeling and cutting of apples, you just need to toss all of the ingredients together and wait…and stir, of course.  I accidentally juiced the entire lemon in this batch and it turned out just fine.

I started blending and then remembered to take a picture!  So, the mushy center you see is not from the cooking process, but my forgetfulness!

I did deviate from the original recipe and cooked these apples down far longer than the recipe suggested, especially because of the granny smith I had in this recipe.  They just take longer to break down.  But, you’ll know if your apples feel too firm enough to blend.  My apples were on the stove for easily 45 minutes.

If you have an Immersion Blender, use it for this!  Using a food processor, is fine, but really messy and has to be done in stages.  You would be better to blend this in a blender than a food processor.  But, whatever you have, use it.  It needs to be pureed.

It’s important to note that you have to exercise some caution when blending or pureeing anything that is hot.  It can definitely burn you, so be careful!

This is what 6 pounds of apples, turned into sauce, gets you!!  This freezes beautifully!!!  Make this.  I promise it’s good.

Here’s what you need to do:

THE Apple Sauce

6 pounds apples, peeled, cored and cut into eighths

1 cup apple juice

juice of half a lemon

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

Place all of the ingredients in a heavy bottomed pot and cook over medium to medium-high heat for about 30 to 40 minutes, or until apples are no longer firm.  Stirring occasionally.  Once apples are at desired tenderness, blend the mixture until completely pureed.  Store in airtight container.  Let cool before you refrigerate or freeze.

Enjoy!

(Source: Adapted from  https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ree-drummond/applesauce.html)

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