Homemade applesauce recipe

This soft, sweet homemade applesauce recipe is made with only a few ingredients. You can make this recipe in less than 30 minutes, and it is so much better than store-bought!

What are the best apples for applesauce?

I always use sweet apples like Golden Delicious, Elstar, or McIntosh apples for my applesauce. By using sweet apples, you don't have to add any sugar. Granny Smith is also a very popular apple, but you might want to add a little sugar. You can also mix sweet and tart apples when you make this recipe!

I like to make unsweetened applesauce without added sugar because I want my sauce to taste like, well… apples, but if you use tart apples or just want your sauce to be really sweet, you can add some sugar at step 3.

Uses for applesauce

You can eat your sauce just as is, but you can do so much more with it!

• Use it as a replacement for butter or oil in cakes and cupcakes
• Make some apple pancakes!
• Add some to your oatmeal.
• Delicious with pork chops
• Serve some homemade applesauce with ice cream!

Instructions

Peel and core the apples and cut them into chunks. The smaller the pieces are, the sooner your apples are ready. If you have apples with a little bruise on them, that's fine. Just cut that off and use the rest.

Put the apples and ½ cup of water in a pan and let it come to a boil on high heat. Turn down the heat and let the apples simmer for about 10 minutes or until they become soft enough to mash. If you want to add spices or sugar, you can do that now.

Let the apples cool and puree them with a stick blender or food processor until they have the desired consistency. If you want more chunky applesauce, you can also mash them with a potato masher.

My tips for this recipe

• You can freeze your applesauce. Divide it over freezer bags or containers, and you can store your sauce in the freezer for up to 3 months.
• This recipe makes small batches, but you can easily double the recipe if you want to make more or freeze some.
• If you like to make homemade baby food, you can definitely use this recipe. Make sure to leave our sugar when making applesauce for babies.
• You can store this in the fridge for a few days and for up to 3 months in the freezer.
• Spices like nutmeg, cinnamon, speculaas spice, and pumpkin spice are delicious in applesauce.
• You can steam your apples instead of boiling them.

Other apple desserts you will love!

Traditional Dutch apple pie

No-bake apple pie