Homemade Applesauce Recipe Without Sugar

Homemade Applesauce Recipe Without Sugar

Homemade Applesauce – Super healthy applesauce recipe with no added sugar. Made with fresh apples, ground cinnamon, butter, and salt, this easy recipe makes a delicious side dish, dessert or topping, or apple purée for babies.

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Old Family Recipe

This simple homemade applesauce recipe has been a favorite in my family for generations. My Oma shared it with my Mom, my Mom passed it on to me, and now I’m sharing it with my children and all of you. My Oma would make it all the time to serve with just about everything. She was German, so of course, it has butter in it. As every tasty recipe should! It’s cinnamon-y and delicious and reminds me of home.

Here’s What You Need

It’s easy to make your own homemade applesauce in no time with just a few simple ingredients.

• Apples – Golden Delicious are the perfect choice for this recipe with their mild, delicious flavor and smooth texture when cooked down. If you can’t find Golden Delicious Apples at your local grocery store, choose your favorite variety of apples as a substitute. I’ve listed some good substitutions below.
• Ground Cinnamon
• Salted Butter – Salted butter will subtly enhance the flavor of the apples by smoothing out any bite of acidity.

Best Apples for Applesauce

• Golden Delicious – Perfectly sweet apple with a soft texture that is a healthy snack for eating and possess a lovely mild flavor when baked or cooked. Golden Delicious Apples are my first choice for baking and cooking.
• Jonagold – Much like Golden Delicious in flavor and texture. Jonagold Apples are the perfect substitute for Golden Delicious Apples.
• Honey Crisp – Balanced blend of sweet and tart. The texture of Honeycrisp apples will hold up a little more firm than Golden Delicious.
• Pink Lady – Sweet, pleasant taste, with a very firm texture.
• Granny Smith – Tart, firm texture. Texture holds up well when baked or cooked. Go-to apple choice with bakers. Granny Smith apples are not the ideal choice for a no sugar applesauce recipe. Tart apples make a tart applesauce. Choose a sweeter apple for a sweeter applesauce. Sweet apples will create a sweeter sauce.

How to Make Applesauce

Homemade Applesauce is super easy to make following a few simple steps.

1. Prepare Apples.  Peel, core, and cut the apples into thin slices. Use an  apple crrore or apple peeler to remove the apple skins and cores.
2. Combine Ingredients.  Place prepared apples into a large pot with ground cinnamon and salted butter.
3. Simmer 20 Minutes.   Place the lid on the pot and simmer the seasoned apples on medium heat to low heat, stirring occasionally, until softened.
4. Mash.
   
   Chunky Applesauce – Use a potato masher to mash cooked applesauce to chunky consistency.
   
   Smooth Applesauce – Blend the cooked apples by using a blender,immersionblender,vitamix  orfood processor  into a smooth, puréed applesauce consistency. Using the Vitamix will make the a smooth apple purée for babies.
5. Serve.  Serve warm or at room temperature. My favorite way to serve this homemade chunky applesauce is warm. I love to use it to as a topping for oatmeal in the morning.