Comments on: Making Applesauce From Scratch

By: C. Smythe

C. Smythe — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:19:24 +0000

thanx, good write up!

By: kimberly

kimberly — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:59:21 +0000

I was just wondering about canning the applesauce and how?

By: Cinderz

Cinderz — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:24:16 +0000

How many apples in 3 lbs. and how much does it make??

By: Zak

Zak — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:43:53 +0000

Mark, just a simple tip to make your apple sauce that much better. Get rid of the water and the ground cinnamon. First of all, I prefer granny smith apples, but that is simply preference. Second, I use cinnamon sticks instead of ground cinnamon. The reason for this is that a cinnamon stick is like a peppercorn. Each one holds essential oils that contain most of the flavor. When you crack or heat a peppercorn or cinnamon stick the essential oils release and you achieve your highest and most pure level of flavor. Who knows how long that ground cinnamon has been sitting on the shelf. It’s essential oils were gone ages ago. The second recommendation is not to add the water, but instead to keep your temperature very low and cover the pot with aluminum foil. This keeps all of your flavors where they belong, in the applesauce. Also, it doesn’t dilute the pure flavor of the apples. Hope this tip helps.

By: kathy

kathy — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:09:23 +0000

Hi, Looks wonderful!!! I too make mine with a bit of chunks left in. I use the spiral cutter/peeler/corer. It works prefect and saves lots of time (since I do 200 lbs at a time). I put my sliced apples in the pot, then cover them and put them in the oven on 250′. This saves from sortched bottoms and little stirring is needed. Give it a try and you will never do it on the stove top again. Oh I use only macoun apples.

By: Kathy Perkins

Kathy Perkins — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:48:13 +0000

I love the basic recipe and made this in my pressure cooker in 10 minutes. I used homegrown granny smith apples and they were delicious! I was curious about freezing applesauce so am freezing about half of the batch to see what it tastes like when defrosted.

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By: Kelly the Kitchen Kop

Kelly the Kitchen Kop — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 17:19:37 +0000

Just found you from Problogger.

I make uncooked/raw applesauce – it’s fast and easy since you don’t have to cook it. I use maple syrup for a sweetener to avoid the refined sugar…a little bit more healthy that way. Tastes great, too. Like an apple pie.

I’m enjoying my look around your blog.

Kelly

By: Alex Shalman

Alex Shalman — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:28:45 +0000

They say that to make applesauce from scratch you first must recreate the universe