Homemade Apple Sauce

It's easier than you think to make delicious home-made apple sauce!

Ingredients:
4 Apples*
3/4 cup Water
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

Directions: Peel & chop apples. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan. Cover with a lid and cook at low/medium heat for 20-30 minutes until apples become soft. Allow the sauce to cool before mashing the apples. Serve warm or cool in the fridge.

Ingredients in the pot:                         After cooking for 10 minutes:

 

 
^After cooking for 20 minutes          ^ After cooking for 25 minutes &
                                                            cooling. I started mashing
                                                                          with a fork                                                        

**Note on Apples: the type of apple you use makes a huge difference! I recommend McIntosh apples for applesauce because they really break up on their own, you wont really have to mash them. This time I tried Gala apples so that's what you're seeing in these pictures. It turned out great but I had to put more effort into mashing than with McIntosh apples.
Best Apples for Sauce:
-McIntosh (my favorite for apple sauce so far)
-Golden Delicious
-Fuji
-Cortland
-Honey Crisp is okay
-Gala is okay
-Red Delicious
-Pink Lady is okay

Nutrient Facts:
Homemade Apple Sauce Portions: 4
Food Groups	Amount Per Portion
Whole Fruit	1¼ cup(s)
Limits	Amount Per Portion
Total Calories	125 Calories
Empty Calories*	50 Calories
Added Sugars	50 Calories
Nutrients	Amount Per Portion
Protein	0 g
Carbohydrate	33 g
Dietary Fiber	3 g
Total Sugars	28 g
Added Sugars	13 g
Total Fat	0 g
Minerals	Amount Per Portion
Calcium	25 mg
Potassium	167 mg
Sodium	8 mg
Vitamin A	4 µg RAE
Vitamin C	6 mg
Vitamin K	3 µg

Remember you can go to supertracker.usda.gov to get nutrient information for your own recipes.