The Best Apple Sauce Recipe for Beginners!
This not-too-sweet apple sauce is so easy to make! It is the perfect beginner recipe.
The only ingredients you need are apples, water, and a bit of sugar and cinnamon. And it is ready to enjoy in less than half an hour. How great is that?
Today’s recipe for homemade apple sauce is so delicious. I love being able to really taste the fresh apple flavor and it is a great way to take advantage of all of the different kinds of local apples we have here in the fall.
This recipe is also extremely easy to double, triple, or even quadruple, depending on how ambitious you are feeling.
When I make apple sauce, I generally use whatever apples I happen to have on hand. It is always nice to have a blend of sweeter and more tart apple varieties though.
This combination really enhances the overall flavor profile of the sauce. Some of the best apples for making apple sauce include Fuji, Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, and Granny Smith. What are your favorites to use?
Easy Apple Sauce Recipe
Enjoy your homemade apple sauce as a topping on pancakes, waffles, or French toast. Serve it alongside pork chops. Add it to overnight oats or mix it with yogurt.
I like to use it in recipes like these incredible caramel apple pancakes. Or you could just eat your apple sauce as a snack. You are going to love it!
Prep Time:
10 mins
Cook Time:
15 mins
Total Time:
25 mins
Servings:
4
Ingredients
- 4 apples – peeled, cored, and chopped
- ¾ cup water
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine apples, water, sugar, and cinnamon in a large pot. Cover and simmer over medium heat until apples are soft, about 15 to 20 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent it from sticking to the pot.
- Allow apple mixture to cool, then mash with a potato masher or handheld mixer until it reaches your desired consistency.
Recipe Notes
You may need to add water to the pot as the apples cook down.
The whole family went apple picking at my Grandma and Grandpa’s place last weekend. We were fortunate enough to get to the apples before the bears did. No, seriously…. bears. I have a picture. For proof. Not of the bear. Just proof that he’d been there. Nice, I know!
Tips and Tricks
- I sometimes add a splash of lemon juice to my apples as they are cooking. This can help to prevent the sauce from getting too brown.
- Use more or less cinnamon based on your preferences. You can also add other spices, like nutmeg or apple pie spice.
- Instead of sugar, use honey or maple syrup as a sweetener. Or leave out the sweetener entirely.
- An immersion blender or food processor will give your apple sauce an especially smooth texture.
- Save the cores and peels and try your hand at making your own apple cider vinegar.
- Store your apple sauce in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 10 days. For longer storage, freeze it for up to three months or can the apple sauce in glass jars.
Whether you eat your apple sauce on its own, use it as a topping, or add it in to your baking, you are going to love this homemade apple sauce recipe. I highly recommend you give this crockpot apple butter a try too!
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The Best Apple Sauce Recipe for Beginners!
Ingredients
- 4 apples – peeled cored, and chopped
- ¾ cup water
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Combine apples, water, sugar, and cinnamon in a large pot. Cover and simmer over medium heat until apples are soft, about 15 to 20 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent it from sticking to the pot.
- Allow apple mixture to cool, then mash with a potato masher or handheld mixer until it reaches your desired consistency.
