A crab apple.
Oh my, oh my, oh my. Homemade applesauce is delicious.
I actually ended up making this for breakfast this morning. There are some days when a warm meal in the morning is just comforting. I had steel-cut oatmeal yesterday so I thought this applesauce might be a welcome change.
The advantage of making applesauce yourself is that you control what goes into it. You can play around with different types of apples, to cinnamon or not to cinnamon, or even the texture. This is a pretty classic tasting applesauce with a little cinnamon and orange juice for flavor.
Here's what you need (for about 2-3 cups worth):
2 Fuji apples, peeled, seeded and chopped
4 cups of water
1/3 cup of orange juice
2-3 dashes of ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon of sugar
2 dashes of salt
Wash and peel apples.
Core and chop.
Place in a saucepan on high heat with 4 cups of water and 1/3 of a cup of orange juice.
Add 2-3 dashes of ground cinnamon and 1-2 dashes of salt.
Mix.
Bring to a boil and cook on high for 10 minutes.
Stir and reduce heat to medium-high for another 10 minutes.
Stir and mash in pan with a potato masher. Bring heat back up to high for another 10 minutes.
After a total of 30 minutes, your applesauce should be reduced and easily mashable. If not reduced, cook longer.
Add to a bowl to cool a bit.
Serve up and enjoy.
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