{"id":50953,"date":"2016-10-17T08:15:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T15:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=50953"},"modified":"2016-10-11T16:15:18","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T23:15:18","slug":"crockpot-applesauce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=50953","title":{"rendered":"Crockpot Applesauce"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we were in Hood River I really wanted to go apple picking. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do but have never done. I thought it would be a nice way to spend a Fall day with the little guy. That didn’t quite happen. It sounded good in my mind but the logistics just weren’t on our side this outing so instead of picking apples, I bought some at a fruit stand in the Fruit Loop.<\/p>\n

When we got home I got set up to make applesauce with the 4 pounds of apples I bought in Hood River. I had my little pumpkin to keep me company while I made it.<\/p>\n

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I got a mixture of apples–mostly honeycrisp but I got a few golden delicious too. I also used one leftover jazz apple to round out the weight to 4 pounds.<\/p>\n

When I saw the recipe I planned on using called for 4 pounds of apples I was a little intimidated. That sounded like SO MANY APPLES! But it really wasn’t a ton. Here are four pounds:<\/p>\n

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So basically a big bowl of them!<\/p>\n

I washed and cored the apples and then chopped them up into chunks where they went into the crockpot and nearly filled it to the brim.<\/p>\n

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I decided to do the High setting for three hours since I didn’t have a ton of time to do it on the low setting for 6 hours. It was a good call. I don’t know that it changed the flavor or texture by doing it high so it was just easier to do it faster!<\/p>\n

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Since I was home I occasionally stirred the mixture (about once or twice an hour). As the apples started to soften and cook they smelled so good. It smelled like apple pie baking in my kitchen!!<\/p>\n

I used the tomato press\/food mill that I have and it worked great. The texture of the apples was pretty soft but it wasn’t applesauce consistency yet so I’m glad I used the food mill. Plus it got out 90% of the apple skins. I ran the pulp and skins through the mill two more times after the sauce was done and got more applesauce out of it.<\/p>\n

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I didn’t have the time or desire to can the applesauce so I put some in a jar to eat immediately and I had two freezer containers that I filled 3\/4 to the top and then froze.<\/p>\n

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I really hope freezing it works well!<\/p>\n

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The flavors of the applesauce are subtle and flavorful but not too sweet. It definitely tastes way better than the store bought applesauce. Plus it was so easy! I definitely plan on doing this again and making my own applesauce. And next time I will try to can them and maybe give them away as gifts.<\/p>\n

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It was so much fun to make applesauce from scratch. And it felt like such a Fall thing to do. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Now for the recipe:<\/p>\n

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I tried to find the source for this recipe to link to it here but for the life of me I can’t find the website where I got the recipe from! It was a great recipe, though. I liked that it had very few ingredients and that it only called for 1\/4 cup light brown sugar. Some of the recipes I saw online called for a lot of sugar, which I didn’t want to do.<\/p>\n

Anyways, this recipe was a winner! And it was really easy! Give it a try!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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