Honeycrisp Apple Sauce
Introduction
Introduction
Apple sauce is a favorite snack or side desert of mine. I can easily consume a whole jar in one sitting. After having left some apples uneaten and become soft, I decided to make apple sauce. This is a very simple and straight forward recipe. Just the way I like it, at times. Of course, you may add favorite spices as you wish. For this recipe, all that was added was raw honey from a local bee farm in Wisconsin. No artificial anything, just pure, delicious honey.
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Ingredients
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup water
- 3 (36 oz. total net weight) Honeycrisp apples
- 2 tblsp. raw honey
Preparation
Preparation
- Peel, core and chop the apples into 1″ chunks. In a medium Dutch oven or stainless steel saucepan, combine the apple chunks and water. Cover and bring the mixture to a simmer over medium heat.
- Continue simmering, stirring occasionally, until the apples are tender and almost soft ― about 15 to 20 minutes.
- Remove pot from the heat. For chunky applesauce, use a potato masher or the back of a sturdy spatula or wooden spoon to break it up to your desired consistency. For smooth applesauce, puree it with a hand immersion blender or in your food processor.
- Taste …
- Add honey. For sweeter applesauce, stir in more honey as desired.
- Let it cool to room temperature before jarring the applesauce and storing in the refrigerator ― in a glass mason jar or other sealed container.
- Applesauce will keep well in the refrigerator for about 1 week, or several months in the freezer.
Serve
- Serve warm or chilled.
Options
Options
Below are some ingredients that are typically added for an adventure of a life time. The quantities below are for a net 36 oz. portion of apples. Feel free to experiment as you wish. I will be adding specific recipes as I putter around myself with fruits from the gods..
- 1/4 tsp. Salt
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1 Star Anise Pod
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 1/2 tsp. Star Anise
- Various apple / fruit combinations
- Almond, Vanilla, Anise Extracts
- Lemon or lime zest of one
- Apple Cider, instead of water
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Copyright
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