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Slow Cooker Applesauce

September 2, 2016 by Laureen King 10 Comments

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Healthy Slow Cooker Applesauce, this easy recipe requires no peeling of apples so it is perfect for small apples.

slow cooker applesauce

I have two beautiful apple trees in my yard. One gets gorgeous large apples similar to McIntosh apples, the other very small sized apples. So what is one to do with all those small apples? I hate seeing anything go to waste, but it is way too  time consuming to peel these small apples. You could can them, but I’m not a big fan of canned apples. So I thought I would try something real simple like making applesauce in the slow cooker. Great technique for making organic homemade Baby food!

Slow Cooker Applesauce

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This was so easy!! All I did was wash the apples, chop in chunks to remove seeds and core, place in the slow cooker, add a bit of water and cook for 4-5 hours on low. Once they were cooked soft, I mashed them down a bit with a potato masher.

Then using the handy cone and pestle my Mom gave, I mashed all the cooked apples through and viola, fresh, organic apple sauce! The sieve separated the skins from the apples, leaving terrific smooth applesauce.

Slow Cooker Applesauce

I prefer not to add any sugar or spices to my applesauce before freezing so I can use the applesauce in any recipe. But if you like, add cinnamon, cloves or nutmeg at the start of cooking the apples. You can also sweetened if desired with white or brown sugar, honey or maple syrup.  Once done I like to store my applesauce in small 1 cup freezer bags for easy measuring for recipes.

Slow Cooker Applesauce

So instead of raking up all those apples and throwing them out, make some homemade Slow Cooker Apple Sauce. What a simple method to make pure, delicious applesauce. No peeling and using the slow cooker makes it so easy! Bonus – the house smells amazing!

slow cooker applesauce

Slow Cooker Applesauce

perfect homemade applesauce recipe for small apples, no peeling apples required!
5 from 2 votes
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Course: Healthy Snack, Slow Cooker, Snack
Cuisine: American
Keyword: applesauce, slowcooker applesauce
Cook Time: 5 hours
Total Time: 5 hours
Servings: 5 -7 cups
Author: Laureen King

Ingredients

  • 20-30 small ripe apples
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tsp cinnamon optional

Instructions

  • Wash apples, chop into pieces to remove seeds and core. Place into slow cooker.
  • Add 1/2 cup water.
  • Cook on low for 4-5 hours, stirring after a couple of hours.
  • Mash down with potato masher, then strain through cone and pestle strainer.
  • Place into freezer bags and freeze. Refrigerate in jars if using within 4-5 days.

If you love apple desserts like I do be sure to try my Apple Crisp Pie

Apple Crisp Pie

Slow Cooker Applesauce

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Comments

  1. Allen Irish says

    September 22, 2016 at 8:54 pm

    I see that the applesauce is in jars. Can this recipie be hot water bath processed? I would like to make applesauce with my apples as well but would like to give half pint jars or it away for Christmas gifts to people at work.

    Reply
    • Laureen King says

      September 22, 2016 at 9:29 pm

      Hi Allen,
      I’m sure it can be canned, but I am not expert at canning so please look up a good source for canning. I froze most of my applesauce and just put some in a jar to use right away.

      Reply
  2. Leslie says

    August 12, 2017 at 10:53 am


    Any worries about the cyanide in the seeds or are the apples small enough there are not enough seeds to worry about. Your apples look very similar to mine. Tried my first batch and it came out great. Very easy, but further reading gave me some concern about cooking with the cores. Thoughts?
    A fellow ‘northern’ Albertan 🙂

    Reply
    • Laureen King says

      August 12, 2017 at 3:25 pm

      Hi Leslie,
      I found using the pestle didn’t allow most of the seeds to strain through, but as I’m not sure how much pressure people use staining and the chance of crushing the seeds I’ve changed instructions to chop apples to remove seeds.

      Reply
    • Becky says

      October 23, 2017 at 4:22 pm


      I had never heard of this, so I had to google it. “You would need to finely chew and eat about 200 apple seeds, or about 20 apple cores, to receive a fatal dose.” I don’t believe it’s a concern at all.

      Reply
  3. Laureen King says

    September 12, 2017 at 8:39 pm

    So much better than store bought, and no additives!

    Reply

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