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Crockpot Applesauce is an easy homemade applesauce recipe with cinnamon. The kids LOVE this recipe and it’s fun to make right in the slow cooker. We look forward to making this every fall!
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Make Slow Cooker Applesauce!
Apple picking is our favorite fall thing to do. We usually do it in early October because by then, up in the foothills, it’s not so darn hot. Each year I wonder how the apple crop will be (sometimes it’s nonexistent) and I have too much fun picking buckets of apples. When we get home I start brainstorming all the apple recipes I’m going to make like apple pie, apple crumb bars, and apple dumplings.
Crockpot applesauce is easy and a great way to use up extra apples or apples with peels. Kids LOVE homemade applesauce, and it’s only a few ingredients!
Ingredients Needed
- Apples: The best apples for applesauce are the ones you like. I use Fuji, Gala or or Honeycrisp, you can even use Granny Smith.
- Water
- Cinnamon: Gives you the best fall flavor!
- Sugar: Granulated sugar is what I use but you can also use brown sugar.
Do you have to peel apples for applesauce?
No, you don’t! Peel them or not, your choice. Once you blend them up you won’t know if there are peels inside!
- If you don’t peel your apples be sure to blend the applesauce to a thinner consistency.
- If you want a chunkier applesauce I recommend peeling the apples.
How to make crockpot applesauce
- Peel, core and slice the apples. Note: you CAN leave the peels on if you want.
- Place apples in a crock pot. Mix water, cinnamon, and sugar in a measuring cup and pour over apples. Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours, until the apples are translucent. Mash with a potato masher or place in a blender or food processor to blend with no lumps.
- Applesauce can be stored in a tupperware in the refrigerator for several days, or frozen for future use.
Expert Tips
- You can make applesauce on the stovetop but the slow cooker is easier. If you don’t want to babysit your applesauce while you’re cooking it, then do it in the crockpot!
- Depending on how chunky you want your applesauce, you can either mash the soft apples with a potato masher for chunky applesauce or use a blender or hand blender for smooth!
- Homemade cinnamon applesauce is good because you get to control the sugar. You’ll notice this recipe only has 1 tablespoon of sugar! I don’t add a ton because the apples are so sweet. However, you can add more sugar if you want or you can make crockpot applesauce with brown sugar.
FAQs
You should store it in an airtight container.
Yes you can! Freeze it in an airtight container.
Crockpot Applesauce
Ingredients
For the crock pot applesauce:
- 8 apples Fuji, Gala or your favorite
- ½ cup (118ml) water
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon (13g) sugar
Instructions
- Peel, core and slice the apples. Note: you CAN leave the peels on if you want.
- Place apples in a crock pot. Mix water, cinnamon, and sugar in a measuring cup and pour over apples. Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours, until the apples are translucent. Mash with a potato masher or place in a blender or food processor to blend with no lumps.
- Applesauce can be stored in a tupperware in the refrigerator for several days, or frozen for future use.
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Recipe Notes
- Depending on how chunky you want your applesauce, you can either mash the soft apples with a potato masher for chunky applesauce or use a blender or hand blender for smooth!
- Homemade cinnamon applesauce is good because you get to control the sugar. You’ll notice this recipe only has 1 tablespoon of sugar! I don’t add a ton because the apples are so sweet. However, you can add more sugar if you want or you can make crockpot applesauce with brown sugar.
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Last Updated on October 20, 2023
We can applesauce with my mother-in-law every year but this is so much easier and tastes just as good, if not better. We just made a second batch and can’t wait for the sweet aroma of apples cooking down. Thanks for providing another great recipe.
Started mine last night. Hope to do about 60 pints. My apple tree is loaded. This is so easy. I can mine using a water bath.
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