Homemade Applesauce

Lately the Weather seems to be either breezy or raining. Therefore we decided to do one of the things we love; cooking. This morning Vivian and I made homemade applesauce. Her job mainly entails taste testing and watching because there's a lot of chopping and heat involved.  I do not believe in store bought applesauce, sorry again. Homemade applesauce is actually pretty easy to make. My girls love it!

  I have never used a recipe and have been making it for a couple years now. So this morning while making it I tried my best to see what measurements I used with the ingredients. I'm sure there are many different ways to make homemade applesauce out there, mine is pretty simple!

My Homemade Applesauce

 

 Ingredients( Take in consideration I am not a professional cook, and this is how I make mine, you can change your up to your taste)

• 1 (3lb) bag of Jonathan apples. (You may use other kinds of cooking apples, we like these ones the best for our applesauce.)
• 1 cup of sugar (You may use less or more. I think it all depends on every one's individual taste buds)
• 3-6 Cinnamon sticks.OR ground cinnamon (I prefer to use cinnamon sticks while its boiling the whole time instead of ground cinnamon. If you choose to use ground cinnamon I recommend adding it slowly to your own liking.)
• 1.5 cups of water. ( I don't like a lot of water in mine. I hate having to drain how steamy applesauce, plus we like ours a little thick.You may add more water in once you have mashed them if you would like.)

Directions

1. Peel the apples. I use an apple cuter then I chop them into smaller cubes. 
2. In a big enough pot add the apples, 1.5 cups of water, and cinnamon sticks.
3. Let it boil, and enjoy the smell. Keep and eye on it
4. Once it start getting soft enough, start mashing it. This is where you can add more water if you don't like yours thick.
5. Once their all mashed, add sugar. Once again, you may add more if you would like. We don't like our really sweet.
6. Add cinnamon if you didn't use the sticks. Again, to your taste!
7. Enjoy.