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Food Storage Made Easy: Homemade Applesauce Recipe & Canning

  • Dana · 1 year ago
    What we normally do is use the pressure cooker to cook the apples. No risk of scorching that way. We also have a Victorio Strainer so we don't have to peel and core the apples. We quarter them, pressure cook them and use the strainer to mush them up. http://www.mendingshed.com/vkp250.html

    If you know someone has a strainer it cuts the time involved in applesauce making tremendously. Once you know what they are you see them at garage sales, etc.
  • jweiss08 · 1 year ago
    I have always been terribly afraid of canning, but if Jodi can do it, I think I can to!!!! Besides my sister dragged me to my mom's house a couple weeks ago to bottle up her tomatoes and pears. Watching it in real life made it seem so much easier. It's so much healthier and yummier. One day I'll have a garden and be able to do more of it. Why do we call it canning when its really not in CANS but in bottles?
  • Kristy · 1 year ago
    I just found your site yesterday and really like what you are doing. Thanks for sharing this and the spreadsheet. I gave you a little link love on my blog today as well.
  • Shauntell · 1 year ago
    Jodi,
    I made homemade applesauce last year and my kids loved it! I only wish I would have found your instructions then. They were so easy to understand. Good job!
    One fun thing I did was on a few bottles I placed redhots on top of the apple sauce before sealing them. This year when I looked at my stored bottles, pretty red stripes lined the inside of the bottle! It looked like those salt water taffy's, brown with red stripes. Just a fun thought.
  • Brandy · 1 year ago
    Thanks for the comment on our blog. I came to visit and I am loving your sight. I am going to add you to our blog roll under Food Storage helps. I have only begun to post about food storage, but I love getting idea's from other's. Thanks for sharing.
  • Val · 1 year ago
    That hand mixer is a BAMIX... I love mine!
  • NadjaUK · 1 year ago
    What does everyone use applesauce for - It's not a big thing over here in the UK.
    The only thing I could think of was as an addition to HM yogurt or porridge etc ??
    How do you use yours ??
    (We have a ton of apple trees round here that we forage from so would like some ideas as we have lots of chutney/frozen apples for pies etc)
  • Jodi · 12 months ago
    Nadja- We eat our applesauce plain! It's delicious as a side dish. My kids eat it as a fruit serving for breakfast. We also like it with Mexican food, just adds an additional flavor and texture to the meal. It's really good sprinkled with cinnamon.

    Also, if you are trying to avoid fats in your diet, applesauce can replace things like butter and oil in your baking. Julie uses it in her bread and cake recipes quite often. Hope that helps!
  • Anna · 11 months ago
    Loved Jodi's answer to NadjaUK. We eat it as a side dish too; with a beef version of Wienerschnitzel (don't eat veal) or with pork, chicken, etc. My second son loves it by itself, too. Never would have thought of it with Mexican-- thanks for sharing!
  • Marie · 10 months ago
    Please remember that in Utah we need to make an altitude adjustment for the time required to safely can applesauce. In altitudes between 3,000 and 6,000 feet, the correct processing time for applesauce is 20 minutes for pints and 30 minutes for quarts. Also the applesauce must be kept at boiling temperature when filling the bottles. This is referenced in the USDA Canning Guide.
  • Kim Shields · 10 months ago
    Imake applesauce every summer from my apple tree. i use apple juice and cover the apples to cook. I add 4-6 cinammon sticks and and let the apples cook. Yummy! I am just finding your sight and love it thanks.
  • Vicki · 8 months ago
    Hmmm. . . Did I mis-read that last part? I hope you covered your jars with the boiling water. They need to have 1-2" of boiling water over the top of the jars to process them, in the picture it doesn't look like your jars are covered with water. Just trying to be clear so everyone stays safe.
  • raeka_sakura · 2 months ago
    I am preparing to do this for the first time and I was wanting to jar my apple sauce in pint size jars instead of quart size. Do I still boil my pint size jars for 20 minutes adter I have filled them with apple sauce? I am in Illinois so I know I have no altitude issues, but that is about all I know! Can someone please help?
  • Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy · 2 months ago
    Yes, the boiling times needs to be the same. That's how you get the
    applesauce to be preserved in the bottles. Good luck!
  • Deejay Bratsch · 1 month ago
    I love canning. I am canning apple pie filling this weekend. I got about 300 pounds of apples off my trees in Northern NV.
  • flariaparker · 1 month ago
    I can not begin to tell you how easy your recipe was to follow. I wasted too much time searching the net for easy directions only to become flustered. Thank you for easy, simple, sensible directions.
  • Jodi - Food Storage Made Easy · 1 month ago
    We like to make things easy and FUN here :) Glad it could help you!