Almost Grandma's Applesauce

melissa
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bowl of applesauce My grandma recently passed away. She was the best cook in the world, anyone that knew her would tell you the same thing. One of her specialties was her applesauce. I have been fiddling with my recipe for quite some time, and this is finally "almost" just like Grandma's!

This is shockingly quick to make, only cooks for 8-10 minutes. It tastes great still hot off the stove, you can also use any or all varieties of apples. I used what I had, red delicious, golden delicious, and Granny Smith.
*This is a great way to use up those apples that you forgot about and are now less than perfect.

Total Time: 10 minutes

Yield: 7 Cups

Source: My Grandma

Ingredients:

15 smallish apples, any variety
2 cups water
3/4 cup white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg

Steps:

Peel and quarter your apples, place them in a stock pot.
Put water and spices in the pot.
Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for about 10 minutes. You will want to stir occasionally.
Using a potato masher, push down on your mixture only a few times to break up the very large pieces. Leave it chunky, that's what Grandma did. It's better that way!:)
It is wonderful eaten hot off the stove, also very good from the fridge, freezes well too. That is if you have enough left over to do so!

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Cory

December 23, 20140 found this helpful

Yum. I love applesauce. Going to have to make this.

Giovanni 81

December 27, 20140 found this helpful

Homemade applesauce is the best, once you have it. The canned stuff just doesn't cut it anymore.

kimmy123

December 27, 20140 found this helpful

How sweet. Your grandma would be proud.

quinker

December 31, 20140 found this helpful

Fantastic!

yomama1971

January 10, 20150 found this helpful

Oddly enough, my grandma's applesauce was blended smooth in a blender! Maybe a carried-over favorite from when we were wee, who knows? How family memories differ!

The applesauce you describe was introduced to us at a pumpkin patch at a local farm, smoldering in a large cauldron and dipped into paper cups for patrons, free for the taking. Yum, yum, yummy!
We made many a stop to that booth! It has become a family favorite, made too many times to count. We call it what the pumpkin patch did: 'hot apple stuff'!

Great for eating while under a blanket looking out at the snow... in fact, we're making some tonight!

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