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Homemade Applesauce

by: happyvballgirl of My Epicurean Adventures
Servings 3 cups

Instructions

  1. Place steamer in large pot and fill with water until it reaches the bottom of the steamer.
  2. Peel, cut, core dice apples, place in steamer, cover and steam for about 20 minutes or until tender.
  3. Remove apples temporarily - be careful - it's HOT! Drain water. I actually poured mine off into a 4 cup glass pyrex measuring cup to drink as apple water! Return apples to pot (or place in blender).
  4. Puree by any means you wish. I used an immersion blender but you can use a regular blender as well. As Doctor Yum warns, be careful of hot splatter!
  5. Eat as is or add the additional ingredients to taste.
  6. Makes about 3 cups of applesauce. (or about 6 yummi pouches)

Recipe Notes

For the berry version:
I boiled about 1 frozen cup berries in a minimal amount of water until warmed and mushy, drained and pureed to make around 1/4 cup of puree. If you have the time, thawing them to room temp would work fine too. Or heck, just puree them frozen if you don't mind slightly bigger chunks. You'd retain more nutrients that way. In the picture, I used blueberries and raspberries and took the extra step to separate out the little seeds using a sieve. (Cray cray, I know, but the girls and I can't stand the little seeds!)
 
1 cup frozen berries makes about 1/4 cup berry puree. 
1/4 cup puree + 1 cup applesauce = berry applesauce!
 
If you wanna just make a whole batch of berry applesauce, then use 3 cups of frozen berries and puree!