Vegan Wolf Recipe Collection
Homemade Easy Applesauce: Ingredients
- 2 pounds apples (5 or so medium) core, and cut into rough 1 1/2-inch pieces. (You can peel them if you want, but I like the peels for added nutrition)
- 1 Tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 Tablespoons sugar or preferred sweetener equivalent.
- Pinch table salt
- 1/2 cup water
- . Combine apples, lemon juice, sugar, salt, and water in med., heavy-bottomed pot.
- Cover pot and cook apples over medium-high heat until they soften, around 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Serve warm or cold
Tips/Options:
- Process cooked apples through a food mill or processor for smooth, even texture.
- Season with extra sugar
- add water to adjust consistency as desired.
- Stir a little vegan butter into finished applesauce
- Add 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon, or a whole stick of cinnamon while cooking
- Add a little ground cloves, or star anise, or ginger, while cooking for different flavors.
- Add 1/3 C red hot cinnamon candy while cooking
- Add 1/2 cup dried chopped fruit while cooking
