ONE INGREDIENT APPLE SAUCE!
This time of year apples are cheap, cheap, cheap. I bought a bunch for 49 cents a pound a couple weeks ago, so I knew I had to share this recipe with you soon. Make up a whole crock pot full and freeze it to eat on for the rest of the year!
Ingredients:
Apples- as many as you have
1.) Wash and core apples (don't peel them! That's where all the nutrition is! But if you must, go ahead)
2.) Cut in quarters or a little smaller
3.) Toss in crockpot on high (or on the stove over medium-high) and let cook for about an hour, stirring occasionally
4.) Give it a good stir once they start getting soft. I like mine chunky, so I usually just break up the apples with my spoon. If you like it smoother you can use a blender or immersion blender (picture below has been put through a blender).
BONUS STEPS
5.) Feel free to throw in a couple cinnamon sticks while cooking (just leave them near the top because sometimes they get too soft and fall apart and things get waaay too cinnamon-y)
6.) Make apple butter by blending the sauce until very smooth. Continue to cook with lid vented. Use your wooden spoon to keep a crack between the lid and the pot. If you leave anymore space than that, you will have apple butter/sauce all over your ceiling and stove! Simmer for a couple hours on stove or cook for several hours in the crock pot until it's thick and dark (honestly, though, it will taste amazing at any stage). If you'd like, make a sachet with a coffee filter and fill with allspice, nutmeg, cloves, ginger and cinnamon (all whole) and drop it in the pot.
