• Peel, core and chop the apples into about 1 inch pieces. Keeping the pieces in similar size will help everything cook down at the same time.
  5 lbs. Assorted Fresh Apples
• Place the apples in a large pot with a lid, add in the water, lemon juice, spices and salt.
  1 ½ cups water, 1 ½ tablespoon lemon juice, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ¼ teaspoon ground clove
  
• Put the lid on and simmer over medium low heat for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Turn the heat to low, remove the lid and add in the brown sugar. If the pot is looking dry you can add a little more water at this point.
  ⅓ cup brown sugar
  
• Cook, uncovered, for another 15 minutes. Stirring occasionally.

DINNER APPLES WITH CINNAMON

• You do not have to puree the apples down into apple sauce, at this point you can serve them as a wonderful sweet side dish - warm apples with cinnamon. If you want the applesauce texture, go to the next section.

PUREE

• If you have an immersion blender you can blend it to your desired consistency right in the pot.
• If you are using a blender or food processor, let the apple mixture cool a bit, then transfer to your blender and puree to your desired consistency.

  A potato masher also works great to make a chunky style applesauce.

SERVING

• The Apple Sauce is SO good served warm! It makes a great sweet side dish.
• It is also excellent served warm over ice cream.
• Pop it in the fridge and serve it cold as a great snack or side dish.

STORING

• Keep your Homemade Applesauce in the fridge, in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
• You can also freeze the Applesauce for up to 6 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight.