Skills Attained: Crockpot Cooking
Supplies/Ingredients:
- Crockpot
- 6 - 8 apples
- 1 tablespoon white sugar (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- Dash of nutmeg (optional)
- Potato Masher (or fork, blender, or food processor)
I love the fall! It is hands-down my favorite season. I love the cooling of the weather and the changing of the leaves. I also love the fact that you can get apples by the bushel-full...literally! In seasons past, I have picked or bought a large amount of apples, which means I need to find and make delicious apple recipes. Crockpot applesauce is a good standby recipe if you are craving a sweet, warm comfort food or if you just need to use up those apples before they go bad. The quantities in the recipe yield approximately 6 side servings, but you can easily double or even triple this recipe if you want a bigger batch.
You can use a wide variety of apples for this recipe, but I would stick to a nice sweet apple or a "baking apple" (i.e., Jonagolds, Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, Gala, etc.). I am using Mutsu apples. I had never tried -- or even heard of -- this apple before, but it was recommended to me by a local farmer at the farmer's market. So, I thought I'd give it a shot. It's a sweeter apple with a soft texture, so it breaks down nicely when cooked.
Surprisingly, you do not need to add any water to this recipe. The apples will release enough juice on their own and the mixture will not stick to the bottom of the crockpot.
So, then if you keep cooking it on high, do you eventually get apple butter? Yum! I never thought about doing it that way.
ReplyDeleteI wish we had a better apple crop here at home. Late frost killed most of our fruit harvest. :(
My favorite baking apple is the Macintosh. Great post! I can smell it from here. :)
I had that very same thought about making apple butter! I have never made apple butter before, but yes, I would assume if you continue to cook it in the crockpot it would turn into apple butter. Great idea, Jess!
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