Easy Homemade Applesauce

Name: Easy Homemade Applesauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 3 cups
Ingredients: 4 large green apples, peeled, cored and chopped; 2 tablespoons butter; 1/3 cup sugar; 2 teaspoons lemon rind, grated; 1/4 cup water; cinnamon (optional)

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Recipe by Pam-I-Am

I had a few granny smith apples leftover from a baking project and wanted an apple sauce recipe that only used 3 or 4 apples. This one is perfect for that! You can either have it with or without the cinnamon added. Takes very little time on stovetop to make.

READY IN: 30mins

YIELD: 3 cups

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

4

large green apples, peeled, cored and chopped
2

tablespoons butter
¹⁄₃

cup sugar
2

teaspoons lemon rind, grated
¹⁄₄

cup water
cinnamon (optional)

DIRECTIONS

In a heavy bottom sauce pan, add peeled, cored and chopped apples, butter, sugar, lemon rind and water.
Cook over low heat stirring frequently, until apples are soft and pulpy.
Mash with a potato masher.
Sprinkle in a little cinnamon if you like and stir. (careful ~ a little goes a long way).
Serve warm or chill in refrigerator to serve later.

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