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crock pot applesauce with sliced apples and cinnamon sticks.
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Crock Pot Applesauce

Try this Crock Pot Applesauce recipe with your kids! It's so easy to make in a slow cooker and they will love eating the applesauce.
Course Side
Cuisine American
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Cooling Time 15 minutes
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Servings 18
Calories 115kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Peel, core, and slice apples into small pieces.
    slicing apples on a white cutting board.
  • Put the apples into a large crock pot. Add the unsweetened apple juice, brown sugar, ground cinnamon, and ground nutmeg. Stir to coat.
    sliced apples topped with sugar and cinnamon.
  • Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours (or low for 5-6 hours), stirring occasionally, until tender.
    apple pieces cooking in a crock pot.
  • Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract. Cool for 15-20 minutes. You can drain the excess liquid if you want thicker applesauce.
    sliced cooked apples cooling in a crock pot.
  • Mash the cooked apples with an immersion blender. Or allow the apples to cool and puree with a food processor, or in a vented high-speed blender (leave the center cap off the lid and cover with a dish towel). For chunky applesauce, mash with a fork.
    an immersion blender pureeing applesauce in a crock pot.

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Notes

Store cooled applesauce in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week or in the freezer for 1-2 months.

Nutrition

Serving: 1/2 cup | Calories: 115kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 0.5g | Fat: 0.3g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 209mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 96IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 0.3mg
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