Every time autumn rolls around, I fall back into love with apples. Something about the crunchy leaves and cooler temps makes me really, really want to buy apples…. but then, I get them home and don’t really feel liking eating raw apples. I did this yesterday and decided that I needed to make SOMETHING with my newly purchased bag o’ apples!
Insert: Crockpot applesauce!
I don’t really cook unless it involves my crockpot. I’m lazy and love that I can throw a bunch of stuff inside and get a meal a couple of hours later. I decided to follow a similar plan with my apples and hope that the applesauce turned out tasty!
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Ingredients:
10 apples
1/2 cup of water
1/2 – 3/4 cup brown sugar
1-2 T cinnamon
1-2 T chia seeds
Step 1: Peel, core and slice the apples. I left some of the peel on (again, it is too much effort to get ALL the peel off!) I left half the apples cut in slices and chopped the other half in smaller bits.
Step 2: Put the apples in the crockpot with the water, brown sugar, cinnamon, and chia seed. I only used 1/2 C of brown sugar, but you can vary it, depending on how sweet you prefer your applesauce.
Sidenote: Obvi, you don’t have to use chia seeds but since I put them in everything, why not in applesauce?!
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Step 3: Stir everything together really well. Cook in the crockpot on high for 4 hours.
Step 4: Remove apples and mash to desired consistency. Since I like chunky applesauce, I left a lot of chunks and even preferred the bits of apple peel. If you prefer your applesauce smooth, you could probably put the cooked apples in a blender to mash it up nice and clean.
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Step 5: Eat it all in two days. Because yes, this also happened! (PS It tastes REALLY good when it’s warm with vanilla ice cream!)