No Sugar Added Applesauce

• 4 pounds Apples
• 1/2 teaspoons Grated Lemon Zest
• 1/4 teaspoons Cinnamon
• 1/2 cups Apple Juice

1. Peel and core apples.
2. Chop into large pieces.
3. Put in a saucepan or crock pot.
4. Add lemon zest, cinnamon, and apple juice.
5. For the stove top: Cover pan and allow apples to simmer on medium to medium-low heat until soft.
6. Stir occasionally.
7. When soft, mash with a potato masher or run through the blender.
8. For the crock pot: Cover.
9. Set to low.
10. Allow apples to cook for 2-3 hours or until soft.
11. Mash with a potato masher.
12. Note: You can use regular apple juice, but I like to use apple juice concentrate with water (2 tablespoons concentrate, 6 tablespoons water) because if the apples are a little tart or blah, you can up the concentrate and reduce the water to come out with a sweet enough applesauce (for example, if you have extremely tart or blah apples, you would use 3 tablespoons apple juice concentrate and 3 tablespoons water).

apples, lemon zest, cinnamon, apple juice

Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/appetizers-and-snacks/no-sugar-added-applesauce/ (may not work)