Nothing compares to fresh, homemade apples. He can, freeze him, leave him inanimate or add a few supplements to sweeten things. Enjoy it hot, right from the stove or save it for later. Our recipe and advice gives you everything you need to do this classic, homemade treatment that everyone will love.
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Why our recipe
- All you need to know to make home apple, including slow stove and instant pots.
- We use a variety of apples for the perfect tart and sweet balance.
- Add optional if you want to make an aromatic apple like cinnamon or treat yourself with a dessert style.
This nostalgic recipe is a perfect delicious that your children will like for a snack after school. While sweet and cinnamon apples make us feel like a child again, it is also super versatile and can be used in many other recipes. This fresh, homemade apple is perfectly pairing with morning or yogurt oatmeal. You can even add it to the cake or homemade bread instead of oil or butter, which does a super -mentioned and aromatic treatment.
Ingredient notes
- Apples: For a balanced mixture, use a variety. Also, this recipe is an excellent way to use any frightened apples.
- Lemon juice: Use freshly squeezed lemon juice for the best aroma. Bottled lemon juice can be used, but it does not have an aroma as bright.
- Brown sugar: The open sugar or dark brown works, although dark brown sugar will give a deeper aroma.
- Vanilla extract: The pure vanilla extract offers the best aroma, but imitation also works.
- ground Cinnamon: Use a high quality cinnamon for the best results.
- Cinnamon stick: Don’t jump this step! This infuses the aroma apples while cooking.
Best apples to use
While you can always use only any apples you have at hand, the best apple comes from a mixture of several types of apples, rather than relying on variety. The best apples to use for the manufacture of apples are Mcintosh, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Fuji and Jonathan Apple.
Sweet apples: Fuji, Golden Delicious, Gala, Honeycrisp, Mcintosh
Peta apples: Granny Smith, Braeburn, Jonathan, Pink Lady
Balanced mixture: We recommend that you use a mixture of both sweet and tart apples.
If you prefer a sweeter natural apple, bend to Fuji or Gala. If you like a bit of tang, balance it with Granny Smith or Braeburn. Mcintosh apples are very soft, making it perfect for a smooth apple, while Honeycrisp and Pink Lady have a little more texture for chunkier styles.
Perfect -your aroma
When you do home appleuce, you need to do exactly as you like. Stick with our neutral base to keep it naturally sweet or play with some of our other options. We offer you two in the recipe, but you have to have more apple goodness.
Sweetened apples: You have the option to add some brown sugar or you can use alternative sweeteners such as honey, maple syrup or coconut sugar. You can always start with 1-2 tablespoons and then you can grow based on your own personal sweet tooth.
Rich and dessert: We offer you the option to add brown sugar, butter, more cinnamon and a small vanilla extract for a dessert -like apple, which is absolutely heavenly.
Mixtures of pears or strawberries: Can’t resist those fruity flavors from the grocery store? Do it alone by adding some fruit. You can change up to half of the apples, with baked pears for Apple-Pear. For a mixture of strawberries, add 1 cup chopped strawberries in the last 10 minutes of cooking. The same concept works for other berries.
Spicy apples: Cinnamon is your classic spice addition to appleauce. We make your base with a whole cinnamon stick for a subtle aroma infusion. If you want to add more spices, you can add cinnamon to the ground. But stay, there are more! You can go with a stronger spice with 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon nuts and a tip of cloves on the ground. Or make a total feast of the fall, with up to 1 teaspoon of pumpkin spice.
Smooth or strange
Control the texture to make it as smooth or more strange as you want. It is the beauty of the house! For those who like things from the loud sideuse a Potato mask To break apples and you will get super soft pieces or use a Hand mixer to give it an easy mixture. For a smooth apple, You will want to use a Immersion blender To mix everything directly into the pot or transfer the cooked apples to a Blender or food processor to mix up to smooth.
Slowly displayed and instant pot
Instead of placing the apples in a saucepan on the stove, simply place the apples (together with the water, the lemon juice and the cinnamon stick) either in a slow stove or in an instant vessel. Cook 10 minutes at high pressure.
For the slow stove, add all the ingredients to the slow stove and cook at a maximum of 3-4 hours. Then puree as directed.
preserves
This apple can be absolutely preserved as a result of safe conservation procedures. Everything is about science. Apples are naturally acidic, but their pH exactly varies depending on variety, so you have to add an acid. Add a plus 1 tablespoon of bottled lemon juice or 1/2 teaspoon citric acid on a quarter apple.
Once your apples are warm and ready, it drives it crazy in sterilized jars, leaving ½ inches of head space. Delete clean wheels, secure the covers and processes Bathroom of boiling water for 15 minutes for paint jars and 20 minutes for quarter jars. After processing, allow the jars to cool to room temperature before storing them in a cool and dark place. Proper canned applea will last up to one year.
Storage and reheating instructions
Refrigerator Debris in a sealed container up to 2 weeks.
To freezeWait until cooling and then put in the quarters or freezer bags. Put apples in the freezer and keep it up to 2 months. Don’t refer to apples once you defrost it.
Recall on the stove on medium-micmic heat until heated.
Reheat in the microwave oven in stages of 30 seconds, stirring between each for heating.
