Applesauce

A quick and easy applesauce recipe from AllRecipes.com

Ingredients

4 apples (peeled, cored, and chopped)

3/4 cup water

1/4 cup white sugar

1/2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

In a saucepan: combine apples, water, sugar, and cinnamon.

Cover and cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, or until apples are soft.

Allow to cool, then mash with a fork or potato masher. Pastry cutter can work for large chunks.

Special Notes

Sugar should be cut down or eliminated for especially sweet apples. Wild tart apples could use 1/4 cup in a double batch.

Canning Notes

Hot-water bath for 10 minutes is normal for applesauce, but the following will also work in a mid-range instant pot…

Set instapot to high pressure and 10 minutes

Place the steam tray in the bottom of the pot and about half-fill with water

Fill up to 4x Pint Jars (jars should be warmed under water)

Seal the jars with rings/lids

Remove any water above the PC MAX — 2/3 line; water doesn't need to cover the jars

Place jars in instapot and cover; ensure valve is set to pressure

Let it run!

A double batch of this recipe (8 apples) makes more than 1.5 Pints. 4 pint jars fit in the instant pot so you'll need to multiply the recipe by 5.25 (about 21 apples). Don't exceed 3/4 cup sugar or 2 tsp cinnamon.