A quick and easy applesauce recipe from AllRecipes.com

• Minimum 4 large apples (peeled, cored, and chopped)
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1. In a saucepan: combine apples, water, sugar, and cinnamon.
2. Cover and cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, or until apples are soft.
3. Allow to cool, then mash with a fork or potato masher. Pastry cutter can work for large chunks.

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

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

1. Set instapot to high pressure and 10 minutes
2. Place the steam tray in the bottom of the pot and about half-fill with water
3. Fill up to 4x half-pint or quarter-pint jars (jars should be warmed under water)
4. Seal the jars with rings/lids
5. Remove any water above the PC MAX — 2/3 line but water MUST cover the jars
6. Place jars in instapot and cover; ensure valve is set to pressure
7. Let it run!

A double batch of this recipe (8 apples) makes more than 1.5 Pints. 4 jars fit in the instant pot so a double batch should fit. Don't exceed 3/4 cup sugar or 2 tsp cinnamon.