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Crockpot Cinnamon Applesauce

Sweet and chunky Cinnamon applesauce
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 30 minutes

Equipment

  • crockpot
  • potato masher

Ingredients
  

  • 15 apples (depending on size, I fill the crockpot full)
  • 2 cups packed brown sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon (I go heavy-handed on the cinnamon)
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2-4 tbsp lemon juice (If using fresh lemons, the juice of 1-2 lemons)
  • 1/2-1 cup water

Instructions
 

  • Peel, core, slice apples. To make it easy, I only cut apples into fourths. Add all apples to the crockpot. Set Crockpot to high heat.
  • Add all other ingredients on top of apples...sugar, salt, lemon juice, water, cinnamon.
  • Cook apples on high for 3-4 hours. If apples are soft and mashable, mash with a potato masher and reduce heat to low for additional 3-4 hours. If apples are still hard, check again after 1 more hour.
  • If applesauce has too much liquid, drain off extra water.
  • For chunkier applesauce, do not continue mashing apples. For a thinner more smooth sauce, mash apples every hour and again when applesauce is finished.