Directions for Making Applesauce
Ingredients and Equipment:
- Apples (see step 1)
- Cinnamon
- Jar grabber (to pick up the hot jars)
- Lid lifter (has a magnet to pick the lids out of the boiling water where you sterilize them.
- Jar funnel
- At least 1 large pot (at least 8-quart size or larger)
- Large spoons and ladles
- Ball jars 1 Water Bath Canner (a huge pot with a lifting rack to sterilize the jars of applesauce after filling. You can use a large pot instead, but the canners are deeper, and have a rack top make lifting the jars out easier. If you plan on canning every year, they’re worth the investment.
- Sieve: KitchenAid with the Sieve/grinder attachments ($370) or a Foley Food Mill ($25) or if you are really into a tedious, time-consuming method, a simple metal sieve.
Recipe and Directions
Step 1 - Selecting the apples
The Fuji’s and Gala’s give it an aromatic flavor! Honeycrisp and Pink Lady are also excellent, sweet, flavorful apples. Macintosh with some Jonathan mixed in make a more tart Read More…
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