September 16, 2020

Make Your Own Delicious Homemade Applesauce

Wave goodbye to the dog days of summer, and say hello to autumn. And with the change in season, comes the classic fall activity of apple picking. But what to do with all those sweet and crisp apples? Let’s make some homemade applesauce with brown sugar and cinnamon!

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If you want a unique take on an old favorite, you’ll be incredibly impressed with the results of this simple yet versatile homemade applesauce recipe. So let’s get right into it.

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Homemade Brown Sugar Cinnamon Applesauce

Applesauce Ingredients

6 medium to large apples (sweeter varieties work best. I would suggest Honey Crisp, Gala, or Golden Delicious)

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1 cup of water

Directions

Peel, core and dice all of your apples. If you have this nifty apple slicer/corer, it does a lot of the work for you!

Place all of your chopped apple pieces in a medium saucepan.

Add your chopped apples to a medium saucepan

Add the water, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Stir to ensure all of the apple pieces are well coated.

Stir in water, brown sugar, and cinnamon until your apples are well coated

Now just place a lid on the saucepan and let it cook on medium heat for 15-20 minutes.

Cover the saucepan with a lid and cook on medium hear for 15-20 minutes

After 15-20 minutes, check to make sure the apple pieces are nice and soft. They should be very tender at this point, but if they aren’t super tender yet, give them another 5 minutes on medium heat.

Your apples should be nice and tender after about 15 minutes

Once the apple pieces are soft enough, remove them from the heat. There will still some liquid in the pan still but this is okay! As it cools, it will thicken up nicely into a sweet sauce and incorporate well into the apples.

Now it’s time to smash the apple pieces. I would highly suggest using a potato masher if you have one. If not, a fork works well too. It will just take a little longer.

Mash up your cooked apple mixture using a potato masher or something similar

Once your apples are thoroughly mashed to your liking, mix it up well with a spoon to incorporate all of the brown sugar/cinnamon sauce into it.

Let the mixture cool and stir it together well to finish your homemade applesauce!

And Voilà! You have yourself a wonderfully rich and tasty brown sugar/cinnamon homemade applesauce. Check out our serving suggestions below.

Homemade applesauce with brown sugar & cinnamon

Serving Suggestions

As I mentioned, this applesauce recipe is very versatile and it can be enjoyed either hot or cold.

One of my favorite ways to enjoy this applesauce is fresh and warm, right out of the pan over some homemade vanilla ice cream.

Check out our recipe for homemade vanilla ice cream below!

A Fun & Simple Way to Make Homemade Ice Cream

This brown sugar applesauce also tastes amazing refrigerated. It makes an excellent side dish with any dinner entree, especially when it’s paired with grilled porkschops and green beans.

But honestly, once you make this applesauce recipe, I’m sure you won’t have any trouble finding ways to enjoy it!