My house smells amazing right now. I made a batch of cinnamon apple sauce this morning, and now I’m roasting some beef bones to make French Onion soup later. I kinda want to lick the walls…but I know where they’ve been, so I’ll just wait for dinner. But in the meantime, I can’t stop sneaking a spoonful of sauce here and there.
Applesauce is super easy to make, but a lot of folks figure it takes hours and days so they buy the stuff at the store (packed with extra chemicals, ickies and sugars) instead. But I’m here to tell you, it’s pretty much the easiest thing ever.
- Peel, core, and slice as many apples as you would like (today’s batch had 4 apples – small). Tip: the smaller the slices, the faster it will cook
- Add apples to a sauce pan with 2 TB water (just to get things started) and 1/2 TB cinnamon (or however much you would like)
- Simmer, stirring occasionally, covered until the apples start to reduce and lose shape
- If it gets super duper watery, remove the lid and allow some of the steam to evaporate
- After 30 or so minutes (which should require very little supervision) you have applesauce. Done. Don’t like the chunks? Throw the batch in the blender or hit it with a potato masher.
Warm, fresh applesauce is definitely in the top 10 simple awesome pleasures in life.
annie.crafty.pants 
I made some apple sauce the other day and brought it to the impromptu “house” dinner my neighbors and I do every so often. They were amazed and convinced I spent HOURS… I almost felt guilty confessing it took less than an hour and that I find therapy in taking rage out on hapless apples with a potato masher.