Slow Cooker Applesauce

About This Recipe

Homemade apple sauce doesn't get easier than using your slow cooker!!

Ingredients

• 8 medium apples (Use a combination of Golden Delicious, Honey Crisp, Fuji, Gala, etc.)
• 1 strips of lemon peel - use a vegetable peeler
• 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
• 3 inch cinnamon stick
• 5 teaspoons light brown sugar (unpacked (you can leave out for sugar-free))

Instructions

1. Peel, core, and slice the apples.
2. Place them in the slow cooker.
3. Add the cinnamon stick, lemon peel, lemon juice and brown sugar.
4. Set crock pot to low and cook for 6 hours.
5. Stir apples occasionally, apples will slowly become a delicious applesauce.
6. Remove cinnamon stick and use an immersion blender to blend until smooth or if you prefer a chunky sauce, leave sauce intact.