Applesauce

This week we continued our apple recipe spree with homemade applesauce! Applesauce is incredibly easy to make, makes your kitchen smell amazing, and the children really enjoyed mashing the apples.

Found the recipe at Allrecipes.com  My notes will be in bold.

Applesauce
4 Apples peeled, cored, and chopped up (We used gala's once again)
3/4 c Water (although I realized later apple juice would have made it even better!)
1/4 c Sugar
1/2 t Cinnamon

In a saucepan, combine apples, water, sugar, and cinnamon. Cover, and cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, or until apples are soft. Allow to cool, then mash with a fork or potato masher. (We used forks, but a potato masher would have been faster and easier.)

We served it with graham crackers which made it even more delicious. Not all of the children cared for this version, it may have been a bit too sweet (in which case try a slightly tarter apple like Golden Delicious), but a few of those children told me they didn't like apples much at all. Personally I really enjoyed it, and Ms. Bree in Nena's room said she thought it was better than any store bought kind she had tried before.