Unsweetened Applesauce Recipe with just 2 ingredients and in just 10 minutes, that too without using any preservative or artificial color!

Use this versatile applesauce in vegan baking or as Fruit spread or for feeding infants.

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Applesauce is not only an important ingredient in vegan baking but has other varied uses too.

One second, Apple Sauce or Apple Spread? Well, I think it's both and even more. But whatever you call it, one thing is sure that it is packed with the natural goodness of the fruit, and you will love it when touched by your palette.

This Apple Sauce I tried tasted divine. Though I made it unsweetened only but just for trial, added jaggery in some and voila, I loved that too! 

The sweetened one tasted more or less like Jam, and, today, I had bread, not 1 or 2 but 3 slices at a go with this sauce cum jam after ages and I just loved it. It's such a simple recipe that you won't mind trying it out, as you can try it with just 1 apple too. Though I am sure after trying, it will be your staple recipe for apple sauce cum jam and you will make it often.

Other Apple Recipes You may like :

• Breakfast Muffins With Apples and Carrot
• Apple Crumble
• Apple Kheer
• Broccoli and Apple Salad

 

How To Make 

• Making apple sauce is literally a child's play. It requires just 2 ingredients and 10 minutes to make apple sauce. Neither any preservative nor color is added to it.
• Cook apples on slow flame until the fruit softens up. For this, just chop apples, discard their core and boil it for few minutes. When apples get soft, mash them, cook them for few more minutes so that extra water, if any, gets evaporated. This is the basic recipe to make Apple Sauce.
  
• Though making apple sauce is very easy but using a Pressure cooker not only eases it further but also fastens the process. Just take care that you pressure cook it at low or medium flame so that nutrients are released fully.
• Further, adding cinnamon or sugar is a matter of choice and depends on the purpose for which you are making it. Also, keep it smooth or chunky, the way you like.

 

Uses 

• Commonly used as an egg replacer in baking.
• It is also used as baby food,
• As a topping on bread or ice cream.

 

For Babies

Pamper your little ones with this apple sauce. It is very nutritious and good for their overall health. Apple Sauce is excellent for babies because of its nutrients and easy digestibility. They will love eating it!

However, take care of the following when feeding it to babies below 1 year:

• Churn it in the blender as it may have tiny bits which may cause difficulty.
• Also, either use peeled apples or pass it through a strainer after cooking, as the peels may not be swallowed by the babies.
• Sweeten it a little depending upon the taste of apples.

 

 As Spread Or Jam

• Apple sauce, when sweetened, becomes an excellent spread for bread/chapatis. It tastes very much like Apple Jam though not hard-set like jam.
• I use jaggery to sweeten it up and that too in the minimum possible quantity. Unlike Jam, this Apple sauce is not laden with sugar, hence it is healthy too.
• Also, it's different from Jam in the sense that it is not hard set like jam. And that's because of jaggery. Jam needs refined sugar and we have avoided it here. You can use sugar if willing to.

 

As A Topping On Cakes or Ice creams

Next time you serve vanilla ice cream. then drizzle some apple sauce on it and serve it with fruits. You can also use it in your Ice cream Sundaes. Or drizzle it on any cake. You can even serve this apple sauce as an accompaniment to pancakes.

 

Unsweetened Or Sweetened Apple Sauce

Here, I am sharing both unsweetened as well as sweetened Apple Sauce recipes. I feel sweetened Apple sauce tastes just like Apple Jam, so you can easily and without any guilt serve it to your family members. So, do not miss it and give it a try for sure.

 

Step By Step Recipe

A. Unsweetened Applesauce

• Wash the apples, pat dry. Remove its core and roughly chop it into pieces. No need to peel.

 

• Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice and 1/8th cup water and pressure cook these for 1 whistle on medium flame.

 

• When pressure is released, mash the apples using a potato masher (or in the blender) and your unsweetened Apple Sauce is ready.

 

B. Sweetened Applesauce

• Now, the same Apple Sauce can be turned into sweetened Apple Sauce which tastes more or less like jam. For this, add jaggery powder to it.

• Cook on medium flame till jaggery is dissolved fully.
• Once the jaggery is dissolved, increase the flame and boil the jam briskly stirring often.
• When it stops bubbling and spluttering then check for its doneness. For this, take a little on a plate, let it cool. If liquid separates out then cook for some more time. If sets and there is no liquid then it is set.

• Switch off the flame. Let it cool down completely.
• When cooled completely, fill it in a jar and keep it in the refrigerator. Use it on bread or ice cream or pancakes.

 

FAQs

Q) Shall I peel the apples or use them with the skin?

• It is better not to peel the apples as the peels are a storehouse of nutrients including pectin.
• Pectin is a soluble fiber that aids digestion and keeps our gut healthy.
• However, if necessary then after cooking and mashing the apples, pass it through a strainer and get rid of the peels.

 

Q) How to use it in place of eggs?

• Applesauce is an excellent replacement for eggs in baking. Though condensed milk and curd are topmost egg replacers but when it comes to vegan baking then applesauce is the king.
• For every 1 egg use 1/4 cup of apple sauce. Not only apple sauce but any fruit sauce can be used to replace eggs. But still, applesauce is preferred as it is neutral in taste. Unlike the banana, you will not at all taste apple in the cakes.

1 Egg= 1/4th Cup Applesauce (Unsweetened)

 

Q) What is its shelflife?

• Not much! You can store it for a week or two, depending on the weather, in the refrigerator. If you want it for a longer period, then the freezer is the answer.
• But as apples are available round the year and its an easy and quick recipe, so I think, you can always make a fresh batch whenever required.

 

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