Happy Fall everyone!!!…..Have you been apple picking yet? We just did our annual visit to a semi local farm for a hayride into the apple orchard fields to pick our apples for the season. I think I enjoy this more that our kids ever did…I think they go just for me. But my whole family loves the benefits of fresh, crisp apples, apple pie, a sliced up apple with peanut butter, or our favorite ….homemade applesauce and homemade applesauce muffins.

This is a real treat for us. Great for a fall morning breakfast, a snack during the day or a “just because I need a little something, something” as we say in our family.

Here are my two favorite recipes….I hope you enjoy them. Share your favorite things that you make with apples and feel free to share your recipes with all of us too in the comments below.

I usually do this in the crock pot overnight on low and you can also do this on the stove top until the apples are soft and then blend together in a food processor or blender.

Let it cool down and then I put the applesauce in zip lock sandwich bags…lay them flat and freeze for future use.

Applesauce:

• 6 apples (I like to mix and match different apple selections)
• 1 cup water
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon sugar (brown sugar is extra yummy)
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Dump everything in the pot and cook on low stove top or crock pot and then blend together until a sauce texture.

Applesauce Muffins:

(You Can Also Use a Bread Pan or Bundt Pan Too)

• 2 ½ cups flours
• 2 eggs
• ½ cup sugar (¾ if you like your muffins really sweat)
• 1 stick of melted butter
• ¼ teaspoon of salt
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder
• 1 teaspoon of baking soda
• 2 teaspoon of cinnamon
• 1 – ½ cups of applesauce

Bake at 350 for 12-15 minutes for muffins

Lynn A.C. Wilson – Resume of a Mother