Slow Cooker Applesauce Recipe

This was a no-brainer. Really worked out fabulously with almost no effort at all. Ten times better than anything bought in the store, too. My kids will tolerate the store bought organic, but they LOVED this. It's just like eating the inside of an apple pie. I upped the quantity of the pumpkin pie spice to a full tsp. and I also added the spice and the brown sugar to the crockpot during the cooking process. Excellent recipe! Thanks for sharing. EDITED 06/17/08: I made this today with half pear and half apples. This is a great way to use your excess crops or fruit that just didn't get eaten fast enough. My kids just can't get enough of this sauce!

I loved this! I cooked the apples (Granny Smith) in crock pot with all ingredients (substituted pumpkin pie seasoning to just cinnamon and nutmeg) on high 2 hours and then lowered temp to low for another hour. Then blended the mixture in a blender!! It was delicious!

As written, this is a good applesauce recipe. I used it as a starting off point to make a perfect batch of applesauce. First, I don't use 8 apples. I buy several packages of not-quite-perfect apples at a discount and use them to fill my slow cooker (peeled, cored, and sliced). Instead of water, I use apple juice or cider. I cut the brown sugar back to 2 or 3 tablespoons and sometimes use just cinnamon. We like it a little chunky and served warm. Perfect for topping oatmeal or just eating as-is. Can be canned to make a nice gift or for longer storage.

I have a Squeezo food mill, so I used that to puree my whole apples after I had steamed them in an electric roaster with the water. A big investment worth every penny, as you can make gallons of applesauce in one afternoon. Once I had my puree, I added the other ingredients and then let it simmer. Yum! Delicious! Loved the brown sugar and the apple pie spice.

So easy & delicious. The only thing I did differently was to reduce the amount of brown sugar to 1/2 cup. Oh, and mine was done in 3 hours on low.

Yum. This time around, I doubled the number of apples and added 6 pears. I also made some additions - with ~ 1 TBSP vanilla in the first cook and added nutmeg and allspice, and extra cinnamon with the brown sugar. It's just a little bit spicy and delicious. We ate the first bit of it hot over vanilla ice cream.

I did not add any water, apples have enough moisture that it would have been too watered down. Instead I squeezed one lemon into the crockpot and cinnamon and freshly greater nutmeg and only 4 tablespoons brown sugar, even that was more than enough sweetness! Turned it on and went to bed, in the morning ran the immersion blender and had freshly made applesauce for breakfast. Thanks for jogging my memory, so much better than jarred applesauce.

Tastes exactly like how I would think fall tastes like. Wonderful! I cooked it on high for 4 hours and it still turned out great. :) Instead of water I used some Trader Joe's spiced apple cider that I had in the fridge.

I used the recipe as a base. I substituted apple juice for the water. Also used very ripe pears with the apples. Cinnamon and nutmeg to taste. Because the apples and pears were so ripe, and sweet on their own, I did not add any sugar. (Plus there was sweetness by using the apple juice rather than water.) Turned out great! Made it to serve with ham for a holiday dinner, and was a great side dish.

Very tasty! A bit sweet but good and easy. Removed a star since it was SOOOO watery. Definitely use less water or even none (as apples create their own juices). Can also use less sugar and it'll still be good. I didn't have pumpkin spice on hand so I substituted with cinnamon, nutmeg and a dash of all spice. Will make again with little to no water added.

This is amazing but the sugar needs to be adjusted. After the first 6 hours, when it is time to add the sugar and spice, do a taste test for sweetness. I only needed to add a pinch of sugar and I love a sweet applesauce. Adjust for taste. I felt like the amount of spice was perfect. I suggest using a combination of gala and golden delicious apples. They are the sweetest apples that are readily available. Using more than one type of apple adds a more complex flavor. If you use those sweet varieties of apples, you might not need to add sugar at all! That makes for a great option for people who need to limit their sugar. Instead of water, add some apple juice. This also contributes to a natural sweetness. I use an organic pure gala apple juice with no sugar added though any apple juice should work fine. My family likes this so much, they request it as gifts!

I tried this today as a 1/2 recipe, I used apple pie seasoning rather than the pumpkin pie spice, yummy. I will be making this again. Super easy

Added a few ingredients such as cinnamon honey and nutmeg (to taste)

Made my day, thank you!

This turned out great with our favorite Gala apples. Not a fan of pumpkin spice, I opted for apple pie spice. No other changes and it turned out very good.

Loved this recipe. Started with 1/2 cup of brown sugar and decided that was enough for our taste. Pumpkin spice was a great addition and I added a 1/2 tsp of cinnamon. Thank you for sharing.

It's delicious and of just the right consistency. I added about a tbsp of bwn sugar only. This is a keeper!

I've made this many times and each time it was delicious. Didn't have any brown sugar so I used maple sugar and it was equally delicious. Thank you for sharing.

This was so easy to make an absolutely delicious. However, instead of pumpkin pie spice I used apple pie spice.

I made this last night. I was thinking too much brown sugar. Perfect the way the recipe says. Delicious!