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Pink kids bowl on top of a pink napkin filled with homemade applesauce with apples and cinnamon scattered around the bowl.

Get the recipe: Homemade 20-Minute Cinnamon Applesauce

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You'll love this Homemade Cinnamon Applesauce for a healthy snack or treat. It's easy to make, stores well, and tastes absolutely delicious warm or cold! Great for babies, toddlers, and kids!
Yield: 3 cups
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 15 minutes
Total: 20 minutes
Author: Michele Olivier
Course: Side Dish
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Ingredients 

Instructions 

  • Prep: peel, core and chop apples.
    A wooden cutting board on a white countertop with chunks of apples on it.
  • Simmer Apples: in a large stockpot, bring the apples, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and water to a boil. Reduce to a simmer over medium-low heat, cover, and cook for 12-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Let cool slightly.
    Silver saucepan filled with cooked chunks of apples.
  • Blend: transfer all ingredients into a blender or food processor. Pulse for a chunky applesauce or puree for 30-60 seconds for a smooth consistency.
    Clear blender with pureed apples.
  • Eat: serve or transfer to an air-tight container and store in the fridge.
    Pink kids bowl full of homemade applesauce with a pink kids spoon full as well with applesauce.

Notes

Age: 6+ months. For babies, just puree until smooth and serve.
Storage: Cinnamon Applesauce will keep for 1 week in the fridge (if it lasts that long!) or for 3 months in the freezer. 
Apples: Make sure to use apples that are ripe and sweet, such as Fuji, Gala, Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Pink Lady or Golden Delicious.

Equipment

Saucepan
Blender
Measuring Cups
Silicone Baby Bibs
Bumkins Baby Bowl

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