Get the recipe: Swoon-Worthy Stovetop Strawberry Applesauce (made in 30 minutes!)
This Homemade Strawberry Applesauce is made with lots of strawberries (2 heaping cups), apples, a drizzle of vanilla extract, and a pinch of cinnamon. No added sugar! It’s very easy to make stovetop, and is full of bold fruit flavor.
Ingredients
- 6 large apples peeled, cored and chopped
- 2 heaping cups strawberries, hulled and chopped
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- 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 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add Strawberries: Add in the strawberries, stir, cover and then cook for another 15 minutes. Let cool slightly.
- Blend: For a chunky sauce, mash the apples and strawberries with the back of a wooden spoon. For a smoother sauce, transfer all ingredients into a blender or food processor and puree for 30-60 seconds or until you achieve your desired consistency. I pureed mine for 45 seconds using an immersion blender. If pureeing for baby, puree for 1-2 minutes or until very smooth.
- Eat: Serve or transfer to an air-tight container.
Notes
Age: 6+ months
Storage: store in an air-tight container for 1 week in the fridge or 3 months in the freezer.
What Type of Apples to Use
- Sweet and Mildly Sweet: Fuji, Kiku, Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, Gala, Jazz Ambrosia
- Tart (with a little sweetness): Pink Lady, Jonagold, McIntosh, Jonathan, Empire, Granny Smith
- Crispy, Tangy and Sharp: Braeburn, Liberty, Ida Red, Rome, Pacific Rose, Opal
Toddlers
- They can help pick out and measure the ingredients.
- Toddlers can help chop the apples and strawberries into small chunks, with a child-safe knife.
- With assistance, they can add the strawberries to the cooking apples.
Kids
- They can pick out and measure all of the ingredients.
- Kids can help cut the fruits with a child-safe knife.
- They can help spoon the cooled sauce into a container.
How to Serve this Applesauce with Strawberries
Besides eating this straight out of the container after your kids go to bed, there are so many fun ways to enjoy this applesauce.
- Easy Dessert: warmed with a dollop of coconut whipped cream.
- Yogurt Parfait: Spooned over yogurt and sprinked with granola.
- School Lunch: add this delicious applesauce to your kids air-tight lunch box (or container) and send it for school lunch.
- Oatmeal: spoon into a bowl of warm oats and top with some chopped pecans, sprinkle of hemp seeds and a little brown sugar.
- Reusuable Pouch: spoon into a reusable food pouch for an easy on-the-go toddler or kid snack.
Calories: 145kcal, Carbohydrates: 37g, Protein: 1g, Fat: 1g, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 5mg, Potassium: 354mg, Fiber: 7g, Sugar: 27g, Vitamin A: 123IU, Vitamin C: 53mg, Calcium: 25mg, Iron: 1mg
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