Absolutely the Best Investment Ever for Homemade Applesauce

Our apple trees are really starting to take off.  This year the HoneyCrisp tree was absolutely incredible.  

We made a lot of Apple Pie Filling, but wanted to try something else.  My buddy at work talked a lot about how great homemade Apple Sauce is.  I have only ever tasted store bought Apple Sauce, and I really didn't like it.  I decided to go ahead and try it…who knows…maybe I’ll like homemade Apple Sauce.

I was able to borrow a Victorio Food Strainer from my favorite Shelf Reliance Consultant, Heather.  To be honest, I didn't even know such a tool existed.  I just assumed that my wife and I would be using the peeler/slicer/corer that we used for the apple pie filling.  Then I assumed that we would either use the food processor or the potato masher to get it down to the right consistency.  I had no idea that the Victorio Food Strainer would make the job so easy.

I was so worried that it was going to be such a big deal that I didn't even think to get out the camera to photograph the steps…sorry

1. Wash the apples
2. Halve or quarter your apples and put them in a stock pot.  Most of the HoneyCrisp apples were big, so we had to quarter them, but the smaller ones only needed to be halved.
3. Add a little water to the pot to keep the apples from scorching.  Cook them for ~15-25 minutes until they are soft.
4. Place the apples into the Victorio.  As you turn the handle, the core and skin comes out one shoot and the Amazing Apple Sauce comes out the other.
5. We ran the cores and skins back through Victorio a second time.  It was awesome to see more apple sauce come out, just by re-straining.
6. Add sugar to taste.
7. Fill quart jars and process using the water-bath method.

I said before when I was writing about the pie filling that I couldn't believe that it could be so easy.  I had no idea that making apple sauce could be even easier!  

If you can't tell, I'm really getting into this food storage stuff.  Eat what you store and Store what you eat...It's hard to keep our cold storage full of food storage when it tastes this good!