Homemade applesauce is a healthy, sweet, delicious snack. We like to eat it as soon as it’s cool enough to eat, but it’s great at room temperature or even cold straight from the fridge.
This winter I’ve been using my pressure cooker more. I’ve also been trying to eat healthy desserts. So when my husband brought home a big bag of Jonagold apples I decided to change one of our favorite snacks, Cookin’ Canuck‘s Crockpot Applesauce recipe, in to a pressure cooker applesauce recipe.
I like to use my apple peeler/slicer to cut the apples, but Kitchen Therapy makes a pressure cooker applesauce with the skins still on to add color to the applesauce. After it’s cook you separate the skins then stir/blend it.
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You can blend the applesauce in a blender so it’s complete smooth, but I like to leave it a little chunky. An immersion blender is the perfect tool for making applesauce. You can blend it as much as you like right in the pot.
Homemade applesauce, whether you make it in the pressure cooker, in the crockpot, or on the stove, is a treat my family loves, and I think yours will too.
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Pressure Cooker Applesauce
Ingredients
- 10 large Jonagold apples peeled, cored, and quartered or sliced
- ¼ cup apple juice or water
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Place the apple pieces, apple juice, sugar and cinnamon in the pressure cooker and stir to combine. Select High Pressure and set cook time for 4 minutes. (It took about about 10 minutes to come up to pressure.)
- After timer beeps use the quick release method to release the pressure. (You could also use a natural pressure release, but I'm impatient.)
- Stir apples, breaking up large chunks, until you've achieved your desired consistency. (Or you can take the easy way like I did and blend the apples with an immersion blender in the pot.)
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Pulled Pork: Pressure Cooker Style, Frieda Loves Bread
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Butternut Squash Soup with Chicken and Orzo, Barbara Bakes
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Delishhh
I love apple sauce – just love it – i always bring a jar with me to work for lunch. This looks fabulous!
cindy
I’ve used the pressure cooker for years. It’s the only way to cook beans for refried beans! I haven’t used it for applesauce but my daughter and her 3 kids moved in for a few months. This will be a great dessert. Thanks Barbara. Have a great week.
Blond Duck
So much better than store bought!
Barbara
That looks delicious, Barbara. I don’t even have a pressure cooker anymore!
Valérie ( France )
Un pot qui me donne envie de bon matin pour remplacer mon yaourt
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Je te souhaite un bon mardi
Valérie.
Mercedes
I have never tried a pressure cooker, but this looks so comforting. I have a cold right now and I would love to curl up with a big bowl of this!
Katherine Martinelli
Mmmm there’s nothing like homemade applesauce! I don’t have a pressure cooker but I’d love to try this recipe on the stovetop.
Kim
I don’t own a pressure cooker, but I do love homemade applesauce. Homemade applesauce is so much better than any of the storebought varieties.
Kalyn
What a great idea!
Claire @ Claire K Creations
Ooh I can imagine how good a spoon full of this would be. It would be delicious served warm over vanilla icecream too. Yum!
Bonnie
I make my applesauce in the crock pot but I will have to do some in my Cuisinart pressure cooker. Haven’t tried it yet but 10 minutes sure beats overnight.
BreAna {Sugar and Spice and All Things Iced}
I LOVE homemade applesauce! What a delicious healthy dessert!
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel
I love how smooth it is! Looks absolutely perfect.
Nicole@HeatOvenTo350
I’ve been wondering how to make applesauce in my pressure cooker. Thanks for solving the problem for me!
Maria
Love the hint of cinnamon!
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar
I don’t have a pressure cooker, but I’ve been wanting one for a while. This sounds awesome!
Eliana
Oh my goodness – I read this wrong and realize it’s a pressure cooker you made this in. Silly me!!! Still looks awesome.
Eliana
Hmmm – yet another reason to get myself a slow cooker. Looks divine!
Rosa
Delicious and so useful!
Cheers,
Rosa
a spoonful of yumm
love the apple peeler 😀 this pressure cooker version looks good, will try it