Homemade Applesauce

Homemade Applesauce is really yummy and easy to make so kids can get involved. Use this to talk about how foods are made and eating healthy.

Supplies:
apples (you can use any kind or mix to make different flavors)
sugar
water


If you peel the apples and core them first then slice them, the smaller kids can use plastic knives to cut them into really small pieces. If you have a corer/slicer or a peeler/corer (like the metal one that looks like orange slices and a circle in the middle, or the big turn-style peeler that slices, peels and cores the apple) then the kids can help with that as well.

Let the kids put the apples (the smaller the faster it cooks), sugar (remember that the sugar concentrates as it cooks) and then the water (enough to cover all of the apples completely and add the water last as it will help dissolve the sugar). Cook on medium temp stirring occasionally. This will become a sauce-like consistency (see diagram below). If you want it to look more like a traditional commercial-made applesauce you should puree this mixture after it has cooled. Put in small containers in the fridge to cool it down and then eat.