"Delicious homemade applesauce recipe! There is nothing better than homemade applesauce with hand-picked apples, and it is so easy to make!..."
INGREDIENTS
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4 pounds of apples (about 8 to 10 apples, depending on the size), peeled, cored, and quartered* (use apples varieties that are good for cooking such as Granny Smith, Pippin, Gravenstein, Mcintosh, Fuji, Jonathan, Jonagold, or Golden Delicious)
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2 strips of lemon peel (use a vegetable peeler to strip 4 lengths, zest only, not the pith)
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3 tablespoons lemon juice or apple cider vinegar (more or less to taste)
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1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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Up to 1/2 cup of white sugar (can sub half of the white sugar with brown sugar)
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1 cup of water
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1/2 teaspoon of salt