Quick & Easy Homemade Applesauce in Your Instant Pot

[@kellyf3626]

Now I’m craving applesauce!

[@JoyfulHomestead77]

LOL!! Good stuff, you should try it! If you don't have the Instant Pot, a crockpot will do.

[@christinevandykART]

Fantastic! I have all those tools but didn't know how to make apple sauce. Thanks for the information. I'm excited to try. Yummy & healthy for my family. 🍏🍎

[@JoyfulHomestead77]

Glad we could help! Have a fun time with it!

[@jknight5311]

Great tip about using natural release on the instapot instead of quick release. I didn't realize that it would clog and draw some of the applesauce out!

[@JoyfulHomestead77]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jknight5311]

Great idea about adding the essential oil to the fruit wash; I'm going to try this! I wonder if you could use tea tree....

[@JoyfulHomestead77]

Yes you can! However, keep in mind that anything you put on your fruit and veggies might clean it well, but can leave a bit of a residual taste....I think tea tree oil tastes nasty!

[@jknight5311]

The jar funnel looks handy and great for other projects as well. Where did you purchase it?

[@JoyfulHomestead77]

The brand is Delove. Not sure how we acquired it, but I am betting you could find it on Amazon! Probably about $20.

[@JoyfulHomestead77]

Oh, and yes, it is SO handy for anytime that we are putting anything in jars!!!

[@jknight5311]

Do you have a favorite brand pairing knife?

[@JoyfulHomestead77]

We have made the decision to use lower end knives, but to keep them well sharpened. The downside of that is that the low-end knives need replaced more often, while a really high-end knife set will last years longer and maybe hold their edges better. Dan is a bit of a nerd when it comes to sharpening the kitchen knives. He even taught a session on knife sharpening using descending grits of sandpaper in our homestead group last year! The brand you see in most of our videos is just something we picked up at IKEA. We like the feel of them in our hands. Nothing more magical than that.

[@jknight5311]

I don't really like applesauce. I wonder if you could put the apples in the apple cider vinegar you made and make a kind of an apple pickle that you could can using the canning bath method. Do you think it would taste good?

[@JoyfulHomestead77]

There are some cider makers that use whole apple chunks in their cider. Unfortunately, those chunks will just add to the cider process and not become anything different. In addition, the "pulp" of your apple cider processing becomes a bit funky-not sure you would want to eat that! If you want to process apples differently, I would suggest brined apples or trying some lacto-fermentation.