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With a cooking time clocking it at 10 hours, this applesauce is a true test of patience, but while you wait to taste it, your kitchen will be filled with autumnal aromas.
By Lauren Hardy
Harvest Applesauce
With a cooking time clocking it at 10 hours, this applesauce is a true test of patience, but while you wait to taste it, your kitchen will be filled with autumnal aromas.
- Author: Lauren Hardy
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 hours
- Total Time: 10 hours 10 mins
- Category: Side
Ingredients
- 6 pounds of apples, peeled, cored and sliced
- ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
- ¼ cup water
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- A pinch of salt
Instructions
- Place apples in a medium slow cooker. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and mix well.
- Pour wet mixture over the apples and cook covered on low for about 10 hours.
- Using an immersion blender, puree the cooked apples until smooth, like applesauce!

Lauren Hardy is a writer, editor and self-taught, experimental foodie. By the time she was 6 years old, she had the Toll House Inn chocolate chip cookie recipe memorized and baked a variety of batches for her family each week. Her passion for cooking flourished during her college years. In addition to her writing aspirations, she hopes to own a bakery someday. You can follow her latest musings on her blog, "Making Life Sweet," at laurenhardy.com, where she blogs weekly about inspiration, food and faith.