A perennial favorite among children, homemade applesauce is simple to make. Adding cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum) provides a nutrient-rich warmth that’s sure to help your batch taste and smell like harvest time. This is an easy homemade applesauce recipe that is a great opportunity to get the kids in the kitchen. Children are always more willing to eat healthily when they create the food. And if making it is also fun? It’s a total win-win.
And let’s not forget all the wonderful nutritious benefits of homemade applesauce. The wholesome nutrients in apples include beta-carotene, vitamins C and B, calcium, polyphenols, and pectin (Mars, 2004). By keeping the peel on the apple in this recipe, you not only save some elbow grease, but the peel is where many of those healthy polyphenols live. Polyphenols are nature’s antioxidants (Kschonsek et al., 2018) and the pectin is right under the skin (Justis, 2015). Let the apple peel become a normal part of your homemade applesauce recipes.
Easy Cinnamon Applesauce
Wash and roughly chop the apples, removing any seeds.
- Place the apples in a pot and just cover with water.
- Cover and simmer over low heat until the apples become soft.
- Add cinnamon to taste along with any other spices that you desire.
- Use a potato masher or immersion blender to blend the applesauce.
In Closing,
Homemade applesauce with cinnamon and spices tastes great alone or on your favorite oatmeal. Consider making extra to freeze for after-school snacks.
For more harvest time apple recipes, check out:
REFERENCES
Brazier, Y. (2020). What are the Health Benefits of Cinnamon? [Online article]. Retrieved from https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/266069
Justis, A. (2015). Harvest Time Apple Recipes [Blog post]. Retrieved from https://theherbalacademy.com/harvest-time-apple-recipes/
Mars, B. (2004). Rawsome . Laguna Beach, CA: Basic Health Publications.
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