No-Cook-Canning Applesauce for Winter

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   Want an easy, quick way to make natural fresh-apple sauce — no sterilizing — that's sure to please? Start by gathering everything you need for this smooth applesauce to put up for winter.

2. Step 2:

   

   Take a large enamel basin and cut 3 kilograms of well-washed fresh apples into rough medium pieces.

3. Step 3:

   

   Pour 300 ml of water over the chopped apples and set the basin on the stove.

4. Step 4:

   

   Cover the basin, turn the heat to just above medium, and bring the apples to a boil, stirring two or three times along the way.

5. Step 5:

   

   After 20 minutes, stir the apples, cover again, and keep cooking another 15 minutes.

6. Step 6:

   

   Take the basin off the heat and blend the apples until smooth.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add 150–200 grams of sugar to the applesauce, depending on how sweet your apples are.

8. Step 8:

   

   Stir the sugar into the applesauce well.

9. Step 9:

   

   Set the basin back on the stove, cover, and cook the sauce over medium heat for about 10–15 minutes, stirring often, so the sugar dissolves completely.

10. Step 10:

    

    Add half a teaspoon of citric acid and stir well, then cover for a minute or two and turn off the heat.

11. Step 11:

    

    Spoon the hot applesauce into clean, sterilized jars, filling them right to the top.

12. Step 12:

    

    Seal the jars tightly with sterilized lids, turn them upside down to check that they don't leak, then cover them with a warm blanket until completely cool.

13. Step 13:

    

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