Apple Pear Sauce

September 29, 2014

Take the best-tasting autumn apples, combine them with juicy pears and what do you get? Apple pear sauce: a healthy, no-sugar-added applesauce snack (or dessert!) your kids will happily eat.

Apple Pear Sauce via LizsHealthyTable.com

Juicy, crunchy, sour, or sweet, apples in autumn are the perfect family treat! Whether you bake them in a pie, slice them for a lunch box snack, or use them for this easy applesauce recipe, apples pack great nutrition into every delicious bite. One medium apple has just 95 calories and 4 grams of filling fiber, and now that they’re in season, the flavors are at their peak.

To show my love for apples, I use them in this simple stovetop applesauce recipe.

Apple Pear Sauce via LizsHealthyTable.com

Apple Pear Sauce
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
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Most of the vitamins, minerals, and fiber found in apples is actually in the peel, so I leave the peels on for this simple, stovetop recipe. Once blended, the cooked peels virtually disappear. Sweet soft apples such as McIntosh and Gala work best in this naturally no-sugar-added applesauce, and their red peels add a nice rosy color.
Ingredients
  • 3 large apples (about 1½ pounds), unpeeled and cut into ½-inch pieces
  • 1 pear, unpeeled and cut into ½-inch pieces
  • ½ cup 100% apple juice
  • Juice of half a lemon (about 2 tablespoons)
  • ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Place the apples, pear, apple juice, lemon juice, and cinnamon in a medium pot and stir to combine. Place over medium-high heat, cover, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and cook at a low boil, covered, until the apples are very tender, about 25 minutes. Stir occasionally. Let cool about 20 minutes.
  2. Place the cooked fruit in a blender and blend until smooth and the peels are incorporated. (If you don’t have a blender and plan to mash the fruit with a fork or potato masher, you may want to slice off the peels first before cooking for a nice, smooth texture.)
Notes
Don’t have a ripe pear on hand? Not to worry! Add an extra apple instead or 1 cup of fresh or frozen strawberries.

 

 

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  5. Yum! Loving this appilicious round-up! Thanks so much for including my homemade applesauce. I was just thinking Big Tex and I need to go apple picking soon so we can make some more 🙂 Your apple pear sauce sounds divine!

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