It is not quite strawberry season here in Western New York, but the produce section of the grocery store has had plenty of ripe juicy strawberries available lately. My children absolutely love strawberries so I have been busy incorporating them into some yummy recipes! Today I am going to share with you a very simple Slow Cooker recipe for Strawberry Applesauce. This recipe makes the most delicious, fresh applesauce. If you have little ones at home, I am sure they would love to have fun in the kitchen and help you prepare this. At our house, I do all of the knife work, but my children like to put everything in the slow cooker, mix the ingredients, and set the timer and heat settings. It is so rewarding for them to eat something that they helped prepare! This recipe will last about a week in your refrigerator, but I have never have much of this applesauce left over to store! Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 4 lbs. golden delicious apples, peeled, cored and cut into chunks
- 1 1/2 lbs. fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
Instructions
- Place apples and strawberries in your slow cooker.
- Sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon.
- Pour in the water.
- Stir so everything is well combined.
- Cook for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.
- Uncover, and with a potato masher, mash the applesauce until you get the consistency you want. If you like your applesauce smoother and less chunky, you can use an immersion blender.
- Let the applesauce cool for 30 minutes and then chill in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve.
- This recipe makes about 8 cups of applesauce.
- Store leftover applesauce in a large mason jar in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
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Jackie says
This sounds yummy! I found you from Foodie Friends Friday. I would love for you to share at my Tried and True Recipe party: http://rediscovermom.blogspot.com/2013/05/tried-and-true-recipes-11.html
shannon says
Thanks for stopping by Jackie and for the invite! I will definitely check it out:)
Jennifer says
I’d like to invite you to my Friday Flash Blog, where you can share your best blog entry of the week! The party goes on ALL weekend at thejennyevolution.com. And who knows, you may just get featured next week.
Jennifer
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shannon says
Thanks so much for stopping by and for the invite:) I will definitely check it out!
Linda says
Thanks for bringing this over to Tumbleweed Contessa’s What’d You Do This Weekend? Great recipe. Love using my crock pot.
See you again next week,
Linda
shannon says
Thanks Linda:)
Andrea says
As soon to be mother 4 as well, we go through a lot of applesauce in our house too! Thanks for sharing your recipe. I know my kids will love it. Stopping by from Tumbleweed Contessa:)
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shannon says
Thanks Andrea! Making your own applesauce is great when you have a large family to feed. I love it because it is so fresh and you know exactly what is going into it:) Best wishes with your pregnancy!
Laura @ The Rookie Cook says
Yum – this applesauce looks great!
Glad I found you on Manic Monday Party 🙂
shannon says
Thanks so much for stopping by Laura!
Vickie@ Making Our Sustainable Life says
Wow, I can’t wait to try this. I love, love, love my crockpot and devour any recipe I can get for it. I wonder how this would hold up to canning? Thanks for sharing! I found you on Maniac Monday.
shannon says
Thanks Vickie! I have never canned this, I usually don’t have much left over- but it might just work:) I have frozen some in a mason jar before and it worked out ok!
Ericka says
I love the idea of making applesauce in the slow cooker, and strawberry applesauce sounds great! Thanks for sharing on Foodie Friends Friday!
shannon says
Thanks Ericka! My children just love this applesauce for snack and even dessert:)
Michelle says
This looks so good. I’ve been planning on trying something similar with just berries. It may not work, but I’m going to find out. I chose this as my host favorite this week on Foodie Friends Friday, so it will be featured tomorrow on Daily Dish Magazine. Thanks so much for sharing!
Lois Christensen says
Thank you for sharing your applesauce with Foodie Friends Friday! Looks so good. Please come back on Sunday to VOTE!
Pam says
That looks delicious. My neighbor used to make the best homemade applesauce, but I’ve never actually thought about making it myself. I am going to give this a try tomorrow.
shannon says
Thanks for stopping by Pam! I hope you love it. You can add more sugar if you like it a little sweeter too:)
Diana Rambles says
Yummy!
shannon says
Thanks Diana!
Alexandra says
Yum, this looks really great! Stopping by from The Girl Creative, thanks for sharing!
shannon says
Thanks Alexandra:)
Angel says
Hi Shannon
Wow this looks great. Thanks for sharing your recipe at my hop today. You have a lot of awesome recipes here. You gotta add some of them to my Recipe Hop tomorrow. I’d love to have you show some of these off. Also I’m your newest follower. Can’t wait to see what you cook up next.
Angel @sewcraftyangel.blogspot.com
shannon says
Thanks so much Angel! Thank you for the invite and I will definitely stop over tomorrow:)
KC @ The Real Thing with the Coake Family says
Can’t wait for strawberry season…it’s not here yet either. This looks amazing and I am pinning it to make it once strawberry season hits. I would love if you would share this at my link party. http://www.realcoake.com/2013/04/real-family-fun-11.html
Take care,
KC
shannon says
Thanks so much for stopping by and for the invite! This recipe is so simple and makes quite a bit of applesauce:)
KC @ The Real Thing with the Coake Family says
Thanks so much for coming by and linking up! I hope to see you again next week.
KC
Lois Christensen says
Looks delicious and beautiful!
shannon says
Thank you Lois:)