Canning applesauce is one of the easiest places to start your water bath canning experience. In fact, I believe applesauce may have been the first thing I ever water bathed.
We have 11 apple trees, and each year at least one full tree is devoted to canning applesauce to be put into the pantry for the next year. Now, that may sound like we’re getting out of hand with the applesauce, but we’re really not.
We use it in our oatmeal, when cooking pork, for baby food, and for adding to other fruits to make a perfectly textured fruit leather.
Also, since we only have a 70 day growing season, if our weather is a little off, we sometimes don’t get apples that year. This has happened a few times, and we’re always glad that we’ve canned applesauce in excess on these years.
Let me tell you—once you’ve had homemade canned applesauce, and you know exactly what’s in it (and have a good idea what’s not in it), you’ll never want to go back to store bought again.
On a tight budget? Homemade canned applesauce will save you a ton of money. Since I use canning equipment and jars I’ve already got, reusable Tattler lids, and homegrown apples, I don’t put a penny into these. Could stocking your shelves be any more frugal?
