No Peel Instant Pot Applesauce with No Sugar
Make this delicious no peel and no sugar added Instant Pot applesauce. This homemade recipe is wonderfully seasoned with cinnamon and only requires a few minutes to make.
Servings 4 yields 2 cups (serving size ½ cup)
Calories 121kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 5 apples (cores removed, with peels) - use a mix of Golden Delicious and Royal Gala
- ½ cup water
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon (or more, to taste)
- juice of half a lemon
Instructions
- Wash, remove the cores and dice the apples. Place the diced apples, cold water, lemon juice, and cinnamon in the Instant Pot and stir to combine.
- Close the lid, turn the valve to SEAL, and set it to pressure cook at high temperature for 7 minutes. Once the pressure cooking time is up, do a quick release or allow to naturally pressure release.
- Open the lid and use a whisk or a potato masher to process, for chunky applesauce (for a smoother texture, simply use a blender).
- Transfer the applesauce to sanitized jars and keep cooled in the fridge for 7-10 days.
Notes
Useful Tips:-
- To thicken your applesauce, make a slurry consisting of one tablespoon tapioca (or wheat) flour and 6 tablespoons of water. Stir this into the Instant Pot, set to saute for 5 minutes, combine and allow to simmer and thicken, stirring from time to time.
- Complement the flavors from the cinnamon spice by adding a pinch of salt at the end of pressure cooking, just before mashing or processing.
- Store this applesauce in the fridge for 7-10 days and in the freezer for 4-6 months.
- Golden Delicious
- McIntosh
- Cortland
- Fuji
- Pink lady
- Jazz
- Royal Gala
- Jonathan
- Cortland
Nutrition
Calories: 121kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 253mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 125IU | Vitamin C: 13mg | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg