Buy or find access to a Food Strainer
(here is a link to one on Amazon)
This is SOOOOOOO worth it.
I’ve never made apple sauce without it.
If you don’t have one then you will have to Core and Peel all of the
apples yourself. YIKES!!!
Step 1: Go Pick Apples from your local Apples Orchard
Step 2:
Wash them and quarter them. When you quarter them take the stem out. Don't use apples with worms. Make sure you discard those ones or at least the part of the apple the worm was in.
Step 3: Then boil them in a BIG pot. I have actually borrowed my friend's hot water bath and used it to boil the apples so I could get a lot of apples boiled at once. If your friends don't have one for you to borrow then just grab your BIGGEST pot and boil the apples for about 10 minutes. You want the apples soft but not falling apart.
Step 4: After they are soft put them in your food strainer and get all of the pulp you possible can. My kids love doing this part. They love to watch the apples' "poop" or "guts" come out one end and the yummy pulp coming out the other. My husband will take the apple "guts" and put it through again to get all the apple pulp he possible can. You would be surprised at how much pulp we still get from the apples guts.
I don't know why I didn't take any pictures beyond this point but I don't have them. When I make the apple sauce this year I will up date :)
Step 6: Return apple pulp to saucepot. Add sugar to taste. Bring applesauce to a boil, stirring to prevent sticking. Maintain temperature at a boil while you fill the jars. Ladle hot sauce into hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. Remove air bubbles. Adjust two-piece caps. Process pint size and quart size jars for 20 minutes in a boiling-water canner.
There You have it. You very own apple sauce. Trust me, you will never like store bought apple sauce again.
