Homemade Apple Sauce

This applesauce is absolutely amazing... reminds me of my favorite side dish at Cracker Barrel - Fried Apples! Found this great recipe on someone's blog :-) Ah, the simpleness of it!

Ingredients:

4 apples - I used Gala apples

1/4 cup sugar (brown or white)

Cinnamon

3/4 cup water

Directions:

Peel and quarter apples. I usually get the water boiling as i'm peeling/cutting the apples.

You can either put the sugar/cinnamon while the water is warming up/boiling or wait until the apples are in.  

After all the apples are peeled and sliced, throw them all in the pot, cover it and let them simmer for about 20 minutes. I personally love cinnamon and use a lot of cinnamon and sugar and just throw it all on top of the apples and stir it all in.

After about 20 minutes, drain the apples.  I used a fork to mash them. It is SO easy!

You can mash it to whatever consistency you want... if you don't want it that chunky then you could probably use a food processor.  The applesauce tastes AMAZING warm but, is also good chilled.

Another thing I did with the apples was, instead of cutting all the apples into small chunks, I sliced them all and didn't mash them when they were done. Then, its just like fried apples! SO GOOD!