Apples to Apple Sauce, Slow Cooker Style

Stopped at the orchard this weekend and picked up four pounds of slightly bruised Macoun "seconds" and a gallon of unpasteurized cider. Came home, drank down a glass of cold sweet cider, and made a big pot of slow cooker apple sauce!

Slow Cooker Apple Sauce v1.4

Core, peel, and chunk four pounds of apples. Place in a slow cooker with a half cup cider, a heaping half teaspoon cinnamon, and a heaping half teaspoon ginger. Cook on High for about three hours and then give the apples a good stir until the bigger chunks fall apart.

I love to freeze little cups of this stuff and take it to work. Each little cup functions like an ice pack in my lunch bag and, by the time I get to afternoon break, has half thawed to create a delicious apple pie slushie! Yum!