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Festive Applesauce

Here's how you make Festive Applesauce
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  • Servings: 12
  • Prep: 25m
  • Cook: 6h
    • The following recipe serves 12 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 3 pounds apples (mixed varieties, peeled and cubed, 8 medium apples)
  • 2 pounds pears (peeled and cubed, 5 pears)
  • 1 cup cranberries (fresh or frozen)
  • 1 tablespoon ginger root (fresh minced, 1 inch)
  • 3 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 1/2 cup apple cider
  • 3 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
  • 1/16 teaspoon salt
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon lemon zest(zest of one lemon)
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Put everything into the slow cooker except for the lemon zest and the lemon juice.

  • Step 2: Put the lid on. Cook on low for 6 hours, or until the apples and pears are softening and breaking apart.

  • Step 3: Next, add the lemon zest and lemon juice, stirring it in.

  • Step 4: You may serve this hot, warm, or cold.

Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Slow Cooker

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