Apple Sauce for Making Apple Butter

Wash the apples, core and slice them with the peel on. Place the slices in a large metal pan with about a cup of water. Heat on medium-high, stirring often so the apples don’t stick. Cook the apples until completely soft, time depends on quantity.

To make the applesauce, use a China cap and wooden pestle (a food mill or potato ricer may work too). The goal is to push the apples through the small holes of the strainer into a large bowl, and discard the peel. This step is the most time consuming part of the whole process.

Now you have applesauce!! Measure the applesauce so you know how to adjust the recipe for making apple butter.

See my blog for photos of the process.