sprinklefingers

as previously posted, i love making applesauce in my slow cooker. but there’s one little bit of information missing from my how-to on slow cooker applesauce: overnight applesauce.

take a quick look at the original recipe and you’ll see that i say you can cook the applesauce on high in your slow cooker for 3 hours or on low for 6. i’m here to tell you now that you can also simply peel & cut your apples before bed, put them in the slow cooker while you sleep, and in the morning - no matter how long you were in bed - you’ll have delicious applesauce.

how do i know this? i’ve let applesauce sit in my slow cooker (on low) for 10 hours and it’s come out completely delicious. darker in color and richer in flavor than any other applesauce i’ve ever, ever eaten. i’ve even been told that it tastes more like apple pie filling than applesauce - and it has no added sugar!

the long cooking time reduces the apples down so much that you’re left with a sauce that’s packed with flavor. yes, please.

[and, yes, you can still make slow cooker applesauce in 3 hours (on high) or 6 hours (on low) - it’ll be just as delicious…but you should try the easy-peasy overnight version!]

here’s the applesauce i canned this morning. after 10 hours of overnight slow cooking. yum!