If you know my sister Jessie at all, you know one thing...she is NOT a domestic. She is fabulous in every way, I assure you...but she has no passion for cooking or homemaking at all. She is a great aunt, a social fashionista, has 1,782,589 friends, 400 obligations, and great hair! And you know what? That's ok, because she's young, hot, and single! The world is laid out before her!But lo and behold, after hearing about my applesauce canning adventures, Jessie decided she wanted to come out and learn to make applesauce! Could this be???? I couldn't believe it, but I was game. When you have my little monkeys in the house, you can never have enough applesauce. I made a trip to the farmers market to pick up a half bushel of apples, Jess picked up the jars, and we were on our way! After peeling, peeling, and peeling some more, we cut the apples up and put them on the stove in a little water to cook them down...
After quite a while, the apples were finally soft and cooked down enough to mash. Now, we like our applesauce chunky, so we used a potato masher, which leaves some nice chunkiness! 
Then Jessie filled the jars all by herself...carefully wiping the rim and placing the lids on so they would seal properly...
And into the hot water canner they went...
After 20 minutes under a rolling boil, it was time to take them out. Look at her go!
Nice job, Jess! Aren't you all impressed?!? I think she's got potential!
Seriously folks, if you like applesauce AT ALL, get out there and get yourself some yummy apples and make some applesauce. It is totally easy, and fun to do too!
7 comments:
OMG - I am impressed!!!
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Hey now.....I am domesticated (cleaning, laundry, etc.) I just don't cook.....often! And gosh, I look like crap in these pictures! Atleast the applesauce turned out FABULOUS, if I do say so myself!!! Thanks, Jen!
Homemade apple sauce looks delicious! Impressed by Kuckie AND Aunt Jessie :)
This post makes me think that even I could do this!!! We shall see!!!
yay - a fellow runner (the t-shirt was the first thing I noticed - ha!)
you mean to tell me that all applesauce consists of is peeling apples, cooking them down, & jarring them? wow - easy peasy! nothing to add?
Kate - she's not a runner, but she volunteers for the Columbus Marathon every year. And yes, applesauce is just that easy. You add a little water before cooking, just to keep them from burning on the bottom of the pot. Of course, you can add sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, or whatever you like...but we like ours as plain as possible!
There's always first times. After never comes first times and your sister reached that. She seems to have fun with it. She could develop this into a hobby. :D
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