The weather here is cooling off, and there's almost a chill in the air. Makes me want apples.  I've had this applesauce recipe bookmarked for future use for a while now.  This morning I decided today would be the day to do it.

But I said "screw the recipe" and just kind of winged it.  How hard can applesauce be?

1. buy (or pick, I guess) a bunch of apples.  I bought eight.  Four Braeburn, four Pink Ladies.

2. peel them and cut them into chunks.  throw away the cores and peels.

3. Dump Pile-O-Apple-Chunks into the crackpot.

4.  Turn it on.  Walk away.  Carry about your business. 

I had mine on "high" and in about 5 hours the apples were soft and broken down enough to just kind of melt when I stirred them.  (This will make your house smell delicious, by the by.)  I left a few little chunks in mine because that's how I roll. 

 

Result: it's delicious.  Eight apples made about 1/3 of a crackpot full of applesauce.  It's tangy and sweet at the same time, very yummy.

My Opinion: this is good, but cutting up all those apples is kind of a pain in the ass.  My son eats applesauce all the time (Mott's) but the adults don't, so unless I'm feeling extra fall-y, like this morning, I doubt I'll make this again.  But it was good.