Emulsifier Free Pear Cinnamon Applesauce
Warm, spiced, and deeply comforting, this pear cinnamon applesauce is the kind of thing that makes your whole kitchen smell incredible while it simmers. Ripe pears bring a natural sweetness and silky texture that pairs beautifully with the apples, and a touch of maple syrup, cinnamon, and ginger rounds everything out with cozy, autumnal flavor. Store-bought versions are often loaded with additives and stabilizers that can be hard to track down on a label, so making your own from scratch is genuinely the easier call here. Every single ingredient in this recipe is a whole food — just fruit, water, warm spices, and a drizzle of maple syrup, nothing more. You control the texture too, going chunky with a potato masher or silky smooth with an immersion blender depending on your mood. It's wonderful served warm alongside a meal, spooned over oatmeal, or eaten straight from the pot with a spoon — no judgment.
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6 servings
- 1 ½ lb apples (about 4 medium), peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch chunks
- 1 lb ripe pears (about 2 medium), peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch chunks
- ⅓ cup water
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- ¾ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- ⅛ tsp salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the apple chunks, pear chunks, water, maple syrup, cinnamon, ginger, and salt in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir to coat the fruit.
- 2
Bring the mixture to a gentle simmer, then reduce the heat to medium-low, cover, and cook for 20–25 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the fruit is completely tender and collapses easily when pressed with a spoon.
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