Carrageenan Free Whole30 Cinnamon Apple Sauce
Warm, fragrant, and naturally sweet, this homemade applesauce is the kind of simple comfort food that makes you wonder why you ever bought it in a jar. Store-bought versions are a surprisingly common source of carrageenan, which sneaks in as a thickener or stabilizer — so making your own is genuinely the easiest way to sidestep that concern entirely. Here, six pounds of fresh apples do all the heavy lifting, softening down with just water, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a pinch of sea salt into something that tastes far more complex than the ingredient list suggests. You control the texture too — mash it chunky for something rustic and satisfying, or run an immersion blender through it for a silky-smooth finish. It works beautifully as a snack on its own, a topping for pork, or stirred into a bowl of compliant breakfast foods. Clean, real ingredients and zero additives — this is applesauce the way it was always meant to taste.
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6 servings
- 3 lbs apples (about 6 medium), peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch chunks
- ½ cup water
- 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 pinch fine sea salt
Instructions
- 1
Combine the apple chunks, water, lemon juice, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir to coat the apples.
- 2
Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until the apples are completely tender and collapse easily when pressed with a spoon, about 20–25 minutes. If the pan looks dry before the apples are soft, add water 2 tbsp at a time.
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