Today I will be sharing with you my Best Homemade Slow Cooker Applesauce. I think that you will really love this recipe. My Best Homemade Slow Cooker Applesauce is an easy and simple recipe combining flavors like fresh apples, cinnamon, nutmeg & Madagascar vanilla extract. It really couldn’t be simpler and it will fill your home with AMAZING aromas and just wait until you taste it! From toddlers to teens to adults, this recipe is a real crowd pleaser.
My Best Homemade Slow Cooker Applesauce originally appeared on the Love Nerds November Apple Series. It has evolved from the homemade, organic baby and now toddler food that I have been making this year for my nephew. When my nephew was still just eating baby food, I made the applesauce using just apples. I would fill ice cube trays with the applesauce and freeze for individual servings for him. He loved it like that, with my sister reporting that it was his fav!! Once he was older and could have other ingredients introduced, we added the fresh cinnamon, nutmeg and madagascar vanilla extract. Then it was like OMG!! The house would smell like apple pie and the adults even enjoyed the applesauce, but my nephew was over the moon!! And that put me over the moon 🙂
Here is a shot of the apples in the slow cooker, just before turning it on. You can see the cinnamon stick and the fresh nutmeg shavings. You can’t really see the madagascar vanilla extract, but believe me…you will taste it and it is AMAZING!!! So let’s get to it!
Here is the recipe for the Best Homemade Slow Cooker Applesauce:
- 3 lbs. fresh apples (I like Gala or Honey Crisp's)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp. whole nutmeg, grated
- 1 tsp. madagascar vanilla
- Place a slow cooker liner in the slow cooker or spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Wash, peel, core and slice each apple into 8 slices.
- Add apples to slow cooker.
- Add cinnamon stick, grated nutmeg and vanilla.
- Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 7-8 hours.
- Remove cinnamon stick.
- Mash with a potato masher for a chunkier consistency or use an immersion blender for a smoother consistency.
- Serve as desired or spoon into an ice cube tray and freeze for later.
Homemade applesauce is the best! I used to make most of my own baby food when my kids were little, but I never made applesauce. My mother in law makes it fairly often for my kids in the fall though. Great recipe!
I don’t think I’ve ever used madagascar vanilla extract before!
Mmmm…I haven’t tried making applesauce in the slow cooker yet. But my Baby Girl loves applesauce, so I think I’ll have to try this real soon!
Thanks for the recipe. I pinned it.
This sounds delicious! I love applesauce and it’s awesome that you can do it at home!
Wow, I can’t tell you how amazing this looks! I absolutely love apple sauce and would love to try and make my own. I’ll have to give this one a shot for sure, especially since it can go in the slow cooker. Wonderful idea! Thanks for sharing.
Nice and easy and I’m sure YUMMY too!
Yummy. I just love how many things you can make in a slow cooker! This looks amazing!
This is so something I want to do. We all love applesauce, and I’d love to make it completely from scratch.
I’ve made applesauce a few times, but never in the crock pot. I bet this comes out great, and it must smell amazing while it cooks!
Love this homemade apple sauce!!! Oh YUM!!
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I have never thought to do applesauce in the slow cooker! Brilliant!
That looks sooo good! I’ve made it before, but not in the crockpot. I bet that would make it a little bit easier! And the house would smell delicious, too!
Love homemade applesauce! Yum!
Happy New Year and thanks for another awesome recipe to make my crock happy!
This looks wonderful! and I expect the addition of the vanilla is going to take this right up to the next level. Yummy!
I love applesauce, looks wonderful! Nettie
This is a great recipe and in the slow cooker is fantastic. Wake up to it being done.
I love making applesauce in the slow cooker and yours looks amazing!
Such a useful post. So much I could do with this DIY. Thx for sharing.
This time of year, my slow cooker is always in operation. Can’t wait to try this recipe!
I love making applesauce in the crockpot and can’t wait to try yours!
I hope you do Linda!! Your house will smell amazing!!