Last week, we watched an episode of Sid the science kid on PBS. It is a cute show, that we watch ocassionally. That day they were discussing heat and how it changed things. It focused mainly on the stove and food. The teacher showed the kids how to make applesauce and they discussed how the apples were hard at first and then after heating them on the stove they were soft. It even covered that the apples can never go back to being hard again-irreversible change.
So the grocery store had a super stock up on apple sale and I bought a lot. Today we took the challenge and made our own applesauce. I cheated and used the crockpot as recommended by this recipe http://www.recipezaar.com/Slow-Cooked-Cinnamon-Applesauce-16587. The kids didn't seem to mind that it wasn't the stove. It saved me the stress of three kids huddled around a hot stove and allowed us to put it together and play outside the rest of the morning. We came in to a warm pot of applesauce.
After I ran my handheld blender over it. This is what we had. (Note-I used more apples than recommended, added dried cherries and extra cinamon.)
What a wonderful color. I normally don't eat applesauce, but needed to try it before I gave it to the kids. Yummy-a perfect dessert or snack or breakfast! Samuel said he prefered his applesauce cold, but otherwise everyone ate it and I have enough for a few more meals and maybe to freeze. We will definately be making this again!!
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