Cooking Applesauce

My Grandmother’s Sugarless Applesauce Cake

Back in the 1960s when my grandmother was diagnosed as a diabetic this was one of her favorite cakes.  I was a teenager hooked on sugar who thought this cake was awful and I couldn’t imagine why my granny thought it was good.  It is a Sugarless Applesauce Cake that in my opinion should be called a Sugar-Free Applesauce cake with added Raisins.  I didn’t like the artificial sweetener and I hated raisins.  Yuck!  Now I am a diabetic grandmother who still doesn’t like raisins but I have learned to like desserts made without sugar.  Funny how things change, isn’t it?  But I still don’t like liquid sweeteners.  I know some of you do, so here is a recipe for you.   I prefer Equal for recipes or Splenda baking blend.  If you are like me and don’t use liquid sweeteners–not that popular anymore–you can make adjustments with the sweetener you use as you can visit their websites to get relevent use comparisons. 

MY GRANDMA’S SUGARLESS APPLESAUCE CAKE

2 cups raisins

2 cups water

1 cup unsweetened applesauce

3/4 cups oil

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking soda

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

2 tbsp liquid sweetener

Cook raisins in water until tender; drain well.  In a large mixing bowl combine applesauce, oil, eggs, sweetener, and raisins.  Mix until well combined.  Add the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt; mix to blend together well.  Bake in a greased 9 x 13-inch baking pan for 45 minutes at 350 degrees.  If using a glass pan, bake only 35 minutes.

Enjoy!

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Cooking Applesauce

Autumn Cooking Ideas For Kids

So you and your children have made a couple of peanut butter sandwiches together, and the two of you feel ready to take on the contestants from Iron Chef, huh? While we’re not doubting your talents, children’s cooking is supposed to extend beyond the delicious peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on white bread cut into triangles.

I don’t care how much fun (or how delicious) making those PB&J’s with your kids might be, there is going to come a time when they’ll be looking for a new challenge.

If you run out of ideas yourself, the internet is full of fun and easy cooking ideas for kids. In this article, we’re going to discuss an easy recipe for beginners: applesauce.

The first time I made applesauce with my children was when my oldest daughter lost her front two teeth within a week of each other. The poor girl, as adorable as she looked with her tongue sticking out of each smile, was frustrated as could be trying to bite into her favorite foods… one of which was an apple. She’d learned the old-saying “An apple a day keeps the Doctor away” at a very young age, and being deathly afraid of the doctor, ingested an apple nearly every day.

So we made applesauce. All we needed was a few apples, some water, and a cup of sugar. We peeled, cored, and sliced the apples, put them, and water, into the pan and let them simmer for 10-15 minutes, added the sugar, and once everything cooled, voila! We had applesauce.

(You can add brown sugar and cinnamon to the product, to increase its sweetness. I know we did.)

Another one of my favorite things to make when cooking with kids is roasted pumpkin seeds. This is especially great after carving your Halloween pumpkins. Rather than throw them out, you can teach your kids the importance of conserving and recycling by turning the inner parts of your pumpkin into a tasty snack.

Just take your pumpkin seeds and lay them out on a tray and paper towel over night to let them dry. The next day, toss the seeds into olive oil, butter, or spray them with a cooking spray and place them spread out on a baking sheet. Cover them in seasonings of your choice (salt is the most basic, though my kids and I are fans of cayenne pepper) and bake until they’re golden brown.

This is just one of the many easy, simple, and delicious cooking ideas for kids. As we mentioned earlier there is a plethora of additional ideas throughout the internet, so don’t blame your lack of imagination for not spending time cooking with your kids.

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Homemade applesauce for babies?

I make my baby food myself and I am having trouble with the applesauce. It seems that every time I make applesauce it comes out different. Sometimes it almost tastes sour. I have never added sugar to any of the batches I made obviously, so I can’t understand why some turn out good and some are not so good. I was thinking maybe that it might depend on the brand of apples that I’m using? I know some cooks will only use certain kinds to make pies, but I have no idea why they do that, just something I’ve heard. I usually buy whatever apples I can find on sale, but I will buy a certain kind if it would make naturally sweet applesauce. Any tips would be appreciated.
Just wanted to mention, when I make it, I peel the apples and then boil them and then put the soft cooked apples in the blender and then freeze whatever I won’t use in the next 3 days.

Royal Gala, red delicious, Jonathon are all sweet apples. The Delicious is not the best for cooking but I have tried it and if you are going to vitamise/blend the apple, it won’t matter.

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