Homemade Applesauce Recipe

Ingredients (7)

• 4 pounds of apples (about 8 to 10 apples, depending on the size), peeled, cored, and quartered (use apples varieties that are good for cooking such as Granny Smith, Pippin, Gravenstein, Mcintosh, Fuji, Jonathan, Jonagold, or Golden Delicious)
• 2 strips of lemon peel (use a vegetable peeler to strip the zest only, not the pith)
• 3 tablespoons lemon juice or apple cider vinegar (more or less to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Up to 1/2 cup of white sugar (can sub half of the white sugar with brown sugar)
• 1 cup of water
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt