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PUMPKIN SPICE APPLESAUCE

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Course Side Dish, Snack

Ingredients
  

  • 1 small pie pumpkin or 1 1/2 cups pumpkin puree
  • 7 apples I use honeycrisp, empire, braeburn, gala or fuji
  • 1/8 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/16 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • Sugar or honey to taste I use honey

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 400°.
  • Slice the top off the pumpkin and cut in half.
  • Scoop out the flesh of each half (save the seed if you would like to roast them later). Rinse off and lay the halves flesh side down in a roasting pan or baking dish, add a little bit of water and cover with foil.   Bake at 400° for about 45 minutes or until the pumpkin is fork tender. Test in several places to make sure that it’s done.
  • While the pumpkin is roasting, peel, core and cut your apples into cubes.
  • Add them to a pot with one cup of water and cook on medium heat for about 20 minutes or until fork tender.
  • Remove from the stove, drain (save the juice) and set aside.
  • Once the pumpkin is done, let it cool until it can be handled. Use a knife to peel the skin from the pumpkin, then cut it into chunks.
  • Add the pumpkin, apples, nutmeg, ginger, cinnamon, allspice and honey (or sugar) to a food processor and blend until it is smooth.  Add a bit of the apple juice if you would like to make it thinner.
  • Serve warm or cold.

Notes

Applesauce must be refrigerated and can last for up to two weeks.  You can also freeze it for up to three months.