Crock Pot Applesauce

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Doodle Bug loves applesauce, and I love to bake with applesauce as a replacement for oil. I figured, if I am baking with applesauce in order to have a healthier end result, I better start making my own applesauce so I know the exact ingredients. It's really not as difficult as you might think to make your own applesauce. All you need is a crock pot, and you can start the applesauce making wheels in motion.

Ingredients:

• 4 large apples (I like to use organic when I am cooking for Doodle Bug)
• fresh lemon juice
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1/4 cup water

Directions:

1. Peel and core all apples.
2. Put apples in crock pot with cinnamon stick, water, lemon juice (a few squirts), and diced up butter.
3. Cook on high for 1 hour and 30 minutes- 2 hours.
4. Pulse cooked mixture in food processor and let cool. 
5. Store in large mason jar in refrigerator.