Gala and macintosh apples are two of the best types to use for making applesauce.
Unsweetened applesauce should be one of your kitchen staples. There are many uses for it in cooking and baking since it can be substituted for many recipes that call for oils and fats. It is used in making cookies, cakes and other baked goods. Applesauce can also be used as a topping or sauce to pork or poultry dishes such as duck or chicken.
Baking
Applesauce is a great item to use when making cakes and other baked goods. By swapping out oil, eggs, or other fattening ingredients with applesauce, you are able to retain the cakes moisture while reducing the fat and calories. Applesauce isn't a direct swap for baking. Some recipes will call for more or less depending on what you are baking.
Cooking
Applesauce is a great ingredient to use when making pork or poultry dishes. Many times applesauce is used as a side, but adding it to the main dish adds great flavor to your meal. Applesauce can be used as topping when roasting poulty. It can also be made into a sauce by combining it with sauteed onions, apple cider vinegar, ketchup, light brown sugar and Worcestershire and letting it simmer on the stove for several minutes.
Breakfast Foods
Adding applesauce to oatmeal is a great way to get a serving of fruit into your fiber filling breakfast. Instead of adding brown sugar or honey to plain oatmeal, top it off with a hefty spoonful of applesauce and cinnamon. Another way to use it is by toasting bread your usual way and add peanut butter to each slice. Then top each slice with applesauce.
Snacks
Applesauce is a great snack, warm or cold. It can be eaten as is or can be turned into any combination of ideas. It can be mixed it in with plain cottage cheese for filling snack loaded with protein. You can also create a crepe with applesauce by adding it to a plain flour tortilla shell. Fold up the shell and bake in the oven until the crust in lightly browned.
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