Roasted Homemade Applesauce

Learn how to make homemade applesauce with roasted apples! Make it as sweet and spiced as you want, with a mixture of maple syrup and cinnamon. Easy to make, freezes great, and tastes so fresh!

Homemade Apple Sauce, Like You’re Some Sort of Kitchen Wizard

Did I lose my mind and start making applesauce from scratch like some kind of pioneer who lives out in the middle of nowhere with nary a grocery store in sight?

I did, it was glorious, I have no regrets.

Homemade applesauce is honestly just on a completely different level from the jarred stuff they sell at Walmart – especially when you toss the apples in a little maple syrup and cinnamon and then roast them until they’re tender and browned.

Does this have pie filling vibes? Absolutely.

Do you eat it with a spoon and call it a sensible treat? For sure. I mean, it’s apples. <— An apple a day, and all that.

This homemade apple sauce is delicious on a spoon, stirred into your morning bowl of oatmeal, mixed into this applesauce cake, or next to your pork chops or roasted chicken.

What I’m trying to say is, go ahead and double the recipe. You won’t have any issues using the stuff up.

3 Reasons You’ll Love This Homemade Applesauce

1. It’s budget-friendly when apples are in season. Make a big batch when apples are cheap and freeze portions for later. We grab the ‘seconds’ from our local orchard (the less pretty apples) for the most bang for our buck.
2. You control the ingredients. No weird preservatives or artificial flavors. Just apples, a little sweetener, and warm spices. Perfect if you’re trying to cut back on processed foods.
3. The depth of flavor. Most applesauce recipes are cooked on the stove, but we roast ours and it brings in an extra layer of flavor and really brings out the apple goodness.

Ingredient Notes:

Apples – Use a mix for the best flavor. I like McIntosh, Jonathan, and Golden Delicious, but use what’s on sale. Avoid Red Delicious – they don’t break down well.

Lemon Juice – This will help brighten things up and balance out the sweetness.

Sweetener swaps: Maple syrup gives the best flavor, but you can use honey, brown sugar, or even skip it entirely if your apples are super sweet.

Cinnamon – Totally optional, but highly recommended. I always like a pinch of cinnamon with my applesauce.

Sugar – You can use more or less of the sugar to make this homemade roasted applesauce just the way you like it! The more you use, the more like apple pie filling it tastes.

Other – A bit of oil and a sprinkle of salt for roasting.

See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities.

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How to Make Homemade Applesauce:

Peel and chop the ovens. Place them into a glass baking dish and sprinkle with the lemon juice.

Mix the oil, maple syrup, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl and pour over the apples. Stir well to combine.

Bake the apples for 15 minutes, stir, and then continue baking for another 15 minutes or until the apples are very tender.

Remove from the oven and mash the apples with a potato masher or puree in a food processor, depending on how chunky you like things.

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adapted from Isa Moskowitz