Capper's Farmer

'Tis the Season for Making APPLESAUCE

If you have an abundance of apples every fall, you know that all of that goodness must be preserved somehow. While homemade pie filling, jelly, jam, juice, and cider are all delicious ways to use up some of the surplus, they're all also high in sugar.

As a busy home-schooling mom, I want the foods I spend my precious time preserving to be versatile and as healthy as possible – foods that can be used in a variety of ways. For instance, something I can pull off the shelf to feed my visiting friend's baby, a healthy dessert option for the diabetic couple from church, and something I can use as is or incorporated into some of our favorite go-to recipes. Applesauce is just the thing.

Aside from the time-consuming job of peeling, applesauce is a pretty quick canning project. It's an efficient and scrumptious way to use up

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