SUGAR FREE Crockpot Applesauce Recipe! It’s one of the easiest slow cooker applesauce recipes that makes delicious homemade sugar free applesauce! Looking for crab apple recipes, then this is great for crab apples but you can use other apples too! I love canning this healthy applesauce recipe to last all Winter long!
Sugar Free Applesauce Recipe
Because Fall is the best season and I know you’ll be apple picking soon, I wanted to give you my Slow Cooker Wild Crab Applesauce recipe to enjoy! Apples they say “keep the doctors away”, so why not use this healthy fruit and make yourself a tasty treat to enjoy this and the Falls to follow?
This applesauce recipe will make you want more of it, whether on a crispy toast or on freshly baked muffins.. or just by the spoonful!
And guess what, my friends? You don’t even need to peel the apples! Throw them in the slow cooker and you’ll have a delicious (and amazingly smelling) crockpot applesauce in just 3 hours.
Even though this recipe calls for Wild Crab apples, you can use any type of apples you want. I am using Wild Crab apples because I found 4 (!!) apple trees on the land in the last few weeks and since then I’ve looking for some crab apple recipes. It was a happy surprise finding them as now I have my own personal apple orchard! Can you believe it!
Crockpot Applesauce
All you need (besides apples) is maple syrup, cinnamon, water, and lemon juice. And I bet you have all those ingredients already in your kitchen! Many applesauce recipes call for lots of sugar, but for this one I’m using maple syrup instead which gives it a yummy maple sweet taste.
Just load up your slow cooker with all those ingredients, enjoy a movie for the time being. And the next thing you find is a crockpot applesauce sitting on your stove, waiting to be enjoyed.
If you don’t already have a crockpot, you should seriously consider buying one! You can buy this 6-Quart Crockpot at as low as $29!
With all those healthy snacks, meals and appetizers coming up as the new trend, I wanted to try something of my own and guess what? I ended up with this lip-smacking sugar free crockpot applesauce recipe! Can’t believe I DID IT!
Crab Apple Recipes
This sugar free applesauce is such a healthy way to use those crab apples. Crab Apples are naturally sour, but that’s what makes them great for jellies, jams and yes, apple sauce. Most crab apple recipes usually are about jams and jellies. So, here’s a recipe where you can use crab apples to make something great.
And who says we need sugar to make those sauces? Not anymore! I am giving you my homemade crockpot applesauce recipe to enjoy without any guilt of consuming loads of sugar. YES! A sugar free applesauce recipe. You can enjoy this sugar free applesauce with my sugar free apple muffins as well, because there are apples in the air, PEOPLE!
Hope you enjoy this healthy applesauce recipe! And surely it will be a YES then please do give my Sugar Cinnamon Applesauce Recipe a try too! Have fun apple picking!
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SUGAR FREE Crockpot Applesauce Recipe
PrintIngredients
- 4 pounds wild crab apples you can use any type of apple if you don't have crab apples
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
Instructions
- Wash your apples. Remove the cores. Cut apples up into small pieces.
- Place all your ingredients in the slow cooker.
- Cook on high for 3 hours, or low for 6 hours.
- Once done, use a spoon to mash them up.
- Enjoy!
Notes
Diane says
4 pounds of crabapples cored and sliced are how many cups?
Marisa says
Do you keep these in the fridge after you can them.
Pamela says
If you are canning the applesauce, you don’t need to refrigerate. But if you aren’t canning, you should keep in the fridge. Hope this helps!
krista harvey says
I am wondering if you could can this applesauce?
Pamela says
Absolutely!
Emily says
Looks great! Thanks for sharing with the Delicious Dishes Recipe party this week!
Lori says
Hi Pamela, I love how easy this is!! What a terrific recipe.
Would you consider sharing this at our weekly Dishing It & Digging It Link Party? We are live every Sunday @ 4pm. We’d love to see all your creative recipes and projects.
http://www.thestonybrookhouse.com/2016/10/dishing-it-digging-it-link-party-117.html
Pam says
Mmm, I’ve never made applesauce in my slow cooker. I think I need to do this! Thanks for sharing at #HomeMattersParty.
Ashley says
Can I tell you how much I love that you don’t have to peel the apples???? haha I HATE peeling apples! This sounds wonderful!
Pamela says
Hahaha me too Ashley!
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes says
I just picked apples so this is perfect timing! Love this applesauce!
Alishia says
Love your site!
Angie@Angie's Recipes says
Maple syrup must have given this slow cooker applesauce some extra flavour and texture!
Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop says
I’ve made plenty of applesauce before, but never with maple syrup! I think you’re on to something yummy!
Dawn - Girl Heart Food says
You know what? I do actually have these ingredients! Yay! Love that you used maple syrup here 🙂 What a perfect sauce for all those delicious comfort food Fall dishes. I bet this would also be awesome on ice-cream!
Tyane Milem says
I love doing crock pot applesauce!! I never thought to try maple syrup in it, instead of brown sugar and/or honey. This is going on my fall recipe list!