A delicious Slow Cooker Apple Pie Spiced Pear Applesauce with Honeycrisp apples and a hint of vanilla bean.
Slow Cooker Apple Pie Spiced Pear Applesauce
October is my busy month and making wine must remain my focus for another couple of weeks. Funny thing, I spend my daytime hours processing fruit and then find myself at midnight making this applesauce…another form of fruit processing. Ironic? Maybe.
Anyway, I wanted an applesauce that reminded me of apple pie. Something with a sweet-tart edge and especially one I could make with Honeycrisp apples. I added a few pears for dept and some vanilla bean paste for a little something extra.
I used brown sugar and got this warm, dark color. It’s just as delicious as it looks.
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Slow Cooker Apple Pie Spiced Pear-Applesauce
Ingredients
- 5 pounds Honeycrisp apples, peeled, cored and cut into 2" pieces
- 2 pounds Anjou or Bosc pears, peeled, cored and cut into 2" pieces
- 2 Tablespoons butter, diced
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon apple pie spice*
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
Make Your Own Apple Pie Spice*
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
Directions
- Place fruit in slow cooker and sprinkle with all other ingredients. Mix together with fruit until well combined.
- Turn slow cooker on low for 6 hours. Mix 2-3 times during the cooking process. Applesauce will be chunky. I was able to just mash mine with a fork into the consistency I wanted. You could also use an immersion blend if you wanted to smooth it further.
Lana @ Never Enough Thyme says
I just love your mix of apples and pears! Definitely trying that next time. And thanks so much for mentioning my earlier post.
Katie says
I love this twist on traditional applesauce. I only ever add apples. Must give this recipe a try!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet says
Looks fabulous, Cathy! I love homemade applesauce so I will be making this for sure.
natalie@thesweetslife says
i just made applesauce in the slow cooker too–LOVED it!! (to be posted next week) definitely want to try a pear version!
Kim Bee says
Can I borrow your slow cooker? I promise I’ll return it. In about 5 years. Deal right.
This looks so good. I would pull up a chair to the slow cooker with a bottle of cinnamon and a bottle of nutmeg and have at it.
Barbie with a T says
Such tempting flavors. Since an apple a day keeps the doctor away, I wonder if a cup of applesauce a day would work for me? 🙂