Canning applesauce, how can I make this more efficient?

09-30-2010, 04:15 AM

I did not grow up with a mom who canned, so often people will know little tips and tricks that do not occur to me.

Anyway, in another week I will be getting a hundred pounds of apples for $12 (woohoo!) and they are going into applesauce and dried apples. I got a bushel already b/c we couldn't wait for the cheap ones. Yesterday I made a batch of applesauce. I had my huge soup pot full of apples, and after they were all cooked down and strained, it only made 3 quarts. I already learned one lesson, which is not to bother if you only have an hour and a half to work on it, 3 qts. for all that work of set up and clean up isn't worth it.

Maggirayne · 11-22-2010, 09:30 PM

ThreeKids · 11-22-2010, 09:52 PM

Was there something odd about the texture of the apples, maybe a lot of water? I usually get good returns. You used a food mill, right?

MTmomma · 11-27-2010, 02:08 PM

I always run my pulp through my food strainer 3 ish times.

arelyn · 11-27-2010, 02:42 PM

Hold on...food strainer?? Food mill??? What are those for? Obviously I also don't have a canning mom, just a second hand ball blue book and for the record I usually only get 3-4 quarts too. I thought that was normal.

Llee · 11-27-2010, 03:17 PM

Huh. we didn't strain or use a food mill. MIL just cut up the apples into smallish pieces and it took maybe 30 minutes or so until they cooked down. I have no idea.

11-27-2010, 06:17 PM

I have this strainer. When it is run through once there is nothing of the pulp but the seeds and peels. I did manage to get 6 qts at once but using my dutch oven as well as the stock pot, and quartering the apples instead of cooking them whole as the person who taught me to make applesauce first showed me.

When I can I want the whole canner full, otherwise it feels like a waste of time to me.

arelyn · 11-27-2010, 08:08 PM

I use the Yankee Apple Peeler to de-core, peel and slice them before I cook the apples down. Maybe that's why I get less finished product.

MTmomma · 11-29-2010, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by arelyn

I use the Yankee Apple Peeler to de-core, peel and slice them before I cook the apples down. Maybe that's why I get less finished product.

I bet it is. All I do is quarter the apples and cook them in a tiny bit of water (like maybe an inch on the bottom) until they're soft. Then I run them through my food strainer. I get absolutely every bit of good apple meat this way. The only thing that's left over is the seeds and skin.

09-30-2010, 04:15 AM	#1
WildOlive Guest Posts: n/a	Canning applesauce, how can I make this more efficient? I did not grow up with a mom who canned, so often people will know little tips and tricks that do not occur to me. Anyway, in another week I will be getting a hundred pounds of apples for $12 (woohoo!) and they are going into applesauce and dried apples. I got a bushel already b/c we couldn't wait for the cheap ones. Yesterday I made a batch of applesauce. I had my huge soup pot full of apples, and after they were all cooked down and strained, it only made 3 quarts. I already learned one lesson, which is not to bother if you only have an hour and a half to work on it, 3 qts. for all that work of set up and clean up isn't worth it.

11-22-2010, 09:30 PM	#2
Maggirayne Rose Garden Standing for gentleness and honesty Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Looking for Hope Posts: 12,027	Re: Canning applesauce, how can I make this more efficient? __________________ Maggi, Tw irler of the Umbrella of Silliness Mama to two sweet littles and 3 angels 12/4/11 10/7/13 12/8/13 Grace is not a destination, it's a journey. I first learned to show grace to my child that was not shown to me, then I learned to accept it for myself, and only recently have I been able to have grace for others more. ~Sweetpeasmommy A

11-22-2010, 09:52 PM	#3
ThreeKids Rose Garden Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: .. Posts: 10,737	Re: Canning applesauce, how can I make this more efficient? Was there something odd about the texture of the apples, maybe a lot of water? I usually get good returns. You used a food mill, right? __________________ DS (12), DD (10), DD2 (7) And my kids were going to behave perfectly all the time and if they didn't, they'd be Dobsoned, but I was going to Dobson so perfectly that they'd know not to slip up but once or twice because I was going to be sooooooo consistent and awesome and wise.

11-27-2010, 02:08 PM	#4
MTmomma Rose Trellis Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,774	Re: Canning applesauce, how can I make this more efficient? I always run my pulp through my food strainer 3 ish times. __________________ Becky (ISFJ) Mama of: Little lady H (9/06) Little man A (5/08) Crazy man P (4/10) Made in Montana

11-27-2010, 02:42 PM	#5
arelyn Rose Trellis Soli deo Gloria Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Amidst Tourists and Temples Posts: 3,139	Re: Canning applesauce, how can I make this more efficient? Hold on...food strainer?? Food mill??? What are those for? Obviously I also don't have a canning mom, just a second hand ball blue book and for the record I usually only get 3-4 quarts too. I thought that was normal. __________________ arelyn World traveling mama to my star my sunshine and the monsoon baby Wife to my crazy ethnomusicologist This road that we travel, may it be the straight and narrow. God give us peace and grace from you all the day through.

11-27-2010, 03:17 PM	#6
Llee Moderator Dancing stands with all seahorses who are journeying to freedom Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 19,196	Re: Canning applesauce, how can I make this more efficient? Huh. we didn't strain or use a food mill. MIL just cut up the apples into smallish pieces and it took maybe 30 minutes or so until they cooked down. I have no idea. __________________ It's me, dh, Dressy Bessy (Sept 08) and Dancing Daisy (May 10) Lead the children to see in every pleasant and beautiful thing an expression of God's love for them. Recommend your religion to them by its pleasantness. Let the law of kindness be in your lips. ~Ellen G. White

11-27-2010, 06:17 PM	#7
WildOlive Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Canning applesauce, how can I make this more efficient? I have this strainer. When it is run through once there is nothing of the pulp but the seeds and peels. I did manage to get 6 qts at once but using my dutch oven as well as the stock pot, and quartering the apples instead of cooking them whole as the person who taught me to make applesauce first showed me. When I can I want the whole canner full, otherwise it feels like a waste of time to me.

11-27-2010, 08:08 PM	#8
arelyn Rose Trellis Soli deo Gloria Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Amidst Tourists and Temples Posts: 3,139	Re: Canning applesauce, how can I make this more efficient? I use the Yankee Apple Peeler to de-core, peel and slice them before I cook the apples down. Maybe that's why I get less finished product. __________________ arelyn World traveling mama to my star my sunshine and the monsoon baby Wife to my crazy ethnomusicologist This road that we travel, may it be the straight and narrow. God give us peace and grace from you all the day through.

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