1. For applesauce, take the ripest apples. It doesn't matter which variety you choose: the puree will be delicious either way. We will wash them, peel and core, remove all “bruised” places. Cut the apples into small pieces and send them to the multicooker bowl.
2. Pour sugar in the proportions indicated in the recipe and turn on the slow cooker by setting the Quenching mode. You may think that there is too little sugar. Don't worry, it's enough to make the apples juice, and we can bring the puree to taste later. After 5-7 minutes after the start of cooking, check if the apples have released juice. If you come across a dryish variety, and there is not enough liquid, add a little water, otherwise the puree will not turn out tender and uniform.
3. After 15–20 minutes, check the apples, if they are a little dense, let them stew for another 5–7 minutes. Cool the finished apple raw material a little and turn it into a homogeneous puree using an immersion blender.
4. Add condensed milk and mix our dessert thoroughly. You can adjust the sweetness of the final product as you wish by increasing or decreasing the proportions: after all, cooking is an art! So let's do what we like! In fact, that was the end of the cooking. As you can see - everything is simple!
5. If you want to enjoy applesauce in winter, place it in clean, well-heated jars and close with sterile lids.
6. Applesauce with condensed milk for the winter will be a great addition to pancakes and pancakes. It has only one drawback: it ends quickly. Try it and see for yourself!
Apples have a huge vitamin complex and are extremely beneficial for the body. One of the main advantages of an apple is its hypoallergenicity, so that the baby can be given puree from this fruit calmly, he will not have diathesis.
When can you give applesauce to a baby?
Complementary feeding of babies does not begin earlier than 6 months - in the first six months, the child has enough mother's milk and the substances that it contains, but already 6 months old the child needs more energy for crawling and playing, so complementary foods are a necessary additional source of energy.
Due to its properties and vitamin complex, an apple is one of the best complementary foods. The benefits of applesauce for babies are huge:
- strengthens the immune system;
- is the prevention of anemia;
- awakens appetite;
- normalize sugar levels;
- help deal with constipation.
You should start feeding your baby apple puree no earlier than 6 months if the baby was breastfed before and no earlier than 4 months if it was artificial.
Complementary feeding of babies on breastfeeding and artificial feeding is different, since the stomach of a baby-baby is accustomed only to milk, while an artificial one can already easily digest more complex foods.
Which variety to choose
An apple is a popular and affordable fruit at any time of the year. Due to the abundance of various varieties, it can be difficult for a young mother to choose which variety should be given to her baby as the first complementary foods.
Preference should be given to seasonal types of fruit, since the body naturally digests products from its region better and in accordance with its ripening. Those. mango baby will be harder to digest than the usual "Simirenka", despite the sweetness and softness of the first. As complementary foods, you should choose:
- seasonal fruits;
- fruits from a private garden;
- fruits with wormholes because they have not been treated with pesticides;
- fruits are not perfectly smooth in shape and color.
An apple "Simirenko", "White pouring" or "Antonovka" is ideal. If the apple is sour, then it can be mixed with pear or banana puree.
How to make baked applesauce
Baked apples are a popular dessert among adults, but they can also be fed to babies, after chopping.
How to make applesauce without boiling
The easiest and fastest way to make fresh applesauce.
Ingredients:
- apple - 1 pc.
Cooking time: 10 minutes.
Calories: 52 calories.
- Wash the apple well and remove the peel with the stalk;
- Cut the fruit into slices and remove the seeds;
- Grind the fruit first on a grater, and then puree with a blender;
- Add some sugar for sweetness to taste or mix with pear puree.
How to make fresh apple puree
Some mothers are too worried, giving the child fresh fruit. Possible colic or complications can be avoided by thermally treating the fetus.
Products:
- apple variety "Melba" - 2 pcs.;
- sugar - ½ tsp;
- water - 300 ml.
Cooking time: 15 minutes.
Calories: 70 calories.
- Pour water into a high container and boil;
- wash apples;
- Place both fruits in boiling water and give boil for 5 minutes;
- Peel the soft boiled fruit from the peel and seeds with partitions;
- Grind in a blender into a puree;
- This recipe is characterized by the softness of the fruit, so in the absence of a blender, it can be softened into gruel and a masher for mashed potatoes;
- Add sugar and feed the baby.
Carrot-apple puree for babies
A healthy combination of apple and carrot is known to everyone. Puree from these fruits is perfect as a baby's first feeding.
Ingredients:
- apple - 1 pc.;
- carrot - 1 pc.;
- sugar - 1 tsp;
- breast milk - 2 tbsp. l.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Calories: 96.
- Peel the carrots;
- Wash the apple well;
- Cut the carrot into slices or medium pieces;
- Boil carrot and apple together until tender in boiling water;
- Grind carrots with a blender;
- Peel the apple and seeds and also chop;
- Mix both purees, adding sugar to it;
- Pour in a little breast milk for a more liquid state of puree;
- Breast milk can be replaced with plain milk or cream.
Apple puree with pumpkin for babies in a slow cooker
Pumpkin is one of the healthiest fruits in terms of vitamins. But not every child will like to eat mashed potatoes from it, so pumpkin is combined with a sweet apple.
Products:
- apples - 2 pcs.;
- pumpkin - 200 gr;
- milk - 2 tbsp. l.
Time elapsed: 45 minutes.
Calories: 88 kcal.
- Peel the pumpkin from seeds and peel;
- Cut the peeled apple into slices;
- If there is a double boiler, then cook both products in it for 30 minutes until cooked;
- In the absence of a double boiler, just boil the pumpkin and apple;
- Puree food with a blender together;
- Pour in milk, add sugar to taste if necessary.
How to make apple banana puree
Banana is a great first food, especially when paired with a slightly sourer apple.
- apple - 100 gr;
- milk - 1 tbsp. l;
- banana - 1 pc.
Elapsed time: 15 minutes.
Calories: 78.
- Peel banana;
- The apple can be cooked raw and cooked in this recipe;
- In the first case, peel the fruit from the peel and seeds, puree with a banana;
- In the second case, dip the apple in boiling water for 5 minutes and then puree its pulp;
- Pour milk (plain or breast milk) into the resulting mixture and stir well until smooth.
How to make apple puree in jars for the winter for a child
Stocking up on fresh fruit for the long, cold winter is easy. It is enough to make mashed potatoes from them and roll them into jars.
Ingredients:
- green apple - 3 kg;
- water - 1 l;
- cane sugar - 100 gr;
- lemon juice - 3 tbsp. l.
Cooking time:
Calories: 110 calories.
- Wash the fruits thoroughly, remove the peel and chop them into small cubes;
- Boil water over medium heat and add sugar;
- Stir the water until the sugar is completely dissolved;
- Throw chopped apples into the resulting syrup;
- Prepare jars with lids;
- Puree the boiled fruit with a blender;
- Return the puree to the stove and bring it to a boil again, adding a couple of tablespoons of water if necessary;
- Pour puree into jars;
- Place all the containers in a large basin of water and boil the water, thereby sterilizing the jars;
- Boil the lids in a separate bowl;
- Roll up jars with hot lids;
- Cool by turning the jars upside down in a warm place;
- Place the prepared mashed potatoes in a cold place, heat the mashed potatoes when feeding.
Any young mother will be happy with tips on preparing the first complementary foods for her baby:
- Any product for the first time should be given only to an absolutely healthy child;
- Complementary feeding should not be started before or after a scheduled vaccination, as well as during the recovery period after an illness;
- Complementary foods should be postponed if the child suffered from colic the day before;
- The baby should be fed before breastfeeding;
- The first dish should be about 5 grams for the first time, and after that you should gradually increase the amount of additional food per month to 150 grams;
- When preparing mashed potatoes and other additional dishes at home, you should thoroughly wash your hands, sterilize kitchen utensils, and it is highly desirable to heat the fruits;
- Do not cook a lot of food in advance, and then warm it up. For babies, fresh food should be prepared. It is undesirable even to store the product in the refrigerator during the day;
- Each complementary food should be given only in the form of heat;
- Feed the baby should be a plastic or wooden spoon;
- The child should eat only while sitting;
- Do not give several different dishes at one time;
- You should diversify the baby's diet and feed him the same product no more than once a day;
- A new product should be introduced 15 days after the first, so that the child gets used to and adapts;
- For sweetness, it is worth adding sugar to the puree, but replace the usual white with cane, which is much healthier.
The first feeding is an important event not only for the baby, but also for the mother. After all, now she has a new concern - to come up with new dishes. You should only follow the basic rules so that the first feeding with ordinary products does not harm the baby.
I want to say that the recipe for this apple puree is quite simple, it can be easily prepared at home. I cook in a slow cooker, which makes the whole process much easier. By the way, such a delicacy is perfect for a baby, although, I think, adults will not refuse it either!
For cooking, I take ripe apples (you can also collect fallen fruits), boiled water, sugar (optional).
Ingredients:
- 1.5 kg apples
- 1-1.5 glasses of water
- sugar as desired
Puree preparation
- First of all, I carefully wash the apples. I peel them, cut out the seeds. I cut the blanks into about 4-6 slices.
- I pour a glass of water into the multicooker bowl, set the “Extinguishing” mode for 1 hour. I wait until the water boils, and then spread the apple slices (1.5 kg). If the apples are hard, then you need to add a little more water, but if they are very ripe and soft, less, otherwise the mass will be very liquid.
- Stir occasionally to keep the apples from sticking to the bottom of the multicooker. If the slices are softened before the specified time, I leave the puree in the “Maintenance” or “Multi-cook” mode (90 ° C) for about 30 minutes. You can add sugar if you like.
- Then I beat the slightly cooled apple mass with a blender. I put the puree into prepared clean jars. I send the blanks to the microwave for 10 minutes, set the lowest power (I have 100-180). After this treatment, the puree will last longer.
- It remains only to close the jars with lids. Applesauce is ready! I keep the blanks in the refrigerator.
Bon appetit!
Applesauce is one of the favorite treats of many children, which is why it is so often found on the shelves of grocery supermarkets and pharmacies in baby food departments. But why pay more for store-bought desserts with dubious ingredients when you can make this sweetness yourself? Such wonderful helpers as multicookers come to the aid of housewives today - they greatly simplify the cooking process and save your time.
Ingredients
Servings: - + 125
- Apples 2.5 kg
- Water 120 ml
- Condensed milk 380 g
per serving
Calories: 19 kcal
Proteins: 0.3 g
Fats: 0.3 g
Carbohydrates: 4 g
1 hour. 40 min. Video recipe Print
Let's start cooking applesauce in a slow cooker by processing the main ingredient - apples. Two and a half kilograms of fruit must be thoroughly washed under the tap (and if there is time, it is better to soak for 5-10 minutes in a deep basin and then rinse each fruit under running water), dry it dry with paper towels, getting rid of excess moisture, and peel with a vegetable peeler ("housekeeper") from the skin. Then, using a special knife, cut out the cores with seeds and chop each apple into arbitrary medium-sized slices.
Following this, we fill the bowl of the multicooker with 120 ml of clean water, pour chopped fruits into it and, having covered the lid, set the “Extinguishing” mode on the device for half an hour. 17-20 minutes after the start of cooking, lift the lid and mix the contents to avoid burning.
As soon as the multicooker has notified the end of the program, pour the apple mass into a deep bowl, add 380 grams of condensed milk (1 whole jar) to it and, gently mixing the components with a silicone spatula, using a submersible blender, we interrupt everything into a homogeneous substance.
We return the resulting mass back to the slow cooker and, extending the “Extinguishing” program for another 30 minutes, leave applesauce for children to prepare for the winter.
While the dessert is being prepared, we will process the container for conservation - it must be carefully inspected for chips, cracks, or any other defects, discarding damaged cans, washed with baking soda and sterilized.
To speed up this process, we will use a microwave oven - fill each container by a third with water and put it in the microwave for 5 minutes at the highest power, then drain the liquid and put it on a prepared clean towel to cool and dry. In the meantime, boil the lids in boiling water for about 2-3 minutes.
We pack the finished delicacy in prepared containers and tightly cork with sterile lids. We turn the jars upside down, wrap them up and leave to cool until the next morning.
Advice: for applesauce, it is better to choose apples of summer and autumn varieties - their pulp is not so dense and boils better.
Apple puree in a slow cooker turns out to be incredibly appetizing and tender, but its main advantage is that cooking delicacies will not take you much time and effort. Be sure to try to prepare such a dessert for your family - we assure you, it will captivate not only kids, but also adults. Bon appetit!
Fruit and vegetable purees are indispensable products for a child's diet. Now you can easily buy ready-made baby purees in jars, there are plenty of them on store shelves. But still, the most healthy and delicious puree is prepared by the hands of a caring mother. At the request of readers from the heading "" I will show how it is very easy to cook natural and inexpensive applesauce in a slow cooker at home, because apples are perhaps the most affordable fruits, especially now, in the season when they are local, not imported. Homemade applesauce will be for you not just a substitute for baby food in jars, but also an excellent dessert, an addition to pancakes, a filling in pies. If you are preparing applesauce for babies, then green apples are recommended, as they are less allergenic than red ones.
Ingredients:
- chopped apples - a whole slow cooker
- water - 50-100 ml
How to make applesauce for the winter:
Wash the apples, cut out the middle with seeds, cut arbitrarily. I didn't peel the skin. Who has a lot of free time, can remove the skin from apples. I am calm for my apples, they are from my garden.
Put chopped apples in multicookers so that there is a whole bowl, apples will shrink during cooking. Add 50-100 ml of water. The amount of water depends on the juiciness and softness of the apples.
In principle, you can not add water to the slow cooker, nothing will burn in it. But this recipe for applesauce, I got from my grandmother, when they were still cooking it on the stove in a saucepan, water was a must there. Out of habit, I add now, when I cook mashed potatoes in a slow cooker.
Turn on the "extinguishing" program for 1 hour.
During this time, the apples will settle and become soft. If you want to cook more mashed potatoes at a time, you can gradually add chopped apples to the slow cooker.
After the signal, I transferred the steamed apples from the multicooker to another container and rubbed it with an immersion blender until a smooth, tender consistency. Owners of ceramic bowls can use the blender right in the slow cooker.
I again put the grated apple mass into the multicooker bowl, turned on the “stewing” program, and brought it to a boil. I literally boiled in 5 minutes. Be careful, the hot mass "flops" and splashes, you will hear the puree hitting the lid of the multicooker, so it's time to turn it off.
I immediately rolled the puree into prepared sterilized jars with metal lids. I store jars at room temperature. My applesauce turned out to be quite thick like this.
I did not add sugar, I had sweet Arkad apples. I add quite a bit of sugar to more sour apples, literally 2-3 tablespoons.
Apples for puree can be used in any color, any variety. The consistency and color of the finished applesauce depends on the variety and color of apples. Also, the color depends on whether the apples are peeled before cooking or not.
Adult cinnamon lovers can add this spice to the puree. Children, especially the smallest, should not add it.
Bon appetit!!!
For the recipe for applesauce in a slow cooker, we thank Baibakova Oksana!
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