Apple Pear Sauce

Pear applesauce? Papplesauce? Appearsauce? When the apple-pear sauce is served warm, you will not need any additional sugar. As it cools it loses some of the natural sweetness, and you might want to add sugar to taste.

Original recipe makes 8 servings

Ingredients

4 pears, cut into chunks
3 apples, cut into chunks
1/2 cup water
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • PREP

    15 mins

  • COOK

    20 mins

  • READY IN

    35 mins

Directions

  1. Heat a skillet over medium heat; add pears, apples, water, and vanilla extract to the hot skillet. Cover and simmer fruit mixture for 10 minutes; remove lid and cook until most of liquid is evaporated and fruit is softened, 10 to 15 more minutes.
  2. Remove skillet from heat and transfer fruit mixture and any remaining liquid to a food processor. Process until smooth; stir in cinnamon. Serve warm or refrigerate up to 4 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 77 kcal
Carbohydrates: 20.1 g
Cholesterol: 0 mg
Fat: 0.2 g
Fiber: 3.9 g
Protein: 0.5 g
Sodium: 2 mg

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