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Instant Pot Brown Sugar and Cinnamon Applesauce

Tiffany
This Instant Pot applesauce recipe is made with a mix of Granny Smith and Honeycrisp apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon. They're cooked at high pressure and then mashed or puréed until you reach the consistency you like.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Natural Release Pressure Time 5 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Course Side Dishes
Cuisine American
Servings 3.5 cups
Calories 244 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 4 Granny Smith Apples peeled, cored, and quartered
  • 4 Honeycrisp Apples peeled, cored, and quartered
  • ½ cup Water
  • 2-4 tablespoons Brown Sugar
  • ½ teaspoon Cinnamon

Instructions
 

  • Peel, core, and slice all apples into ¼ths.
  • Add water to the bottom of the Instant Pot. Add apples to the pot and place the lid on top. Set the vent to seal.
  • Using the Manual setting, set the timer to 6 minutes. Once it's done cooking, natural release for 5 minutes then open the vent to release the remaining pressure.
  • For this part, you can use a potato masher, a sieve, an immersion blender, or a food processor/blender to get the consistency you like.
  • Stir in cinnamon and 2 tablespoons brown sugar until blended. If you want it to be sweeter add 2 more tablespoons of brown sugar. Chill in the refrigerator for an hour to serve cold.

Nutrition

Calories: 244kcalCarbohydrates: 65gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 0.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.03gSodium: 8mgPotassium: 457mgFiber: 10gSugar: 50gVitamin A: 226IUVitamin C: 19mgCalcium: 37mgIron: 1mg