Instant Pot Applesauce is so easy and simple, not to mention absolutely delicious! Made with minimal ingredients, the apples are the truly the star! Instant Pot Applesauce is perfect for a healthy snack or school lunches!
Instant Pot Applesauce-The perfect Beginner Recipe!
When I first made applesauce in my Instant Pot, I was honestly FLOORED at how easy it was!
The fact that it tasted AMAZING with only 2 ingredients and almost no work had me sold on my Instant Pot for life.
I really think that all new Instant Pot owners need to make this their first recipe. It will blow your mind!
Water test then applesauce, capeesh?
How to Make Instant Pot Apple Sauce
First let’s talk about the apples.
Pick your favorite apple and make this apple sauce using that apple. We really like Pink Lady apples or Honey Crisp apples at our house.
If you are a Granny Smith Apple fan, go for it!
Your applesauce will taste like whatever apple you choose.
For this batch I used Pink Lady apples because they were the apples that were on sale. ?
Wash the apples and then cut the apples as pictured below. Basically, cut around the core.
The apple slices don’t need to be the same size, that won’t matter.
The apples don’t even need to be peeled. Nope, I’m not kidding. Told you this recipe had minimal work!!
Place water in the Instant Pot liner. The amount of water will depend on how thick you want your final Sauce. I like mine a bit thicker so I add 1/2 cup of water to the liner. You can add up to 1 cup.
I know what you are thinking.. ‘But, Karli! The Instant Pot needs 1 cup of liquid to come to pressure! I think I’ll get the burn notice with only using 1/2 cup of water.’
Answer: As everything is heating up, the apples let off enough liquid to equal 1 cup of liquid so everything is fine and dandy. ?
Cook on Manual HIGH for 4 minutes, NPR 5 minutes and then a controlled quick release of the remaining pressure. A controlled quick release means letting the pressure out with little spurts instead of flipping the knob all the way to vent and keeping it there.
Apple sauce is one of those recipes that can be known for Volcano-ing. The controlled quick release will curb the Volcano. ?
Then, using a fork, pull the peels of the apple out of the Instant Pot. You’ll be surprised at how easy this is! They just separate themselves from the apple!
Once all fo the peels are out, use a whisk to stir the apples. At this point you can add sugar to sweeten if needed. Cinnamon can also be added at this point if desired.
I usually add about 1/8 cup of sugar to my batch of applesauce.
The applesauce will keep well in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Instant Pot Applesauce
(Printable Recipe Below)
Instant Pot Applesauce is so easy and simple, not to mention absolutely delicious! Made with minimal ingredients, the apples are the truly the star! Instant Pot Applesauce is perfect for a healthy snack or school lunches!
Ingredients
- 8 apples your favorite kind!
- 1/2 -1 cup water
- 1/8 cup granulated sugar optional
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon optional
Instructions
- Wash and cut the apples. You just want the core out of the apple. See picture in blog post for how I cut my apples. The slices don’t need to be the same size or uniform. Mine usually are quite large.
- Pour the water into the Instant Pot liner. The more water used the thinner the apple sauce will be. 1/2 cup of water yields a very thick apple sauce.
- Add the chopped apple to the Instant Pot.
- Cook on Manual HIGH fro 4 minutes, NPR 5 minutes then finish off with a controlled quick release.
- Use a fork and remove the Apple Peels out of the Instant Pot.
- Whisk the applesauce and add in sugar and cinnamon if desired.
- Keeps will in the fridge for up to 1 week.
Check out these other great Snack Recipes!!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Granola Bars
DIY Uncrustable Sandwiches
Instant Pot Salsa
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Instant Pot Applesauce
Ingredients
- 8 apples your favorite kind!
- 1/2 -1 cup water
- 1/8 cup granulated sugar optional
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon optional
Instructions
- Wash and cut the apples. You just want the core out of the apple. See picture in blog post for how I cut my apples. The slices don't need to be the same size or uniform. Mine usually are quite large.
- Pour the water into the Instant Pot liner. The more water used the thinner the apple sauce will be. 1/2 cup of water yields a very thick applesauce.
- Add the chopped apple to the Instant Pot.
- Cook on Manual HIGH fro 4 minutes, NPR 5 minutes then finish off with a controlled quick release.
- Use a fork and remove the Apple Peels out of the Instant Pot.
- Whisk the applesauce and add in sugar and cinnamon if desired.
- Keeps will in the fridge for up to 1 week.
karlibitner says
You could definitely peel the apples before cooking them if you prefer!
Kayla says
I’m making this for my 11mo but she doesn’t have a huge appetite. Does this freeze well? If yes, how long would you suggest it would be okay to leave in there? Thanks!
Rhonda says
I just made this and used an emulsifier blender to blend those apple peels, it came out smooth and delicious! Thanks!
Karli Bitner says
Thanks for the comment and stars, Rhonda!
Karli Bitner says
Hi Kayla- First, you can half the recipe if you feel like this will make way too much! Yes, you could also freeze the applesauce. I’d freeze it in ice cube trays for easy portioning. It will stay good in the freezer for a few months.
Werra Watson says
YAY. I have been trying different Applesauce recipes and yours is the WINNER. I used Pink Lady and Fujis. It is SUPER easy to remove the Apple peel after they cook when you leave them in Quarters. My husband thought he would be helpful and used an apple cutter/corer on one apple but that cut it into 8 pieces and removing those skins while the applesauce was really hot left apple behind on the skin. So doing it in quarters to me is the best way to do it. I did it au natural, without sugar or cinnamon so that everyone in the household (including my birds) can eat it. Those things can get added after. Thank you for a great recipe.
Karli Bitner says
Yay yay yay!! I love seeing this five stars! The skins really are easy to remove. Love it, thanks so much for taking the time to comment here, Werra. I totally appreciate it!
Taylor says
So easy and so yummy! I had a bunch of apples that were going to go bad before we could use them and this perfect and so simple I did it in between soccer games and chores. I only added a heaping tablespoon of sugar and about 1/4 teaspoon of cinnamon after and it was delicious! The only hard part was fishing the skins out and that was only because I found it a bit tedious. Thank you!
Karli Bitner says
Taylor- I am so happy you enjoyed the applesauce recipe! If you have an immersion blender, you can blend those peels if you’d like!
Katie C says
Thanks for this recipe! I had 7 honeycrisp apples to use up, and this turned out perfectly with 1/2 cup water. SO EASY, too!
Karli Bitner says
Yum!! I am so glad that you enjoyed the recipe, Katie!
Kristin says
I made this today with our apples we picked from the orchard and it is DELICIOUS! However when I quick released the instant pot, it sprayed applesauce all over the kitchen!!! Imagine a school science project volcano explosion-thats what happened! And I had no choice but to let it continue so I could get the lid off lol! I wonder how I could avoid that next time or maybe it was a fluke?? So yummy and easy (minus the major kitchen cleanup) though!
Karli Bitner says
Hi Kristin- In the post I talk about this. I suggest doing a controlled quick release for this reason, letting a little bit of steam out at a time in spurts to avoid this. I am glad it was still delicious!