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.
Amy Z says
Can the recipe be successfully doubled?
karlibitner says
Yes! I would suggest doing a complete natural pressure release though. When doubled this tends to spurt out the top! If you do a full NPR you won’t have that issue. Hope this helps!
Sharon Cole says
Can you add strawberries or other fruit to this recipe?
karlibitner says
Yes! That would be absolutely delicious! Just substitute swap out a few apples for some strawberries and give it a go!
Emily says
Hi, I actually have a box of apples to make into applesauce today. But I’ve never used my instapot and am not quite sure how!! Do I put the lid on before I hit the manual button? If you could just explain the exact steps for that and a natural release I would appreciate it! Thanks!
karlibitner says
Hi Emily! Yes, you will close the lid, make sure the knob on top is set to ‘seal’ and then press the manual (or pressure cook, different models call the same function different things!). Use the plus and minus buttons to adjust the time. It will then beep and say ‘ON’. It will say on for quite a while as the Pot comes to pressure. A few minutes after the pot comes to pressure (the pin by the knob on top will pop up) it will start counting down. To Natural Release you will do nothing. Natural release or NPR, is a fancy way of saying ‘let the pot release pressure on its own’ aka you let it sit for the allotted time the recipe calls for. The display will start to count UP after the initial cook time is finished so it is easy to tell how long the pot has been natural releasing for. Then you will quick release, or turn the knob to finish releasing the pressure. Hope this helps!! ?
Cristy says
If I wanted to try this with say 4 apples, would I change the amount of water? Or still do 1/2 or 1 cup?
karlibitner says
Hi Cristy! I would do it with 1/2 cup of water. ?
Shellie says
I just made this tonight and used half pink ladies and half honeycrisp apples. Also added in 1 cinnamon stick. So delicious! Thank you for sharing this!
karlibitner says
Those are my two favorite apples ever!! Sounds amazing! Glad you liked it, Shellie!
Gail says
Thank you, my 11/2 year old grandson and I made blueberry/apple sauce He loves it.
karlibitner says
Sounds delicious!!
Susan says
Delicious, when I tried to remove the skins they fell apart so I left them. By far the best recipe I’ve made in my instantpot. I added a little cinnamon but the gala apples I used were so sweet I didn’t need sugar.
karlibitner says
I am so glad you loved the applesauce, Susan! Thanks for commenting!
Linda Crawford says
Emily don’t forget to put the liner in the lid before putting the lid on. I have so many times forgotten the liner and I will go see why it hasn’t come to pressure yet and I see steam coming out from all sides. It’s easy to forget for I don’t leave my liner in my lid, I hang it up to dry. Hope this helps!
Linda Crawford says
Wow! Delicious, easy and fast! I like that. I left the peels on and went to remove them after they pressurized, that was the most work of all, lol! Will definitely make this more often. Thank you Karli for sharing your recipes. It’s a winner!!
karlibitner says
Hi Linda! Thank you for your kind words!! ❤️ I’m so glad you enjoyed the applesauce. Happy to have you here! ?
Melanie says
What size apples do you use for this recipe? I have small apples and was wondering if I needed to increase number of apples to 10.
karlibitner says
Increasing to 10 would be great for this recipe if using small apples. Hope you love it!
Brittney says
Hello!
I was wondering if you can peel the apples prior to putting them into the Instant Pot? Does it make a difference overall?
Thank you!