Make It!

Baby Food Edition

Applesauce

Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: approximately 12 ounces

After successfully making pureed pears (or pearsauce, as I like to think of it), it's time to conquer apples! Here's how:

Here's what an apple looks like, for those who are really starting from square one...

Peel and slice. Remove core, seeds, and stem

Dice into 1" cubes and toss into your food processor (or blender)

Here's what one apple yields (it's a VERY small food processor and was purchased before I knew I was carrying a litter of children and not just one)

Pulse on high. Initially, I assumed there would be enough natural liquid to fully blend the apples into a sauce but I was very wrong.

See? No amount of blending and pulsing was going to make these chunks disappear...

I added some breast milk and voila! That did the trick.

Throw the applesauce in the OXO tot baby blocks. These are 2-oz blocks, which means one apple and milk yielded just under 12-oz of applesauce.

Tip: The same methods can be used with pears to create a pearsauce for baby.
Tip 2: Once you've introduced the applesauce and are ready to try something new, add some cinnamon!