Applesauce- not only useful baby treat, it is also a complete vitamin preparation for the winter for all family members. Such a fruit dessert is much healthier than any jam or jam, since it contains practically no sugar. That is why every housewife should know how to make tasty and nutritious applesauce for the winter at home. In addition to the content of a shock dose of vitamins, the advantages of this blank are ease of preparation and a minimal list of ingredients. All you need is apples and some water to give the dish the right consistency. If desired, you can sweeten this apple puree a little for the winter, but this should be done with caution, since some varieties of apples are already quite sweet.
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Ingredients for 2 liters of apple puree for the winter:
- 2 kg of peeled apples;
- 3 tablespoons of sugar;
- 500 ml of water.
How to make applesauce at home for the winter
Peel the apples, cut into slices and remove the cores. Wash thoroughly and store in large saucepan. 
Add 500 ml of water to the apples, cover with a lid and put on the smallest fire. 
Periodically stir the fruit in a saucepan. Cook them until fully cooked (soft state) for about 30 minutes from the moment the liquid boils.
Then grind the resulting mixture with a blender until uniform consistency. 
Add sugar to taste to the preparation. Sugar can be omitted if desired. So the delicacy will turn out to be the most useful. 
Return the saucepan to the stove and bring the liquid to a boil again, stirring frequently. Puree may burn after adding sugar, so keep an eye on the gas level and use a fire spreader if possible. 
The workpiece brought to a boil is poured into jars (previously pasteurized) and rolled up with lids. Leave the sealed jars upside down to cool or overnight. 
The resulting apple puree should be stored in a dark and, preferably, cool place - a pantry, basement or on a glazed balcony.
This recipe is classic version preparation of the workpiece. If desired, you can add condensed milk, pears, plums, banana, pumpkin, prunes or cinnamon here. At the same time, the amount of vitamins in the preparation will only increase, and the taste will become brighter.
If you want to learn how to make applesauce for the winter so that it turns out to be as tasty and healthy as possible, you should follow a few rules:
- If harvesting is done for a small child, only green and green apples should be taken. yellow varieties, since there may be an allergy to red fruit;
- In order to preserve as many useful properties of apples as possible, the heat treatment time should be reduced to a minimum. In order for the fruits to cook faster, you need to cut them as small as possible;
- It will help you avoid the rapid browning of apples. not a large number of lemon juice;
- Before proceeding with the chopping procedure with a blender, wait until the fruit has cooled slightly;
- If you don't want the puree to be too sweet, substitute brown sugar for white sugar.
- Such small nuances will help you cook not only delicious puree but keep everything beneficial features apples.
Apples of the Antonovka variety, although not very attractive in appearance, are considered the most useful. Compotes, jams, marmalades, jams and, of course, mashed potatoes are prepared from them. About it tender delicacy I suggest we talk a little more.
Let's look at the technology and recipes for cooking homemade puree from antonovka. I'm sure you'll find exactly your recipe.
Apples of the Antonovka variety are sour in taste, which is especially appreciated for making homemade puree. It is best to use fruits from your own garden or bought at the local market. If you plan to purchase a product in a store, then it is better to take unsightly-looking specimens. Beautiful glossy apples are most likely stuffed with chemicals, and the skin is waxed.
First of all, the apples need to be thoroughly washed. To do this, they are laid in a large pot or basin with water. Then each fruit is washed under running water. If necessary, you can wipe especially dirty places with a clean sponge or cloth.
Before cooking, it is advisable to dry the apples with towels. Pure fruits are peeled and seed boxes. If you plan to grind the puree through a sieve, then the apples can not be thoroughly peeled, but only cut into 6 - 8 parts.
Puree technology
The average ratio of the number of products is as follows: for 1 kilogram of unpeeled apples of the Antonovka variety, 100 grams of granulated sugar and 100 grams of liquid are taken. Sugar, in baby food puree, can be completely eliminated or replaced with fructose.
Apple slices must be softened by heat treatment. This can be done in the following ways:
- On the stove. Apples are put in a saucepan and poured with water, according to the recipe. Stew fruits for 20 minutes after boiling the liquid.
- V microwave oven. large pieces apples are placed on a flat dish. Add a couple of tablespoons of water to the bottom of the container. The cut is prepared for 5 minutes at the maximum power of the microwave oven.
- In the oven. Fruits are laid out on a baking sheet with the cut side up to retain the maximum amount of juice. Cooking takes place at a temperature of 180 degrees. It usually takes 20-30 minutes to soften the fruit. To save Apple juice when baking, it is convenient to use silicone or metal molds for baking muffins as a fruit stand.
- In a multicooker. You can also use a slow cooker to stew apples until cooked. Fruit, along with water, is placed in the main bowl and stewed with the lid closed for 15 minutes. Depending on the model of the unit, you can use the "Extinguishing" or "Steam" function.
Watch the video from the channel "TheVkusnoetv" - Delicate puree apples on the stove
Boiled apples are pierced with a blender and filtered. If the fruit was cooked without a peel, then the stage of filtering through a fine grate can be skipped. A child up to a year old will like a completely homogenized puree, without the slightest pieces, so it is better to grind a dish that is prepared for baby food through a sieve. To the fruit homogeneous mass add sugar.
Before packaging in clean sterile jars, the sweet mass is boiled over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes. Be careful: puree can "spit" hot drops!
The hot workpiece is closed with sterilized lids, and covered with a warm cloth until it cools completely. Store apple puree in a cool place until fresh harvest.
The Cooking at Home channel shares detailed video recipe cooking antonovka puree baked in the oven
A selection of the best recipes
Puree with cream
- antonovka - 1/2 kilogram;
- granulated sugar - 150 grams;
- cream - 100 grams.
Apples are baked in the oven, and then they are pureed by rubbing through a sieve. Sugar and cream are added to the mass. All products are boiled together for 3 minutes, and then laid out in jars.
Antonovka puree with banana
- apples - 3 pieces;
- bananas - 2 pieces;
- granulated sugar - 1 tablespoon.
Fruits are peeled and punched with a blender until smooth. Sugar is added and the mass is heated over a fire until the grains dissolve.
Pumpkin with apple
- apples of the Antonovka variety - 1 kilogram;
- Muscat pumpkin - 1 kilogram;
- granulated sugar - 200 grams;
- lemon juice- 3 tablespoons.
Apples and pumpkin are cut into thin plates and heat-treated until soft in any way described above. Sugar and lemon juice are added to the fruit and vegetable mass. The mass is put on fire and heated for 5-10 minutes.
Apple with cinnamon
- apples - 1 kilogram;
- granulated sugar - 150 grams;
- cinnamon - to taste;
- lemon juice - 2 tablespoons.
Pre-boiled apples are pureed and the rest of the ingredients are added. Cinnamon can be used both in powder form and in the form of a tube of bark. At the same time, a cinnamon stick is placed in a container in which fruits are boiled before grinding, and the powder is added to the grated mass.
Tricks of experienced chefs
- Prolonged heat treatment minimizes the amount of vitamins. To reduce the heat treatment time, it is better to cut the apples into thin strips.
- Lemon juice added to apples during cooking will prevent the pieces from oxidizing and darkening.
- For those who protect their figure and try to limit the consumption of granulated sugar in their diet, mashed sugar can be excluded or replaced with fructose.
Making applesauce for the winter for children at home is not at all a troublesome task. All it takes is delicious apples. There is no sugar in the puree, only apples and a little water. If you still take sour varieties of apples, you can sweeten the puree a little, but this is also at your discretion.
Take ripe, sweet and juicy apples for cooking baby puree. Let them not look perfect, ugly apples do not mean tasteless.
This recipe uses domestic summer juicy apples - the Gala variety.
Rinse the apples thoroughly and cut off the skin. This process is quite lengthy in making puree. A vegetable peeler will help to quickly remove the peel, or involve assistants in the work.
While peeling apples, count their number and write it down. We will need this information.
Cut out the core with seeds, remove the ponytails and so on. Cut apples into small cubes.
By the way, do not rush to throw away apple peel. It can be frozen in plastic bags(for up to 6 months) and cook compotes from it or add to tea. The peel is very fragrant, and it contains many vitamins, so it can also be used.
Choose a saucepan or saucepan with a thick bottom and pour boiled cold water at the rate of 1 apple - 1 tablespoon of water. Remember, you had to count the apples?
Why is water needed? So that the apple cubes do not burn to the bottom, then they will be stewed in their own juice.
Make a minimum fire, put a pot of water and apple cubes on fire, cover and simmer for 10-25 minutes. The time will depend on the variety of apples, on how tough they are.
If you decide to add sugar, then do it right now - at the stage of stewing. Add it to taste, focusing on the acidity of apples.
If the puree will be eaten by older children (from two years and more), then you can add a pinch of cinnamon to it.
While the apples are stewing, you can prepare jars for seaming. It is better to roll baby applesauce into small glass jars (about 100-150 ml each). Such a small package is convenient to eat at a time and not leave for later.
Steam sterilize jars with lids in a microwave or oven. I steamed by placing a metal steamer in a pot of water.
After the specified extinguishing time, you need to make soft apples puree - you can use an immersion blender or rub through a fine sieve. Put the puree back on the fire and wait until bubbles appear. It's best to cover the pot at this stage, otherwise the bubbles will explode and could get on your skin or stain your work surface and stovetop.
Growing up, the baby gradually tries fruit juices, pureed vegetables and fruits. They add variety to the menu, become a source of vitamins and fiber. Mothers argue about the first feeding with applesauce - some believe that it should be introduced into the diet before vegetables, others, on the contrary, believe that after sweet fruits, babies will be reluctant to try boiled zucchini, potatoes, cauliflower(We recommend reading:).
Baby applesauce - delicious and healthy vitamin food for your baby
To decide when it is better to start complementary foods with applesauce, the doctor will help the mother, and her own intuition. The baby should buy fruits of green varieties that will not cause allergic reactions. Their use for child's body proven by experienced pediatricians:
- antioxidants and vitamins of groups C, A, PP strengthen the immune system;
- fiber removes toxins and toxins;
- blood and lymph are cleansed;
- trace elements, iron and pectins contribute to the full development;
- tannins of juicy fruits have a positive effect on the functioning of the kidneys and liver;
- beneficial acids prevent fermentation in the intestines.
Features of introducing apples into the diet
The age of the first feeding with an apple is selected individually. WHO recommends introducing fruit and berry purees into the diet of infants from 7 months.
If the baby is bottle-fed, you should introduce him to a new taste at 4-5 months (we recommend reading:). Be sure to introduce a new product when the child is healthy and in a good mood, and vaccinations are not expected in the next week.
For the first time, half a teaspoon of applesauce is enough for a baby. It is advisable to offer it in the morning, observing the reaction of the body. If there are no allergies and stool disorders, portions of complementary foods should be gradually increased, berries and pumpkin should be added to it (see also:). The table below shows in what form apples should be given to the baby.
For the first time, half a teaspoon of puree is enough, the dosage is gradually increased | Type of complementary foods | Baby's age | Recommendations |
| Puree, past heat treatment(ready canned or homemade) | At breastfeeding- from 6-7 months. With artificial - from 4-5 months. | Complementary foods start with 0.5 teaspoon, bring up to 100 grams per day. Monopure is made from green varieties, later moving to yellow and red. It normalizes the stool, is indicated for a tendency to constipation. If the baby has loose stools and a tummy ache, it is better to temporarily refuse such complementary foods. |
| Grated fresh apple | 12 months | It is advisable to feed them to children immediately after preparation. To cope with loose stools and low hemoglobin, a product that has stood a little in the air will help. |
| Fresh green apple | After 12 months | Peel the fruit from the peel, cut into slices and offer as a dessert, snack. At this age, an apple helps develop chewing skills. |
| Whole juicy fruit (in the absence of allergies, you can try red varieties) | After 2 years | The product should be given with the peel, if there is no doubt about its naturalness (apples collected in their own garden, bought from local farmers). |
What kind of apples to choose a baby?
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For feeding babies on breastfeeding, it is advisable to take green varieties of apples from own garden or buy them in trusted places. It is important for a child to try the fruits of the varieties "Semirenko", "White burbot", "Antonovka". Large foreign fruits should not be used. It is likely that they contain chemicals or are GMOs.
Green apples from your own garden - the perfect first food for babies How to serve apples?
Apples are useful in any form - fresh, baked, boiled. For babies fresh fruits heavy. They tie the part useful substances prevent their absorption into the blood. Perfect option- applesauce for babies from boiled and baked fruits. It is easy to make it yourself or buy it in the store.
Fruit puree should be offered to the baby from a spoon. After the baby learns to use a spoon, the product is laid out in a saucer, an unbreakable bowl. In a year and a half it is good to serve it with soft cookies, shortcake, waffle sheet. If there is no allergy, it is easy to add crushed berries, apricots, peaches to apples in season.
How to choose ready-made puree in jars?
The assortment of applesauce for babies is rich, so it is not easy for many mothers to make a choice. Someone prefers domestic products, and someone prefers more expensive imported brands with a long history and excellent reputation. The rules for choosing a product in jars are similar in any case. When buying, it is important to consider the following criteria:
- Compound . The product for babies should not include sugar, dyes, chemical additives. Good baby food contains only apples and vitamin C, which acts as a natural preservative.
- Baby's age. Products marked "from a year old" are not suitable for younger babies. It is important to find a puree suitable for the age of the child.
- Shelf life. For most canned children, it is 6-12 months. It is undesirable to buy a product whose expiration date is coming to an end.
- Package . The traditional packaging for applesauce is a sealed glass jar with a volume of 100-200 grams. It is desirable that the label covers its contents completely, preventing the penetration of sunlight. A more modern version of the container is sealed cardboard. It better protects the product from light and retains its useful properties.
- Product type . Puree in a jar has a honey-brown color. An unnatural shade and a heterogeneous consistency are a reason to refrain from buying.
Before offering ready-made applesauce to a baby, mom should try it on her own. In case of violation of storage conditions, the absence of cotton when opening a sealed jar, low palatability the product should be categorically refused.
How to cook apples for babies yourself?
With the help of apples, it is easy for mom to diversify the baby's diet. They can be prepared in different ways - boil and bake in a convenient way, at an older age make strudel and charlotte. For babies up to a year, such do-it-yourself recipes are suitable:
- For a couple. Peel the washed fruit from seeds and peel, cut into pieces, place them in a double boiler (slow cooker). After 5 minutes, cool, grind with a blender or with a metal sieve.
- In the microwave. Cut a clean fruit without peel and seeds into pieces. Put them in a heat-resistant dish, pour warm water, put in the microwave. Bake at 800W for 5 minutes. Cool and grind to a mushy state.
- Boiled fruits. Wash the ripe fruit, remove the skin, cut into pieces. Put in an enamel saucepan, completely fill with warm water. Bring to a boil, simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes. After cooling, beat with a blender, mixer or wipe through a sieve. Put the dessert on a plate.
At the age of 10-12 months, the baby should be treated with grated raw apple. You can cook it in 5 minutes. The ripe fruit should be washed, peeled and grated on a plastic or stainless steel grater.
Large lumps are easy to break with a blender, but there is no particular need for this, because the baby already needs to practice chewing skills. The dish is best served as a second breakfast.
Baked apples in the oven
Delicious and fragrant apples, cooked in the oven, will appeal to even the smallest four-month-old gourmets. Their preparation will not take much time from mom:
- Recipe 1. The ripe peeled fruit is cut into pieces, placed in a glass heat-resistant container and placed in an oven preheated to 180-200 degrees. After 20 minutes, take out, cool, grind in any way.
- Recipe 2. Ripe dense fruits are cut into halves, cleaned of seeds, leaving the peel. Spread on a baking sheet, sprinkle powdered sugar(if the fruits are sour) and bake for 15-20 minutes. The pulp is scooped out from the cooled apples with a spoon, kneaded with a fork (see also:). For children from a year old, you can put cottage cheese in halves of baked fruits, and 2 one year old babies- cinnamon on the tip of a knife.
Apple and pumpkin puree
Pumpkin and apples are useful for the baby individually and together (for more details, see the article:). They complement each other's taste well and are suitable for making healthy pumpkin-apple puree. For 1 serving you will need a piece of pumpkin the size of a palm, a quarter of an apple, 100 ml. milk or water. Pumpkin and apple should be boiled or baked, and then chopped and served.
In order to roll up a pumpkin-fruit treat for the winter, you will additionally need:
- Sugar (for 500 gr. apples - 1 tablespoon).
- Orange peel - on the tip of a knife.
- Fresh lemon juice (for 500 gr. apples - 1 teaspoon).
Pumpkin-apple puree is very unusual and sweet - it is guaranteed to appeal to children of all ages. Pumpkin-apple puree is prepared with the addition of these ingredients and closed in sterilized jars. It has unusual taste and shade, but looks very appetizing. In winter, open and heat the product for steam bath. Before offering the baby, mom should try children food and evaluate its taste.
Apple desserts for the future: 3 easy ways to cook
For the winter, for a grown-up baby, you should roll up fruit desserts. They are more useful than store-bought ones, and you can connect the baby’s dad and grandmother to cooking. Canning can be scheduled for August-September, because at this time autumn apples ripen in the orchards. There are several easy ways to prepare.
- Method 1. Wash fruits, peel, cut into slices. Divide into sachets and freeze. In winter, it is easy to prepare a dessert from a semi-finished product in any way or cook compote (we recommend reading:).
- Method 2. You can prepare fruit puree for twisting in a slow cooker. To do this, peel the fruits from seeds and peel, cut, put in the bowl of the device. Then add 150-350 ml. water and a little sugar (if the apples are sour). Start the multicooker in the "Extinguishing" mode for 60 minutes. After turning off, remove the fruits, chop, transfer to the slow cooker again. Turn it on in the previous mode for 5 minutes. Transfer the hot puree to prepared sterilized jars, roll up, wrap. When they are cool, sign and store in a cool dark cabinet.
- Method 3. Cut the peeled fruits into small pieces, simmer for about 30 minutes the minimum amount sugar (powder). Arrange in clean steamed jars and sterilize again in a water bath. Roll up after 40 minutes, cool, sign and store in a cool place. There will be little vitamins left after heat treatment, but such a puree will become a rich source of fiber.
The apple is a very popular fruit in Russia. Rarely where an apple tree does not grow in summer cottages. She can easily bear cold winter our country, making us happy delicious fruits. In addition, fruits are a real pantry of nutrients. These fruits contain a large amount of not only vitamins, but also trace elements. That is why, more and more often, young mothers began to prepare applesauce for babies for the winter.
- These fruits contain a large amount of antioxidants that help strengthen immune system babies, there are all the right vitamins for the normal growth of the baby;
- The substances that make up apples have a positive effect on the liver and kidneys of babies;
- Apples cleanse human blood, normalize blood sugar, increasing appetite.
Despite the fact that the benefits of apples have undoubtedly been proven, they should not be given to the baby first.
It has been established that after fruit, children refuse to eat vegetable puree. While the baby gets used to the taste of vegetables, you can introduce an apple mixture into the diet. A very small crumb should be given 0.5 tsp. before starting feeding.
Store-bought puree selection
Most girls do not want to prepare the mixture at home. And this is understandable, why look for a recipe on the Internet and then cook if you can buy ready mix and immediately give it to the child. However, stores do not always sell quality products. There are manufacturers who add starch to children's products. This is done in order to make the mixture thicker. And in order for the taste of the product to be natural, add citric acid and sugar.
These data are not always found on the labels. Sugar can cause allergies, and starch is very difficult for a small body to digest. actually do fruit purees It's not that hard and it won't take too long.
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Getting ready for winter
In the summer, cooking mashed potatoes is much easier, but in winter period most moms buy finished products, because doubt the quality of purchased fruits. For the winter, you can make apple puree. Of course, it is better to use homemade or unprocessed fruits.
Winter apple mix
In order for the child to eat only ecologically clean products, you should close the jar of mashed potatoes for the winter. The recipe for the preparation of the mixture is based on the use of apples, sugar and water.
Required products:
- Fruit - 3 kg;
- Water - 1 l;
- Sugar - 100 gr.
The recipe for the mixture for the winter:
- Peel the fruit from the peel and divide into slices;
- Transfer the pieces to a blender and grind until gruel;
- Transfer the gruel to the pan, add sugar;
- Bring to a boil and cook for 15-25 minutes;
- Boil the jars (it is best to take small jars: 1 jar - 1 serving). The recipe for such a mixture is sure to please the baby.
Mix with condensed milk
The the recipe will do far from everyone, you should first check if the baby is allergic to condensed milk.
Required products:
- Apples - 2 kg;
- Water - 300 ml;
- Condensed milk - 1 can.
Cooking:
- Finely chop the apples;
- Put the pieces in a saucepan and add water;
- Apples should be boiled;
- They should be cooled and chopped in a blender;
- Add condensed milk to the resulting mixture;
- Transfer the mass to the pan and cook for 5-15 minutes.
Mass with cream
For babies, you can use a recipe for a mixture of apples and cream. Such complementary foods can be introduced for children older than 8 months.
- Apples - 2 pcs;
- Sugar - 1 tbsp;
- Water - 250 ml;
- Cream - 2 tbsp.
The process of preparing the mixture for the winter is very similar to cooking semolina:
- Bring water to a boil;
- Grate fruit and dip in water;
- Boil apples for 15-20 minutes;
- Add sugar and cream to the mixture, constantly stirring the gruel.
Combination
Apple mass for babies can be combined with almost all fruits and vegetables. Most popular combinations:
- Apple with pear. Fruits should be boiled, then mixed in a blender. For an older baby, you can prepare a mixture with the addition of cinnamon or cranberries;
- An apple with a banana. Grind fruits in a blender. It is allowed to add breast milk into the mix;
- Apple with pumpkin. You need to take 1 slice of pumpkin and 1 apple. Place these products in a slow cooker and steam. Mash cooked vegetables, add butter and milk. Such a mass can be given to a child in the absence of allergies;
- Apple with carrots. Take 1 carrot and 1 apple. Boil the fruits in a saucepan and grind them in a blender.
Babies don't eat their usual foods, so try to pamper your child with different mixtures.
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