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An easy applesauce recipe with a delicious ingredient twist: ginger ale! A little cinnamon and brown sugar helps add a little additional flavor as well.
6 apples, peeled, seeded, and cut into wedges
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
brown sugar, optional, to taste
1 can (12 ounce size) ginger ale (or lemon-lime soda)
Place the apple wedges in the bottom of the crock pot. Sprinkle with the cinnamon and brown sugar, if using. Stir in the ginger ale.
Cover the crock pot and cook on low heat for 3-4 hours or until the apples are tender and falling apart. Mix well.
Serve warm or place in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 5 days.
Pamela Chester, CDKitchen Staff
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If you want a stronger ginger flavor, replace the cinnamon with crystallized ginger.
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