5 lbs of apples (I used Gala, but you can use whatever kind you prefer)
water
1/4 cup sugar
Core, peel and quarter your apples. I used my apple corer/slicer and then peeled each slice with a knife. Put your apples into a pot with enough water to cover the bottom and keep your apples from sticking. Put your pot on medium/high heat and cover with a lid.
Cook until you apples are soft.
Then, using a blender or a food mill, process your apples until you have the consistency of applesauce you want. I use a hand blender for these types of recipes and I love it!
This is about the consistency that I wanted mine.
I then added 1/4 cup of sugar and stirred it in over high heat.
Using a candy thermometer I boiled the sauce and kept it at 212 degrees while I filled the jars.
The jars had been through a sanitize cycle of my dishwasher and had been keeping hot inside there. When I was ready to fill it I pulled it out and put in the funnel.
I then filled the jar, leaving 1/2 inch of head space. I pressed a spatula into the sides of the sauce to take out bubbles then wiped off the mouth of the jar and around the sides.
Then I took a lid from the pot where I had my lids keeping hot, and set it on and screwed a lid ring on, finger tip-tight. Then I turned the jar over to seal.
