This no-sugar added slow cooker applesauce makes a healthy snack or sweet topper for oatmeal or yogurt. With only 2 ingredients, this easy recipe is mostly hands off and perfect for your weekly meal prep!
This is the easiest recipe I’ve ever made via the slow cooker. You simply combine apples with cinnamon and turn on the slow cooker!
Unlike a shelf-stable, canned applesauce recipe, this one is refrigerated and perfect to add fresh apple flavor to your weekly meal prep. You can also try my instant pot pear sauce for a slightly different flavor and to use up extra pears.
This recipe works great with a variety of apples. I’m using Gala because they looked good and were on sale. Gala, Jonagold or Cameo are a few sweet apple varieties to try.
You can enjoy it just as is, with yogurt or ice cream…
or stirred into a bowl of oatmeal
No sugar added applesauce
Now you may look at the recipe and think I accidentally left out the sugar. Nope. When apples are in season, the flavor will be at peak. So there’s no need for sugar. You may be surprised at how the apples cook down to a sweet, aromatic and versatile applesauce.
Slow Cooker Chunky Applesauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Gala apples, sliced
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Slice the apples into large chunks (about 2 inches each).
- Add the apples and cinnamon to the slow cooker. Cook on high for 3-4 hours depending on desired texture.
- Enjoy as is or on yogurt, in oatmeal or over chicken or pork.
Thommi Odom Lawson
Super easy and taste yummy! OMG! I love easy healthy recipes!
Marisa
Thanks so much for the review, Thommi! Appreciate you!
Marian David
Thank you for this! Can this be frozen? I have been looking for ways to cut the sugar in my diet but still satisfy my sweet tooth without the guilt. This will awaken my oatmeal, too. I really like oatmeal and eat it plain mostly but this will be a treat.
Marisa
Yes! You can freeze it. That’s a great way to savor the flavor of fall/winter apples throughout the year.
Serena Ball
I’ve always made applesauce with sugar. But I’m totally going to try this simple recipe! What a great point that peak-of-season apples bring out the sweetness!
Marisa
The cinnamon helps enhance the flavor too. Let me know what you think of the recipe!