pears and applesauce? Papplesauce? Appearsauce? No additional sugar is required when the apple-pear sauce is served warm. You might wish to add sugar to taste as it loses some of its natural sweetness as it cools.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 4 pears, cut into chunks
- 3 apples, cut into chunks
- ½ cup water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Heat a skillet over medium heat; add pears, apples, water, and vanilla extract to the hot skillet. Cover and simmer fruit mixture for 10 minutes; remove lid and cook until most of liquid is evaporated and fruit is softened, 10 to 15 more minutes.
- Remove skillet from heat and transfer fruit mixture and any remaining liquid to a food processor. Process until smooth; stir in cinnamon. Serve warm or refrigerate up to 4 days.
Reviews
Perfect! Thank you for sharing. I didn’t use the exact ratio of apples to pears – I use what I had in hand 8 apples & 3 pears. Yummy!
Left the recipe chunky, did not turn into sauce.
I love this recipe. I have never had 4 pears but 2 pears and 4 apples work. It is so easy and I have it on my porridge in the morning. One day I may actually have the right amount of pears and have a whole different taste sensation.
I have made this three times now and have not been disappointed! This has become a family favorite. I love it with the red Anjou pears and almost any apples. I have again put in the pineapple juice instead of water and again used the cherry concentrate. Not a lot of the cherry flavoring; go easy. This batch was a bit chunkier. All a matter of how you mash/grind. It is great how you can taste all those flavors even the bit of cherry. The kids love it. I never put in extra cinnamon but the ¼ teaspoon is nice. This is a family keeper. I have even frozen some. Thank you!
made this recipe for my 20 month old son and he absolutely loves it. hes working on his second bowl of it right now
This turned out amazing. I used 5 red apples, 5 pears, a cinnamon stick, a pinch of salt and a little powdered cinnamon as well. Turned out perfectly sweet.
I followed the recipe exactly, happy to have done so. It turned out to be delicious and super simple. A great side dish for most any. Meal.
Awesome!! The recipe isn’t very big so I tripled it lol came out amazing!!!!! Cool time is wonky for a tripled batch because I had to use a pot instead of skillet but still amazing!!
I made it as directed and was surprised at how well I like it. Hubby was loving it too! Thanks for the recipe……………
This was very good and my grandkids loved it. I used Granny Smith , couple of gala and pears. Worked great in my pressure cooker!!!
I love it!
I used unfiltered Apple juice instead of water..yum
Made this recipe, but quadrupled the amount since i had a surplus of ripe D’anjou pears & Granny Smiths. Also, halved the amount of vanilla extract, because I had a vanilla bean that I cut in half and split open & let cook down into the sauce. Removed the vanilla pod before I put into the processor though. Came out great! Ended up freezing some for later after I gave some to friends.
Just a hint of vanilla, filled a 32 oz. container. I also used Pineapple juice instead of water, as am also making Pear Honey.
I needed an applesauce without added sugar for my detox & this recipe was a perfect fit. The only thing I did different was to use vanilla from the bean & threw in a cinnamon stick while it was boiling. Definitely will make again detox or not.
Best applesauce I’ve made. The vanilla is a great partner with the apples and pears. Made several batches when the pears came to me all at once. Put packets of sauce in the freezer. Great comfort food recipe.
Delicious and not too sugary. I ended up just mashing up the apples and pears instead of running through a processor and it worked out great.
Great recipe! The fam loved it! I simmered the pears & apples in apple juice, and added cinnamon. I did peel everything, because the recipe was not clear and I didn’t want the skins in the way. I doubled the recipe, but only added a cup of apple juice (instead of water for sweetness) but still lots of liquid. So I put through a strainer before mashing. I love the flavor of this combo, will be making again for sure!
this was really good. used 4 apples and three pears, and just enough cinnamon.
Delicious and oh so simple! I didn’t even add sugar and left the skins on. I would definitely recommend this recipe especially with apple season upon us!!
I peeled them and did the overnight crockpot idea! My children loved it!!