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A white bowl filled with stewed apples.

Stewed Apples

Robyn
This easy stewed apples recipe is made with just 3 basic ingredients, and takes just 15 minutes to make! Enjoy for breakfast, or dessert, or freeze for later.
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course baking
Cuisine International
Servings 6 People
Calories 144 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 medium saucepan

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kg (2 lb 3 oz) cooking apples
  • 90g (¼ c + 2 tablespoons) caster sugar
  • 500ml 2 c + 1 tablespoon) water
  • pinch ground cinnamon, optional

Instructions
 

  • Peel the apples then slice in to quarters. Remove the core and roughly chop into 2-3 cm (1 inch) chunks.
  • Place the chopped apples into a large saucepan with the sugar, water and cinnamon, if using.
  • Bring to the boil then reduce the heat to a medium heat and simmer gently for 7-10 minutes until the apples are tender and are starting to break down.
  • Serve straight away or cool then keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Notes

Apples – you can stew cooking apples (as in these images and video) or eating apples. Granny Smith apples will cook down as well as cooking apples, if you use Pink Lady apples, Fuji, Gala, or Braeburn, these are ideal for stewed apples with texture rather than smooth like apple sauce, but you will need to cut them into smaller chunks
Sugar – I prefer to use white sugar, but you could use soft brown sugar for a caramel flavour.
Ground cinnamon – this is optional.
Stewed cooking apples will take less time to soften than eating apples, but will often require more sugar than eating apples as they are sweeter.
If you want a soft stewed apples, more like a puree, cut the apples the same size.
If you want a few bites of slight crunch, leave a few apple pieces a little larger.
The cooked apples can look as if they have a lot of liquid when you take them off the heat, however if you leave them to sit for 5 minutes or so the apples will absorb a lot of it resulting in juicy flavoursome cooked apples!
Sweetness – cook the apples and taste, adding half to a tablespoon more sugar if needed.
Can freeze for up to 6 months. 

Nutrition

Calories: 144kcalCarbohydrates: 38gProtein: 0.4gFat: 0.3gSaturated Fat: 0.05gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gSodium: 6mgPotassium: 179mgFiber: 4gSugar: 32gVitamin A: 90IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 0.2mg
Keyword cooked apples, stewed apples

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