Apple Sauce ~ Healthy Snack and Substitute

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Timestamp: 2009-12-13 02:12:02 UTC

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1181503 apples Apple Sauce ~ Healthy Snack and Substitute

My children love applesauce. It is one of the few convenience foods I still purchase for my family. Combining coupons and sales I can usually buy applesauce for cheaper than I could make it myself. I even buy the individual containers for traveling and field trips a special treat for my kids, plus it is much better for them than a cupcake or gummy snack.

I also use applesauce as a substitute for oil in most of my recipes. It doesn’t affect the taste at all, and your baked goods turn out so moist when you use apple sauce instead of oil. My banana muffins are made with applesauce, and I usually substitute apple sauce for oil in cakes too.

Musselman’s has offered an apple sauce gift pack to one of my readers to help make your Christmas a little merrier. I know in our family apple sauce is a must have side at Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner. Leave a comment and you will be entered to win the gift pack. Contest ends Saturday December 12th.


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Comments

  1. Jessica Schwartz says:

    My daughters love applesauce. My oldest likes the kind that is chunky (my fave too). I would love to win.

    jms1683@yahoo.com

  2. April says:

    I love applesauce! I’ve also used it occasionally to substitute for oil in baked goods. All I remember is a sad little batch of brownies made from a mix and the egg, applesauce and whatever else the package said. Not a great texture, but an okay end product.

  3. Michele says:

    I have heard of baking with applesauce but have not tried it yet.. ;)

  4. amybee says:

    Thank you! We like applesauce too. We’ll be having it with latkes for Hanukkah.

  5. Heather says:

    my son won’t eat applesauce since it is “baby” food, but I too use it when baking. It makes a great substitute for butter as well and has helped a lot in our dairy and soy free cooking.

  6. What a great gift that would make! We love applesauce here too and I don’t use it enough in baking.

  7. Christina H says:

    We love applesauce also. Definitely great snack for the kids. We’d love to win the gift pack! I will have to try using applesauce instead of oil next time I bake.

  8. Ooo! We love applesauce, too!

  9. Stefanie says:

    hmm, might have to try substituting applesauce for oil.

  10. Jessica says:

    I love applesauce!!! I do have a question…when you use applesauce in recipes instead of oil what is the exchange rate? Is it cup for cup…or do you need less applesauce?? THANKS!

  11. Rachael says:

    Yum! I love applesauce in baking. :)

  12. Oh, can you SO count me in for this!! Applesauce (homemade and store-bought) are a BIG hit around here!

  13. TRACEY RHODES says:

    Applesauce is my oldest sons favorite thing to eat. He goes through a large jar a week by himself.

  14. Abigail says:

    Applesauce is a huge hit at my house. This would be great!!

  15. Suzanne says:

    We also eat a lot of applesauce. And I like to bake with it as well (and use it in one of my favorite pancake recipes

    http://suzannesrecipes.blogspot.com/2008/08/silver-dollar-oat-pancakes.html

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  16. Jen says:

    We love applesauce at my house as well. My son asks for it during most meals and I’ve never seen his eyes so big as the first time he saw me put it in some muffins.

  17. Dana says:

    we love apples!

  18. Shellie says:

    My daughters LOVE applesauce! Looking forward to trying your banana muffins and substituting the applesauce for the oil…

  19. Joyce says:

    My son likes to make healthy smoothies with applesauce in it, so I would love to win this since he eats so much of it. jgs0925 at gmail dot com

  20. I hope I win – we love applesauce!

  21. Luci says:

    I love warm applesauce. I have recently added pumpkin to homemade apple sauce. Super Yummy!! I’d love to win

  22. Jodi says:

    Mmmm! Applesauce! We all love it here. I use it in baking too.

  23. Sherri Brenneman-Bell says:

    I use applesauce instead of oil in my baked oatmeal. I wish Happy would try it some day…

  24. Sondra says:

    My son loves applesauce and could eat it every day – and usually does. I would like to try cooking with it so I think I am going to look for some recipes. I heard that it makes baked goods more moist?!

  25. Kris says:

    Awesome, maybe I’ll win :)

  26. Courtney says:

    Big applesauce fan! Love it to eat or in my baking. In fact, I was supposed to pick up some at the store and forget. I could definitely use this give away. :)

  27. Chris says:

    LOVE using applesauce instead of oil…I use it in pancakes and waffles too.

  28. Holly says:

    My kids love applesauce and I also use it as a cooking substitute in all my baked goods. Thanks for the great website!

  29. Jenny in Ca says:

    oh me, me! We love apple sauce as a snack!

  30. Wendy says:

    My kids love applesauce. Thanks for the contest! :)

  31. Ashley says:

    We love applesauce at our house. Such a great snack!

  32. Rebecca says:

    Thanks for the giveaway. My 2 year old likes the cinnamon applesauce but it makes her mouth and cheeks all red…it’s cute. She just licks and licks her lips, you’d have to watch her.
    5langfordatcomcastdotnet

  33. Jillbert says:

    We love applesauce too! It’s a quick & easy side for dinner on lazy days around here.

  34. Sarah Blomgren says:

    We love applesauce here! Funny story though – the first time we were giving applesauce to our second child I opened a new jar and he made awful faces. I kept feeding it too him, and he kept making nasty faces. Finally, I said, “Look, Mommy likes it!” and took a bite. It was BAD. Poor kid! No wonder he was making faces!

  35. Mary Thomas says:

    I have used applesauce in my baking for years and years… gotta get away from that oil!! Applesauce vs. oil…. you choose. :)

  36. Tina Latham says:

    We love applesauce, we use in all our baking(brownies, cakes). My daughter(3) always reminds me to buy it when we are out.

  37. Lauren says:

    I love applesauce with cinnamon!!

  38. Justine says:

    In winter, I love to add a bit of cinnamon to some applesauce and heat it up… makes for a yummy side/dessert after dinner.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

  39. Jill says:

    We love applesauce!

  40. Marla says:

    We love applesauce too. Although I’ve never tried using it for baking. I will have to give that a try. Do you use it in your regular bread too? How about in place of butter, or just oil? I usually just use butter instead of oil, but I don’t know if that’s an equal substitute.

  41. DeAna says:

    I haven’t tried substituting applesauce for oil–I’m a little nervous. But you certainly seem confident that everything still comes out tasting great. I’ll have to give it a try.

    Thanks for the giveaway opportunity. Please sign me up!

  42. Meredith says:

    we love applesauce at our house too!!! and i find the same thing…i can get it cheaper with sales and coupons than by making it myself

  43. stacy says:

    My son loves applesauce!

  44. Jennifer says:

    Applesauce rocks!

  45. Sarah says:

    Thanks for the reminder about using appleasauce in recipes, I nearly forgot! I used to do that all of the time. I would love to win, I know my son just love applesauce with a little bit of cinnamon in it : )

  46. Sharon says:

    I pack applesauce in my husband’s lunch everyday. This would be great!

  47. I’d love to win. I bake alot with applesauce and my boys like to have it as a side too.
    Thanks!
    ~Liz

  48. Ruth says:

    man nothing beats a bowl of chilled, unsweetened applesauce. YUM!

  49. Jennifer H. says:

    We eat it and bake with it, too!

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