My Apple Sauce Is Missing Something

@marlina (154103)
Canada
October 31, 2015 8:49am CST
I made some apple sauce the other day, but somehow it is missing some "kick". I put sugar in and cinnamon. Is there anything else that I should add to make it more interesting? I froze some of it for later use. When I thaw it I thought I could add the "something else" then. Any good suggestions for me? Thanks, Marie
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Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
31 Oct 15
It sounds like you maybe needed LESS of something not more of it. You could try a dash of lemon juice.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
Isn't the lemon juice going to make it more sour?
Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
31 Oct 15
@marlina That's what I would expect. I think you maybe put too much sugar in. And I personally would have gone carefully with the cinnamon as it's very over powering.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
@boiboing I find it not sweet enough and do not even taste the cinnamon?? Is there another spice that goes with apples?
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
31 Oct 15
You already added cinnamon, so you must add something that goes well with cinnamon, like a little clove, that is also very good with apples.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
I guess that would have to be a tiny, tiny amount of cloves.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502573)
• Italy
31 Oct 15
@marlina Yes, because the taste is very strong. I do not know what a hint of vanilla would add.
Boingboing
@boiboing (13147)
• Northampton, England
31 Oct 15
Yes, I agree - that's a great idea (so long as you don't hate clove)
Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
31 Oct 15
I never add anything but a tiny bit of sugar but of course a lot depends on the type of apples you used, I don't like cinnamon in apple sauce. I use nutmeg in my apple pie.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
The apples were McIntosh and they were sweet enough when eating them.
MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (91119)
• United States
31 Oct 15
@marlina McIntosh are usually very sweet. Surprising that they weren't
Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56298)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
Making apple sauce is on my to do list this afternoon. But slowly I am petering out on energy. I think that I'll take a walk outside to feel revitalized, its cold out, so that should get my heart pumping. As for your applesauce, I usually use a tiny amount of lemon juice and I do like nutmeg.
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Juliaacv
@Juliaacv (56298)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
@marlina The fresh air, and I love feel like I'm racing Mother Nature and her pending rain which is close by I think.
Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
Thanks for your suggestions. You are doing today what I did last week. Lots of work. A walk will certainly help you out.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
31 Oct 15
Nutmeg? I never made it, but I love to eat it and I make a sandwich - applesauce with cin/nutmeg and go to town!
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
Never heard of a sandwich made with apple sauce!
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
31 Oct 15
@marlina Anything between two pieces of bread works!
PaintsOnSlate
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
I love home made applesauce but just sugar (brown sugar) and cinnamon is what I use.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
31 Oct 15
Maybe I should have used brown sugar instead of the white one.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (169479)
• United States
31 Oct 15
A little lemon juice would be good to liven it up.
AnjaP
@Rollo1 (16676)
• Boston, Massachusetts
31 Oct 15
I also suggest a little lemon juice, but it you like it to have kick, perhaps a soupçon of nutmeg?
Blondie2222
@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
31 Oct 15
I love applesauce but haven't had it in awhile. Try adding more sugar to it to give it more flavor or a bit more cinnamon.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (153529)
• India
31 Oct 15
May be more sugar?
MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (91119)
• United States
31 Oct 15
Seems everyone here have given the suggestions I would have. I love homemade applesauce and usually only use cinnamon and sugar. Hope you find a way to get it to taste right
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Ann LeFlore
@poehere (15123)
• French Polynesia
31 Oct 15
I see a lot of people said what I was going to say nutmeg.
Patti G
@Pattitude (1286)
• Newton, North Carolina
2 Nov 15
It has been years since I made applesauce. I did not care for it as much as the brand I usually buy, Motts!