Slow Cooker Chai-Spice Pear Applesauce
I don’t know what happened over the weekend, but I went all kinds of domestic. I took care of things that had been neglected for months and I not only bookmarked but bought the ingredients for several recipes to make this week. The first of which is this Slow Cooker Chai-Spice Pear Applesauce. I’m pretty sure that if you put the words “chai-spice” in front of anything I’d eat it. And then I’d have seconds. I love how spicy it turned out, perfect for winter. The bonus of this recipe? Your home will smell insanely delicious.
Slow Cooker Chai-Spice Pear Applesauce
adapted from The Type A Housewife
Ingredients:
• 5 medium apples (I used Granny Smith)
• 5 medium pears (I used Bosc)
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 5 Tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp ground allspice
• 1/2 tsp ground cloves
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
Peel, core, and cut the apples and pears into roughly half inch chunks, then combine all ingredients in your slow cooker. Heat on low for 4 hours, stirring about once an hour. Use an immersion blender, food processor, or blender to puree the fruit. For a chunky version of the sauce remove half of the mixture before pureeing, then recombine.
Yield: 6 half cup servings
Michelle
February 21, 2012 at 9:30 amHoly yum! Want…
adele
February 21, 2012 at 10:26 amLooks delicious & adore the cute yellow casserole pot xoxo
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Drink Me Chai
February 21, 2012 at 10:52 amIt is so great to see the chai flavour being used creatively here. Thank you for sharing the chai love. 🙂
To make the recipe simpler, you could just add our Drink Me Chai powder as it contains all the spices and is great for flavouring muffins, cakes, icing, bread, smoothies, shakes, porridge, etc.
Amy
February 21, 2012 at 2:13 pmThank you for sharing! My kids are going to love this.
dalton
February 21, 2012 at 9:34 pmyum. I can’t think of a cozier flavor combo. i bet it would also pair amazingly well warm over some ice cream (maybe cinnamon??) also, any idea how this would freeze?
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Kelly
February 21, 2012 at 9:40 pmi was thinking about how good that would be, too! or yogurt. not sure how it would freeze since i haven’t tried.
Courtney
February 23, 2012 at 9:14 amI made this last night, and it’s delicious! It was yummy warm and on its own, but this morning, I stirred it into my oatmeal and I liked it even better that way. Thanks for the recipe!
Beth
March 21, 2012 at 3:25 pmThis is VERY good. It was the first “chai-spice” thing I’d ever had. LOVE it. In fact, I like it so much that I made up a separate batch of just the spices to keep on hand to add to things like oatmeal, etc. And…this will be one of my go-to recipes for apple/pear sauce from here on out. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe!
Kelly
March 21, 2012 at 3:39 pmglad to hear you enjoyed it so much, Beth!