I made Applesauce- practically free!

A friend from church made me an offer I could not refuse: Free apples. So, I packed up my kids and went over to pick apples while my kids got slimey from the fallen apples. It was great, and I came home and canned applesauce the next morning before we left for Thanksgiving. So, it was AWESOME that it was free and only cost me a little in time, stress and cinnamon, oh, and lids for the cans since I had everything else. The only problem is that my son is apparently slightly allergic to the cinnamon I put in the applesauce. It is stronger then I usually use, from Costco, but it tastes good and saves us about $2.50 a jar. Not bad, I think! What I love most about this method is that you cook the apple whole, without removing skins or seeds. A lot less work I tell you. Then you use a Foley  food mill to grind it down and all the seeds and the like come out at that point. You are just left with simple applesauce. It's SO GOOD! Here are the photos: 

For those of you new to canning, it is just as safe as stuff from the store and I like this link for basic how-to: from Pick Your Own

Any questions about canning? E-mail me and I'll try to get the answer for you!