Easy Applesauce

4-5 apples - peeled, cored &sliced
1 cinnamon stick
2 tbs brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Place 3/4 cup of water, cinnamon stick and apples into a large pot. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium heat and cook until the apple slices until they are tender. Remove the cinnamon stick, add the sugar and  Use a potato masher or immersion blender and mash up the apples. Let it cook on low a little longer until the water has been cooked out and you have a good thick applesauce.

- Taste great with yogurt, granola, oatmeal or just by itself

Blackberry Applesauce
1 pint of fresh black berries

Follow the recipe above. While the apples are boiling place the black berries in the food processor and puree. Pour the puree through a strainer to remove the seeds and mix into the applesauce.