Ingredients
Instructions
- Put all ingredients in crock pot, using 1 c cranberry juice if you prefer a thicker sauce, 1 1/2 c if you like a thinner sauce.
- Stir to coat.
- Cook on low for 7 hours or high for 3 hours.
- Check consistency of applesauce, adding more cranberry juice if too thick.
- Mash apple chunks with potato masher to desired texture, leaving it as chunky as you like.
- Taste for preferred tartness or sweetness, adding any sugar, honey or sugar substitute for your tastes.
- Cook on low for 1 to 2 more hours.
- Remove vanilla bean and star anise.
- Vanilla bean can be rinsed and kept for a few more similar uses.
- Serve warm or cold.
- Can be easily frozen and can be used when substituting for oil in reducing fat in some recipes.