Blueberry Applesauce Vegitarian Friendly Food

VEGAN BLUEBERRY MUFFINS WITH APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 12 cups of a mini muffin tin with paper liners or spray with cooking spray.
• Mix blueberries, flour, sugar, applesauce, soy milk, soy margarine, baking powder, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling them 3/4-full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops are firm, about 35 minutes. Cool slightly on a rack.

BLUEBERRY APPLESAUCE (VEGITARIAN FRIENDLY)

Steps:

• Place the apples, blueberries, cinnamon stick, lemon zest, lemon juice, pomegranate molasses and apple juice (or water) into a deep, heavy sauce pan.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Lower heat to simmer and cook until apples are very tender and the blueberries have dissolved and become saucy.
• Set aside to cool.
• Remove cinnamon stick. Puree the sauce to desired consistency either in a food processor or blender. Or-very carefully puree using an immersion blender. Be careful not to burn yourself because it hurts when the applesauce splatters!
• Transfer to a storage container. Stir in the almond extract.
• Taste the applesauce and if you think it needs sugar, go ahead and add some to desired sweetness.

VEGAN BLUEBERRY MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup muffin tin or line cups with paper liners.
• Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Stir together 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons white sugar, unsweetened applesauce, yogurt, oil, vanilla sugar, and vanilla extract in a second bowl. Fold into flour mixture using a spatula, but do not over mix. Fold in blueberries.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 18 to 22 minutes. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

SPICED BLUEBERRY APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Place the apples and blueberries into a heavy bottomed pot large enough to hold all the ingredients and allow room for stirring.
• Add just enough water to cover the bottom of the pot-about 1/2 inch of water on the bottom or so.
• Put the pot onto high heat and stirring constantly, bring to a boil.
• Turn heat down to medium, and stirring continually, cook until the apples are all soft and some are beginning to break down, thickening the released fruit juices.
• Stir in the sugar and spices and keep cooking until the sugar is well combined.
• Turn off the heat, but keep the pot on the stove in order to keep the applesauce hot.
• Using an immersion blender, a food processor or food mill, grind the fruit up into a slightly chunky puree-or, if you wish, grind it down to a perfectly smooth puree.
• Stir in the lemon juice thoroughly, then pack into hot pint or quart jars.
• Try to get any visible air bubbles out with a spatula; this is very difficult with very thick foods like applesauce, but try anyway. Wipe off the rim of the jar with a damp cloth, then center a lid on top and screw on a band.
• Do not tighten the band-just screw it down until it is closed, but not at all difficult to unscrew.
• Put into a hot water bath canner, making certain that water covers the jars completely.
• Bring to a boil, clap the lids on top of the canner and process the jars for 20 minutes-the processing time is the same for either pints or quarts.
• When they have processed for twenty minutes, turn off the heat and open the lid to the canner.
• Allow the jars to sit in the hot water for five minutes, then carefully lift up each jar and set it on a folded dishtowel in order to keep the counter from possibly cooling the glass too rapidly, causing the jar to crack.
• Check the seals on the lids-they should be concave and very tightly adhered to the jar rim.
• If after 24 hours the lids have not sealed, either use up the food that did not seal, or re-pack using new jars and new lids.
• Recipe makes eight pints or four quarts.