Susans Blueberry Applesauce Bread Food

BLUEBERRY APPLESAUCE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a loaf pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, baking powder and salt.
• In a separate bowl, mix together the oil, eggs and applesauce.
• Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until fully combined. Fold in the blueberries.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 55-65 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then remove to cool completely on wire racks.

GRANDMA'S BLUEBERRY BANANA APPLESAUCE BREAD FOR THE BREAD MACHIN

Steps:

• Bag the bananas and seal the baggie, getting as much air out as possible. Then, using your hands, just start squishing and squashing, mashing the bananas to a pulp. "Smoosh" the bananas out of the baggie and into the Bread Machine's Pan.
• Put about a 1/4 cup of the Bread Flour in a bowl and stir the Blueberries around in it. This helps keep the Blueberries from clumping together in the dough.
• Insert the Bread Pan into the Machine and close the lid. Set the Machine for a Medium Crust, 2 Pound Loaf of Wheat Bread.

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.

BLUEBERRY APPLESAUCE (FOR BABIES)

Steps:

• Combine all in small saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat.
• Cover and simmer 15-20 minutes.
• Mash if necessary.
• Freeze in ice cube trays.

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.

BLUEBERRY OR STRAWBERRY APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare your apples - I use one of those apple corer/slicers that cores the apple and cuts it into 8 slices in one fell swoop which cuts down on my prep time considerably. I use a food strainer to remove the peels later so I don't bother peeling at this point but you can if desired.
• Put prepared apples into a very large stockpot and add about 1/4 inch or so of apple juice to the pot just to get the apples started and prevent them from scorching on the bottom. Heat apples over medium-high heat stirring frequently until the apples are softened.
• While apples are cooking prepare the berries of your choice. Place the berries in a blender (you might need to work in 2 batches) and add a little bit of apple juice just to get them to puree nicely. Set aside the berry puree.
• Run the softened apples through a food mill or a food strainer (I use the food strainer attachment for my KitchenAid Mixer which works beautifully) to create a thick applesauce.
• Drain off the liquid from the stockpot and add the strained applesauce back to the pot. Add the berry puree and mix well. Heat the mixture over medium heat to boiling and boil for a couple of minutes.
• Remove from heat and ladle applesauce into hot jars, leaving 1/2 inch headspace. (This tends to make a bit of a mess during processing and I have found that it helps to fill jars to just shy of 1/2 inch from the top.) Process for 15 minutes in a boiling water bath - adjusting processing time for altitude.