I remember years ago my sweet mother (who was a fabulous cook!) saying she was substituting applesauce for oil when she used cake mixes. Now she didn't start using cake mixes until very late in life; and she had always been a great cook and a purist as far as real ingredients - flour, sugar, butter, eggs - was concerned. She could work magic with her pantry stock of basic ingredients. But in her later years her baking turned to a bit easier style - hence the mixes. Then when she discovered that she needed to curb the fats she consumed because of high cholesterol, she turned to applesauce substitution for fat (oil, butter, or margarine). Her little mix cakes were still delightful and we were all surprised. |
| Whether you spoon your applesauce from a jar into a little bowl, or pack one of the "Big Cup" containers in the lunch "pail," applesauce is a go-to food for your family! |
Substituting applesauce for oil and fats can be rewarding to you and your family because you not only lower your fat consumption, you add fiber and vitamins from the nutritious apple!
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| Looking at the recipe cards that Musselman has provided and trying to decide which to cook up. The Warm Apple Pie Sundae looks great! |
WARM APPLE PIE SUNDAES
2 cups Musselman's Cinnamon Apple Sauce
2 Tbsp sugar
1 pinch allspice
1 pinch cloves
Vanilla Ice Cream
- Combine apple sauce, sugar, and spices in a medium pot with a lid.
- Bring to a low boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. The sauce will thicken. Let the sauce cool for 5 minutes.
- Serve warm over ice cream. (Unused portion can be refrigerated up to 1 week.)
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| I can hardly wait to try the Peanut Butter Banana Muffins! |
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I try to eat healthy and cutting back on sugars is easy by substituting apple sauce in some recipes instead of sugar. I even use unsweetened applesauce in my homemade dog biscuits.
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ReplyDeleteI learned that I want to make the Apple Sauce Meatloaf, never thought of that.
ReplyDeleteI have used applesauce in baking to cut down on the amount of sugar you need.
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ReplyDeleteI love to use applesauce to replace oil when baking. This would be great for that- and quick & easy snacks of course.
ReplyDeleteThey have a grower-owned cooperative.
ReplyDeleteI discovered that t hey are grower owned and that the Musselman was started in
ReplyDeletein Biglerville, PA, in 1907 by Christian and Emma Musselman. during the war they provided canned goods for servicemen including tomatoes, and apples and corn .
I have usede applesauce making muffins, and cookies and of course in cake, makes them very moist and tasty cuts out the calories of oils.
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ReplyDeleteI saw a recipe for salsa on the Musselman website that has applesauce in it. I never would have thought of that.
ReplyDeletei love that they are an american owned grower co-op
ReplyDeleteI found a recipe that sounds delicious it is for Banana Apple Streusel Muffins
ReplyDeleteI learned that they make Apple Butter also and they make their apple butter the old-fashioned way, by long slow simmering apples in kettles with sugar and spices.
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I had no idea that you could make Green Summer Salsa with Applesauce
ReplyDeleteI use applesauce for some of the oil in my muffin recipe.
ReplyDeleteI learned that they also make Apple Butter and Cider.
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Applesauce with a dash of cinnamon makes a lower calorie dessert or snack.
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an apple a day keeps the doctor away so I hear. Eating apple sauce is a much more healthier option than candy.
ReplyDeleteI am living a healthier, stronger life by eating better and I do incorporate applesauce into in my life by substituting if for other ingredients in baked goods and having it for a snack. twinkle at optonline dot net
ReplyDeleteI learned from the website that Musselman's operates as a co-op! Makes me much more inclined to buy!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you could replace oil with applesauce!!!! Love the recipe
ReplyDeleteI am trying to replace my kids snack intake with healthier things apple sauce would be awesome
ReplyDeleteI never knew that you could replace applesauce instead of oil in recipes.
ReplyDeleteI learned that they also make apple butter & cider!
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Wonderful thank you so much
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