Making applesauce

We called it "Cooking Science" and made applesauce during our homeschool day. We had two grocery bags full of apples from Vincents Orchard in Salem, Ohio.  They were not grade A and had some spots, but the mix of apple variety makes for good applesauce.  The bags were only $2 each; so a good bargin. 
After washing the apples, C. used our handy dandy apple corer and peeler. Then, we put the apples into the roaster with sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon and filtered water and let it cook for several hours.  Tomorrow we will fill quart canning jars and process.  We had fun seeing how long of an apple peel we could get.  As you can see from the picture, the winning peel was quite long!
Check out the website http://www.pickyourown.org/  for great step-by-step directions on making and canning homemade applesauce.