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Applesauce through the food mill, picture recipe

One sheet for each step, with pictures your child can read on their own. Lay them out in order on the counter, and your child turns each sheet over when the step is done.

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Applesauce through the food mill

For 6 servings

What we need

  • 6 apples
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon, if you like

Our tools

  • a vegetable scrubber
  • a cutting board
  • a child knife
  • a pot with a lid
  • a food mill
  • two bowls
  • measuring cups and spoons
  • a large spoon
1
washing hands

Wash hands with soap and water.

2
apple
water
bowl

Scrub the apples in a bowl of cool water.

3An adult does this
apple

An adult cuts each apple into quarters.

4
child knife

Cut the quarters into chunks with a child knife.

5
apple
water

Put the apple chunks and water into the pot.

6An adult does thisWait
apple

An adult cooks the apples on the stove with the lid on for about 20 minutes, until they are soft. One or two apples soften in about 10 minutes.

7Wait
apple

Wait until the apples are cool enough to touch.

8An adult does this
food mill
bowl

An adult sets the food mill over a bowl.

9
food mill
apple
spoon

Spoon the apples into the food mill.

10
food mill

Turn the handle of the food mill.

11

Look at the skins and seeds left behind in the mill.

12
1 teaspoon cinnamon, if you like

Stir in the cinnamon, if you like.

We made it

Now taste, and tell someone how it tastes.