Crabapple Sauce

Name: Crabapple Sauce
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 15 lbs mixed, wild sweet crab apples; 1 cup maple syrup (or brown sugar, to taste ); 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt; 2.5 tablespoons lemon juice

Instructions

Prep:15minCook:45min

Simple crab apple sauce. It can be made tart and red using red-skinned crab apples, or sweet, using all sweet crab apples. Expect some variation as apples vary in size. Basic recipe makes about 1 gallon / 4 quarts.

Updated at: Fri, 21 Aug 2026 08:33:42 GMT