Applesauce with Tbsp Butter**

Serves 4 in about 29 minutes. The pot starts with tsp cinnamon.

Ingredients

• 6-8 apples (any variety, peeled, cored, chopped)
• ¼ cup water*
• Juice of 1/2 of a lemon
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 1 tbsp butter**

Method

1. Put the prepared apples in the pot with the other ingredients.
2. Close the lid and set the steam release knob to the Sealing position.
3. Press the Pressure Cook (or Manual) button or use dial, and then the + /- button or dial to choose 4 minutes.
4. When the cooking cycle ends, let the pressure cooker sit undisturbed until the pin in the lid drops down (also called naturally release the pressure).**If you are using butter, you can do a Controlled Quick Release, but do so gradually, to be sure no sauce spews out with the steam!
5. When the pin in the lid drops back down, open the lid.
6. Use a potato masher to mash the apples to the texture that you like.
7. If the applesauce is too watery for you, press the Sauté button and cook it down as much as you like, while stirring the whole time.

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