Fall Recipe Substitutions - Turn Almost Any Recipe into a Fall Treat!

We are embracing everything fall over here in Georgia - football games, pumpkins, beautiful leaves changing colors, some brisk air for outdoor activities, and the scents and foods that fall brings! I'm all about going into my favorite grocery store and taking in a nice, deep breath of cinnamon brooms and cinnamon pine cones.

I wanted to share my suggestions for making recipes substitutions in your favorite recipes to make them feel a little bit more like fall! Here's my take on turning almost any recipe into a fall treat. Substitute at your own risk, but for most recipes, we highly recommend!

Need some more ideas for recipe swaps and substitutions? Check these out:

• Calorie Saving Holiday Recipe Ingredient Swaps
• Calorie Saving, Clean Eating Food Swaps

Crockpot Cinnamon Vanilla Applesauce

Want to usher in the fall season with the yummy scent of baking apples with cinnamon and vanilla?  If so, we have the right recipe for you!

Clean Crock Pot Cinnamon Vanilla Applesauce

Ingredients:

• 8 medium-size Granny Smith apples, peeled (7 large Granny Smith apples can be substituted)
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 1/2 c water
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 2 tbsp maple sugar flakes (or sweetener of your choice)
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract (avoid HFCS)

Directions:

1. Peel apples and cut into quarters, careful to core apples as well (seeds are bad!). Place in bottom of crock pot slow cooker.

2. Add lemon juice, water, cinnamon, nutmeg, maple sugar flakes and pure vanilla extract.

3. Stir briefly - just enough to mix ingredients.

4. Cook on low for 2 hours and then raise temperature to high for 1.5 hours.

5. Stir, slightly mashing any apple chunks, serve and enjoy!

Here is another variation of this recipe.

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