Basic Apple puree for Babies

Remember that famous saying"An apple a day keeps the doctor away!"
what a thought whoever have coined this phrase.

Why apple is one of the preferred food for babies?

Its easily available,easy to digest and highly nutritious.
It's one of the first fruit that we introduce our lil bambino with usually in puree form.

Choosing the right apple for puree.

i used this apple first ,not a very sweet one

I am also one of them who hardly knows about varities of apples.I just see apple in two form-
One big red coloured apples,they might come from hilly regions.i consider them as very sweet.
Small apples that have beautiful red and green colour skin,they doesn't look that attractive but they might be much sweeter and juicy than big one

Then How I choose apple for puree?
I try all varieties one by one(hardly 2 or 3 types are available in one season in India)
Sweet and juicy apples are good for baby purees(as we are not adding any sugar to it) If ur making apple dessert for urself then any type cud do even the overriped and lil spoiled one too.



this looks similar to above one but not ;very sweet and juicy apple

Can we keep the skin on and go without peeling?

For small babies (upto 8 months i guess)digesting that part is little difficult and puree conssitency cannot be smooth also. Though u can can keep skin on after few months to see whether ur lil one can handle it.

For baby food, first step is stewing apple.

But How to stew apple for baby food?

• Take a good sweet,juicy and crunchy apple(coz we r not going to add sugar to it)
• Core it,peel skin,remove seeds if any
• and cut apple in pieces ,
• put apple pieces into a sauce pan .
• Add water ,it shud be enough to cover the apple pieces but not too much,(we r stewing apple not boling them)

• put on high flame,let the water boil.
• now slow down flame,cover it with a lid,leave to simmer for 20 min or so

• stir occasionly
• let them cook till apples get tender.

• chk with fork or a spoon(if fork is easily going thru it,its cooked)

the apples r finally stewed,puree it for babies using hand blender or mash with fork.