Apples are one of the first fruits we cook into a purée for our babies, and they’re really easy to make. Apples are very sweet, full of vitamins and rich in fiber, which makes them a great ally when starting solid foods.
Your baby will love this smooth fruit purée, and it’s super easy to make too!
How to Make Apple Purée for Babies
- Wash the apple, peel it and cut it into pieces. Discard the harder part of the core and the seeds.
- Put the apple pieces in a saucepan with a little water, or in a steamer, and cook for about 10 minutes.
- Once cooked, take the apple pieces out of the saucepan and blend them with a hand blender. Add more or less of the cooking water depending on how thick or smooth you want the purée.
- Your apple purée is ready. Let it cool a little at room temperature, and once it’s lukewarm you can give it to your baby. Enjoy!
Tips for Making Apple Purée
- While cooking, you can add a cinnamon stick for extra flavor. Remove it before blending.
- For these purées, choose sweet apple varieties, such as Golden or Pink Lady.
- For babies from 8 months, you can leave the purée unblended. Just mash it with a fork for a thicker texture so your baby gets used to small lumps.
- You can also make the purée with baked apples for a much more intense flavor.
- At first, offer just a few spoonfuls of the purée so your baby can get to know this new flavor. Then you can gradually increase the amount.
- Apple skin contains 4 or 5 times more vitamin C than the rest of the fruit, so once your baby is used to less smooth textures, you can cook and blend the apples without peeling them.
- You can make this recipe with other fruits too, such as pears, mango, guava, etc.
- If you make a large batch, you can store it in baby food jars.
- Find out here how to make fruit purées for babies and other recipes.
