Ready to prepare your baby’s first food?
Apple puree for baby is an easy to make and yummy first food.
Apples are rich in dietary fiber and are least allergenic and make the perfect first food for babies.
The most popular choice for the baby’s first food is an Apple puree because, they are easily digestible, sweet and unlikely to cause allergies. So they can be started in the 5th Month.
How to make Apple Puree for Baby
Sterilize all the utensils and equipment either using a Sterilizer or boil the utensils in hot water.
Ingredients
1/2 Apple
Cinnamon – a pinch(optional)
Method
1. Select a juicy red apple. Wash it with water.
2. Peel the skin, de-core the apple and remove the seeds.
3. Cut the required quantity of the apple.
4. There are various methods for cooking the apple
- You can steam the apples using Steamer
(steaming helps in preserving most of the nutrients).
- Take the apple chunks in a bowl, place inside a pressure cooker filled with water, cook them for 4 to 5 whistles (it depends on the type of apple), after the steam is out, remove the bowl.
- Take a thick bottomed pan, fill with water, place the bowl with apple, cover and cook till the required consistency is achieved.
5. After cooking the apple either you can mash the cooked apple by spoon or masher
6. Transfer the contents to a sterile feeding bowl and serve.
and serve. Why can you give apple juice for constipation but not apple sauce/puree?
Apple sauce/puree is of the whole fruit and so contains more pectin which may cause the stools to harden and leads to constipation.
Apple juice contains more sugars and liquids so it may relieve constipation as it has a laxative effect.
Nutritional information
Apples are good sources of dietary fiber and Vitamin C. Dietary fiber helps in prevention of constipation.
Energy – 52 kilocalories per 100gm.
“An Apple a Day keeps your Little One Healthy Everyday”
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Apple Puree
PREP TIME
COOK TIME
TOTAL TIME
Can be given after 5 months Tastes good raw or steamed and pureed Apple sauce/puree causes constipation Apple juice relieves constipation Cinnamon is a good spice to add to it.
Author: Hemapriya
Recipe type: Puree
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 1
INGREDIENTS
- Can be given after 5 months
- Tastes good raw or steamed and pureed
- Apple sauce/puree causes constipation
- Apple juice relieves constipation
- Cinnamon is a good spice to add to it.
- Ingredients
- Half an apple
METHOD
- Method
- Wash it with water.
- Peel the skin, de-core the apple and remove the seeds.
- Cut the required quantity of the apple.
- There are various methods for cooking the apple
- • You can steam the apples using Steamer (steaming helps in preserving most of the nutrients).
- • Take the apple chunks in a bowl, place inside a pressure cooker filled with water, cook them for 4 to 5 whistles (it depends on the type of apple), after the steam is out, remove the bowl.
- • Take a thick bottomed pan, fill with water, place the bowl with apple, cover and cook till the required consistency is achieved.
- After cooking the apple either you can mash the cooked apple by spoon or masher or blend it with Blender . Do not add water, add breast milk or formula feed to make it little runny.
- Transfer the contents to a sterile feeding bowl and serve.
NOTES
To thin out the puree, you can add breastmilk or formula or boiled and cooled water
NUTRITION INFO
Serving size: 1 Calories: 95 Fat: 0.3g Sugar: 18.1g Sodium: 2g Fiber: 4.4g Protein: 0.5g Cholesterol: 25.1g
Hello Madam, whether babies can be feed raw apple? My son is 7 months old and he refuses to eat cooked apple. I’m so worried.
Priya you can give raw apple.
hi doc, my baby is going to step in to his 6th month from next week. I’m feeding him with breast milk n lactogen. next can i feed him cerelac or apple puree
Purees, juices, kheer and many other varieties can be introduced for babies of 6 month. Here is quick help for you https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/diet-chart-for-6th-month-babies/
Hello mam
My daughter is 9 month old and her weight is 6.5 kg. What type of food i want to give to increase my baby weight
Hi, if the baby is active, don’t worry much. Here are some options you could try to ensure baby gets ample nutrition https://www.mylittlemoppet.com/20-super-healthy-weight-gain-foods-babies-kids/
Hello doc, my baby is 9.10 now and he doesn’t like to eat raw fruits, is there a way to feed him?
Try feeding him as apple pancakes,
Hi hema,
My baby is 8 months old and I have already started solids for him..I was wondering as to what is the correct time to feed fruits to the baby…Please suggest…
You can give in mornings
My baby is completed her 5 month.I tried apple puree for 2 days . but it cause cold to her. What to do?
Stop for some time and restart it after a few weeks
Dear hema
I tried feeding apple puree today to my son… he is 2wks past 5 months. He dint seem to like it kept spitting out and vomitting signs… is it ok to give the apple raw…?
For now please do not give raw apple, after a few months you can give raw apple
Hi mam,
My kid is 6 months old (He is Breast feeding baby). Please let me know the food Recipes for him for full day, I mean by timings.
Is sapota good to feed him? He is getting cough when I give sapota. Should I stop giving?
Hi,
You can check our 6 Months Baby Food Chart for recipes
Hi Hema,
My daughter going to be 6 months old. Started giving Rice porridge, carrot puree, beetroot puree… Planning to give her Apple puree. She normally pass stool once in 3 or 4 days.. Now due to climate change she got cold (running nose)… Is it safe to give Apple puree?
Dear Snega,
Yes you can give apple puree
Hi,
My baby is 5 months old .By Next week she will be 6 month old. I have been giving cerelac rice to her as per Dr advice. Today i gave apple puree as mentioned . but she spitted out and gave vomiting signs. I tried three times , each time she shown same sign. i stooped giving. How and when can i give her apple again and in what form . shall i mix it with cerelac. what food can i start again ?
Hi manimalar,
You can try any other fruit puree or vegetable puree
Hi hema
My baby is five months and is having gerd.can I give apple for her. I have heard apple is acidic
is it true.
Thanks
Hi Clency.
yes it is, you can try pear instead
hi mam,
my son is 9 months old.from when can i start giving apple puree without cooking/steaming the apple?
hi Madhavi,
You can give now itself as apple slices as finger food, just slice apples so that he can hold it and suck upon
Hi Hema,
As you have mentioned, apple puree led to constipation and juice led to loose stools.
How can I give him apple?
Can I also start with watermelon (my LO is 8 months old)
Hi Richa,
every baby is unique in how they respond for food, so try and follow what works for your baby, yes you can give watermelon
I made the apple puree as mentioned. My daughter loved it but had very hard stools. As you mentioned it, puree causes constipation. I have stopped giving it to her. Which other fruit can I give her?
Hi, try pear, it helps relieve constipation
My Son loved it, his first food, I tried it with cooker 4-5 whistles and was easy to smash with spoon.
Thanks a ton.
Great to know your son liked it Sangeetha, Happy Weaning 🙂
how to make apple juice for 5 months baby?
Hi pooja, it is better to give steamed fruit rather than juice for baby as the former is more nutritious than juices at this stage
Hi darshana, it is normal for the apple to change color, it is due to the oxidation reaction, consume the puree within half an hour of preparation as the time goes by the nutrient content will decrease
Whenever I prepared Apple puree, apple cube color become brown or blackish.
What to do…
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