Citric Acid in applesauce rather than lemon juice?

[ctrygirlatheart]

I absolutely hate the taste of purchased lemon juice and my source of free lemons passed away, anyone know if I can use citric acid instead in my canned applesauce?

[RoamingWidgeteer]

Yes - I use it for canning tomatoes.

I don't like purchased lemon juice either so I buy lemons when they are in season and on sale. The juice is frozen in ice cube trays and the peel gets candied

[lmonter]

Yup. You'll have to experiment with the ratio, but I think it's like 1/4 tsp citric acid (per quart?) or so.

I just do bottled since I live in a cold climate (no lemon trees for hundreds, if not thousands of miles), and don't have the means to test batches of home-made lemon juice for the 5+% acidity levels.