Applesauce with peels

[sweetpotater]

God forbid my kid eats some fiber. I swore I'd never peel his apples. But anyway....

I'm making applesauce for latkes and am wondering whether there is any significant taste/texture detriment to leaving the peels on and then pureeing the whole shebang. I've always peeled apples before making applesauce.

[greygarious]

I left the peels on once and only once. I pureed extensively but there is still a little unpleasant texture. I went back to my normal method of cooking quartered appled unpeeled, then putting the mush through a food mill.

[hotoynoodle]

i don't mind some peel on apples in crisps and cobblers, but it just doesn't work for me in applesauce either.

[coll]

I left the peels in last time but ended up picking them out. Didn't like it at all.

[magiesmom]

It is doable, it won't be completely smooth.
I cook it with peels but then put through food mill.
And then only with organic apples because apples are mega sprayed.

[Fiona]

I do the exact same thing as magiesmom. I like the flavor with the peels but they do get taken out with the food mill. Also - do make sure of your source of apples since many commercial apples are sprayed a lot as magiesmom says.