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Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Homemade Applesauce

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Ingredients
  • 3 to 4 lbs of peeled, cored and quartered apples. (Make sure you use a good cooking apple like Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Fuji or Mcintosh)
  • 4 strips of lemon peel - use a vegetable peeler to strip 4 lengths
  • Juice of one lemon, about 3-4 Tbsp.
  • 3 inches of a cinnamon stick
  • 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar
  • Up to 1/4 cup of white sugar
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1/2 teaspoon of salt

Directions

  1. Put all ingredients into a large pot. Cover. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes.
  2. Remove from heat. Remove cinnamon sticks and lemon peels. Mash with potato masher.
  3. Ready to server, either hot or refrigerated. Delicious with vanilla ice cream or yogurt.
  4. Freezes easily, lasts up to one year in a cold freezer.
Your house will smell heavenly after making this dish!