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Here's one that we like very much - very simple. I like to blend all kinds of apples when I make sauce, but that's just a personal thing.
Applesauce
4 pounds McIntosh apples
2 Cinnamon sticks
5 ounces Granulated sugar
1/2 fluid ounce Lemon juice
Peel, core and quarter the apples. Place in a saucepan with just enough cold water to cover the bottom of the pan. Add the cinnamon sticks.
Bring to a simmer, cover and cook until the apples are tender, approximately 15 minutes.
Add the sugar and lemon juice. Simmer for 10 minutes.
Remove the cinnamon sticks and press the apples through a food mill.
Yield:
"1 quart"
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also, do you like applebutter??
* Exported from MasterCook *
Crockpot Apple Butter
7 cups applesauce -- preferable homemade, but a good-quality commercial kind (unsweetened) can be substituted
2 cups apple cider
1 1/2 cups honey
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
In a crockpot, mix all the ingredients.
Cover and cook on low heat for 14 to 15 hours, or until the mixture is a deep brown.
Pack while hot into 4 hot pint jars.
Process in a hot-water bath for 10 minutes, counting the time after the jars have been immersed and the water comes again to a rolling boil.
Makes 4 pints
This is a simple version that starts with store-bought applesauce, cooked a long time in a crockpot. But it tastes just like the old-fashioned kind, baked down in a copper kettle over an open fire. Sweetened with honey, it has a smooth, smooth texture
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"Marcia Adams, Cooking from Quilt Country"
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