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| applesauce |
Time for homemade applesauce. Nothing could be easier. If you don’t have a food mill consider buying one
or better yet, buy a chinois and pestle. A chinois is cone shaped, it has a stand, and the pestle pushes the
apples through all the holes in no time. A friend gave me one and I thought that it couldn’t possibly be as
good as the food mill. Was I surprised. My cooked apples are applesauce in seconds!
Use apple seconds. There is no reason to use perfect apples for applesauce. You can mix varieties or not.
Wash and cut apples into halves or quarters, (you don’t have to peel them.) Put into a pot with a tiny amount
of water on the bottom to keep them from scorching when they begin to cook. Cover pot. Cook until mushy.
Turn off heat. You can put them into the food mill or chinois now (over a bowl of course), or wait until they
cool off some. Add sugar (or not) and cinnamon, and you have applesauce. This freezes beautifully.
or better yet, buy a chinois and pestle. A chinois is cone shaped, it has a stand, and the pestle pushes the
apples through all the holes in no time. A friend gave me one and I thought that it couldn’t possibly be as
good as the food mill. Was I surprised. My cooked apples are applesauce in seconds!
Use apple seconds. There is no reason to use perfect apples for applesauce. You can mix varieties or not.
Wash and cut apples into halves or quarters, (you don’t have to peel them.) Put into a pot with a tiny amount
of water on the bottom to keep them from scorching when they begin to cook. Cover pot. Cook until mushy.
Turn off heat. You can put them into the food mill or chinois now (over a bowl of course), or wait until they
cool off some. Add sugar (or not) and cinnamon, and you have applesauce. This freezes beautifully.
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