Sunshine Applesauce

Ingredients

5-8 lbs of apples

juice of 2 lemons

2 tsp honey

2-3 cups of water

What to do

In a large bowl, pour 2 cups of water and add the lemon juice.  Skin and core each apple, cut it in small pieces and  put the pieces in the lemon water. This will prevent browning of the apples.  Place the other  cup of lemon water in the bottom  of the cooking pot.  When your apples have been ‘dipped’ you can start putting them in the cooking pot.   When all the apple pieces are in the pot, bring them to a boil with the lid on the pot and then turn the heat on low  and simmer the apples till they are getting soft. Do stir the apples a few times during this process. If you have too much liquid in the pot, simmer it without the lid for a while so the excess can evaporate.  It will take about 15 minutes for the apples to be cooked.  Let the mixture cool down a bit, then  blend the apples in a blender or food processor (do this  in batches  so the applesauce won’t spurt out the top of your blender!).

You can eat this applesauce hot or cold, add cinnamon or not.

Optional and very fancy addition: Beat the whites of 2 eggs until stiff, fold these with a wooden spoon into the applesauce, pour this mix into a heat resistant bowl, sprinkle some sugar over the top, heat your oven to 375 degrees and  heat till the sugar has crystalized – about 25 minutes.  Serve hot with any number of winter gourmet meals.

This is the 4th recipe of Mr. Welsh’s Class Cooks  2005-2006      December 1, 2005