Easy Apple Sauce

by Shawn September 15 Recipes and Culinary Fun

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Try this super easy recipe and enjoy! Whether you picked your own apples from a local orchard or they are from a nearby market - September is the perfect time to make some yummy apple sauce.

Eat warm or chilled for a snack, on ice cream, with roasted pork, or my favorite way – as a dunking condiment for a grilled cheese sandwich!

Ingredients

4 pounds of apples (about 8 to 10 apples), cored, and quartered. A mix is best! I like Granny Smith, Mcintosh and Fuji.
2 strips of lemon peel
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbs sugar
1/2 cup of water
pinch of salt
lemon juice to taste

Instructions

Put apples with lemon peel, cinnamon, sugar and salt in 1/4 cup water in a large pot. I leave the apple peels on as it is easier, healthier and results in better flavor.
Bring to a boil, then lower the temperature, cover the pot, and maintain a low simmer for 15-20 minutes, until the apples are completely tender and cooked through. If your sauce is sticking to the bottom, add a little more water.
Remove lemon peel
If the applesauce is too thick, add more water to thin it out.
Taste. If not sweet enough, add more sugar and/or cinnamon to taste. If too sweet, add some lemon juice.

Shawn

Shawn is a second generation Adirondackee, parent, and now ADK’s active owner. Her parents bought Adirondack Camp in 1979 and she is proud that she is the reason Camp became coed in 1980. Shawn left her international energy consulting gig to join the ADK team full time in 2015. Shawn loves to hear the sounds of laughter rippling across the peninsual in the summer. She is an avid reader, traveler and baker (pumpkin muffins are her favorite). When she is not on the peninsula, Shawn lives in Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA with her husband Kevin,their children Zan, Arion and Amy, chocolate lab Moka and their two sweet felines, Olive and Curry.