Applesauce, Everyday

Photo: flickr user nukeit1

Ingredients

1 medium lemon squeezed

8 cups water to 10 cups

10 apples cored,peeled * and cut in quarters

cup water

1 tablespoon brown sugar to 2 tbsp

cinnamon to taste

Preparation

I make applesauce weekly in the Fall. It's so easy and tastes so much better than the bottled stuff. Here's the "recipe".

1 medium lemon, squeezed into a potful of water (8-0 cups) 10 apples, cored, peeled and cut into quarters -

* (mixture of Macintosh and Yellow Delicious works well - the Macs cook faster, so you get a lumpy mixture)

Dipped into the lemon-water, and then drained 1/4 cup water

Place the apples and water in a microwave save container, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for 15 minutes. Stir and mash on the apples to break them up a bit.

Microwave for 5-10 minutes longer until the applesauce is the consistency you like. Sprinkle on 1 to 2 tablespoons brown sugar, and a sprinkling of cinnamon- both sugar and cinnamon are to taste. Stir, cool and refrigerate.