Cookbook:Homemade Applesauce

| Midwestern cuisine | Vegetarian Cuisine | Dessert

This is a nice applesauce to enjoy any time, but especially with latkes during Hanukkah. You don't need to get your blender dirty; you just need a potato masher and a little elbow grease. The use of a sugar substitute makes the applesauce sweeter with less sugar added.

Ingredients

 * 3 pounds (1300 g / about 8 cups) peeled, cored, and chopped apples
 * ½ cup water
 * 6 tablespoons white granulated sugar
 * 6 tablespoons sugar substitute
 * Juice from 1 lemon (about 1 tablespoon)
 * ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon or apple pie spice

Procedure

 * 1) Put chopped apples in a large non-stick saucepan. Stir in water, sugar, sugar substitute, and lemon juice.
 * 2) Bring mixture to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to medium-low.
 * 3) Cook until apples are tender (about 10 minutes).
 * 4) Use a potato masher to break cooked apples up into a nice purée.
 * 5) Stir in ground cinnamon or apple pie spice.
 * 6) Serve warm or cold.

Notes, tips, and variations

 * Use whatever variety of apples you prefer.