Homemade Applesauce | Recipes
Homemade Applesauce from Barefoot Contessa. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Place the zest and juice of the oranges and lemon in a large bowl. Peel, quarter, and core the apples and toss them in the juice. Pour the apples and juice into a nonreactive Dutch oven or enameled iron pot. Add the brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and allspice and cover the pot. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, or until all the apples are soft. Mix with a whisk until smooth. Serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Ingredients
- Zest and juice of 2 large navel oranges Zest and juice of 1 lemon 3 pounds Granny Smith apples (6 to 8 apples) 3 pounds sweet red apples, such as Macoun, McIntosh, or Winesap (6 to 8 apples) 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed 1/4 pound unsalted butter 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- 2
Place the zest and juice of the oranges and lemon in a large bowl. Peel, quarter, and core the apples and toss them in the juice. Pour the apples and juice into a nonreactive Dutch oven or enameled iron pot. Add the brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and allspice and cover the pot. Bake for 1 1/2 hours, or until all the apples are soft. Mix with a whisk until smooth. Serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
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