Caramel Applesauce

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Yield:
2 cups

This applesauce is delicious served with our Potato Latkes.

Ingredients

  • 2 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced into eighths

  • 2 McIntosh apples, peeled, cored, and sliced into eighths

  • Juice of 1 lemon

  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter

  • cup sugar

  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • Pinch of salt

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, toss all the apples with lemon juice, and set aside.

  2. Melt butter in a large skillet set over medium-high heat. Sprinkle sugar over melted butter; cook until sugar begins to brown. Add apples; cook until they turn golden brown, about 8 minutes. Stir in cinnamon and salt; remove skillet from heat.

  3. Place apple mixture in the bowl of a food processor; process until smooth. Store in an airtight container, refrigerated, up to 3 days. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Originally appeared: Martha Stewart Living, December/January 1998
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