Dainty Apples

Ingredients

two cups sugar
two cups water

Directions

Boil sugar and water.
Add coloring.
Pare and core apples.
Boil until done.

By Chicago. Bethany union church. Woman's society. [from old catalog]. Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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What each ingredient does

Sugar: Dissolves into the water to form a syrup that sweetens and flavors the apples.
Apples (in the method): Provide the fruit that softens and absorbs the sweet syrup as it cooks.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.