Apple Sauce
Ingredients
Directions
Pare and core the apples.
Place them in a well-tinned saucepan with cold water.
Cover the saucepan and set it over low heat.
Cook for 30 minutes to 2 hours, depending on the apples, until soft.
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.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Baking apples
- Provide the bulk of the sauce, breaking down into soft pulp as they cook.
- Cold water
- Creates steam and prevents scorching while the apples soften in the covered pan.
The step that matters
Cook over low heat, covered, until soft. Low, covered heat softens the apples gently in their own steam without scorching the bottom of the pan. Cooking time varies with the apple variety, so check for softness rather than relying only on the clock.
“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.
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