Applesauce

With apples ready (and others almost ready, depending on your tree) here's a recipe for you to try.  I thought about it as I was writing a  new set of "ag related" nursery rhymes.. I recently picked lots of apples for my mom to take home to Dickinson and make applesauce.  She shared them with friends and relatives who are the masters of making apple pie.

Nursery Rhyme: Hush A Bye Baby

Hush a bye baby, on the tree top

Look at those apples

It’s quite a good crop
They’ll grow each day, like you
They’ll get red and round
The sauce, good and tasty
With apples all around.

Homemade Applesauce
Ingredients
4 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
3/4 cup water
1/4 cup white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions:
1.In a saucepan, combine apples, water, sugar, and cinnamon. Cover, and cook over medium heat for 15 to 20 minutes, or until apples are soft. Allow to cool, then mash with a fork or potato masher.

We met some kids down the block when they stopped by to ask for some apples. I can tell they must be raised by good parents if they were willing to ring the door bell and ask.  Nice to meet you Gunnar and Benson.