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Second Summer Applesauce

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Sam Jones/Quinn Brein
Written By: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors The Almanac Editors and Staff
Yield
2 quarts
Category
Sauces
Course
Side Dishes
Preparation Method
Boil
Sources
Old Farmer's Almanac

Our Second Summer Applesauce recipe is a reader favorite. Combine apples and purple plums for wonderful flavor and beautiful color!

Find out the origins of the phrase “Second Summer” (and “Indian Summer”) here.

Ingredients
4 quarts (1/2 peck) apples
3 or 4 purple plums, pitted
2 cups sugar
juice from 1/2 to 1 lemon, to taste
cinnamon, to taste
nutmeg, to taste

Instructions

  1. Wash and quarter apples and plums. (No need to peel or core apples.) Place in a large pot and add 2 cups water.
  2. Cover and boil until apples are soft and the peels are falling off. Add sugar. Simmer another couple of minutes, until sugar is dissolved.
  3. Pour by small amounts into a food mill or other sieve, and press out the applesauce, discarding peels, seeds, and cores.
  4. Stir lemon juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg into applesauce.

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Under the guiding hand of its first editor, Robert B. Thomas, the premiere issue of The Old Farmer’s Almanac was published in 1792 during George Washington’s first term as president.Today, the Almanac...
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Comments

AllyssaFri, 11/11/2022 - 08:31

You guys use WAAYYY too much sugar and heavy cream in your recipes!!! It's a sure recipe for diabetes and heart attacks. All you need to do is core apples (peel if desired) and plums and cook down until apples are soft. Absolutely no sugar is necessary if you use sweet varieties of apples such as galas, red delicious, fujis etc. Don't use sour varieties like Jonathans or Granny Smith. Also no lemon juice is necessary. Just cook the fruit down and put in small jars. Freeze those you aren't using within a week. Put others you are using in the fridge.

Bucket Mae Mon, 08/31/2015 - 14:36

Any way to substitute stevia for sugar?

Sandy WiseSat, 11/01/2014 - 10:34

Fantastic......Yumsters !

Loreen DowSat, 10/19/2013 - 19:23

This looks good, can't wait to try it and see more recipes.