Originally Posted by
Just Jan
I haven't made it in years so was looking online for a recipe. Someone else suggested brown sugar and a little lemon juice and slivered peel (without the pith.) Another said to use sweet apples and no sugar at all, just apples, 1" water and optional cinnamon. I remember my mom canned them plain, then when she opened them she baked them with red cinnamon heart candies. I'll try them your way. How much sugar to how many Gala (sweet)apples?
I make my own applesauce when I can get apples, but they sure don't grow in FL. Instead of sugar, I use the cinnamon candies. They're totally sugar and give a nice pink color to the sauce. I don't know how much candy to add. Just pour some in and taste...keep going if you need to.
A bushel of apples is dear these days, PMJ! We used to buy them in WA state and they sold them by the pound. The more you bought, the more the price would be reduced to a certain point. Used to buy 50 pounds and that was enough to carry us to the next year's crop. We don't eat the store applesauce. This is our first year in the last 20 to go without homemade applesauce.