Second Summer Applesauce

Photo Credit
Sam Jones/Quinn Brein
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Yield
2 quarts
Category
Sauces
Course
Side Dishes
Preparation Method
Boil
Sources
Old Farmer's

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

Wash and quarter apples and plums. (No need to peel or core apples.) Place in a large pot and add 2 cups water. Cover and boil until apples are soft and the peels are falling off. Add sugar. Simmer another couple of minutes, until sugar is dissolved.

Pour by small amounts into a food mill or other sieve, and press out the applesauce, discarding peels, seeds, and cores. Stir lemon juice, cinnamon, and nutmeg into applesauce.

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Comments

Allyssa (not verified)

2 years ago

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 (not verified)

9 years 2 months ago

Any way to substitute stevia for sugar?

I just replied above. As long as you use a sweet apple like fujis, galas, red delicious, there is absolutely no need whatsoever for any sugar. The fruit is sweet enough. Just core and pit fruit and cook down. You can opt to peel the fruit, but I don't as the peels contain pectic which naturally firms up the sauce just slightly. Enjoy!

Try organic palm sugar if you're not a fan of processed white sugar(or sugar in the raw or honey)I've always found that stevia has a chemical aftertaste... Maybe its just me idk if you try the honey make sure to use the palest you can find as the darker the honey the bolder the flavor(something like buckwheat would really interfere with the flavor profile) try tupelo if you can get your hands on it

UR absolutely right. Lls I thought it was just ME. And I feel like Equal and Splendor's tastes have changed too

Sandy Wise (not verified)

10 years ago

Fantastic......Yumsters !

Loreen Dow (not verified)

11 years 1 month ago

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