U.O. Day 7 – Honeyed Cinnamon Applesauce

Yesterday I spent some time in the kitchen again. It felt good to be cooking. I made some nice vegetable broth from garden veggies. (It’s kind of funny, I threw a couple beets in the pot and now the broth is a lovely pink color. Which means, that anything I cook with it will have a lovely pink tint. hee hee.)

I also made some Honeyed Cinnamon Applesauce. I made it to use in some pumpkin granola that I plan on trying this weekend. But, while the honey was cooking on the stove, I had about 20 bees visiting my windows. They were so cute, all buzzing trying to get into see what the honey fragrance was. I love bees.

Making your own applesauce really isn’t hard at all, and this only took about 30 minutes. It’s like eating freshly made apple pie. Serve warm or chilled. I like serving it with some vanilla yogurt.

Unprocessed October Day 7’s menu:

breakfast: cantaloupe and coffee

Having a large pot of minestrone in the ‘fridge worked out great

lunch: the last of the minestrone, and I added green beans, cauliflower, and fresh mozzarella

Caramelized onions with thyme served on sourdough toast topped with blue cheese crumbles

dinner: sourdough toast topped with caramelized thyme onions and blue cheese crumbles. Oh, just soooo tasty.

Tomorrow (day 8 ) will be Cinnamon Roll Friday. Always a great way to start the weekend.

Honeyed Cinnamon Applesauce Recipe

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Honeyed Cinnamon Applesauce

Author Debi

Ingredients

• 4 apples
• 1/2 cup honey or pure maple syrup
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon you can add more cinnamon or nutmeg or cloves if you like a spicier applesauce

Instructions

1. Peel, core, and coarsely chop 4 apples (I used 2 Granny Smiths and 2 Braeburns), any variety will work
2. Combine honey and water in a Dutch oven, and bring to a boil. Add apples and cinnamon.
3. Cover and cook over medium-low for 25 minutes, until tender. Mash the apples with the back of a wooden spoon. Cook, uncovered until most of the liquid evaporates, about 10 minutes.