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Apple Sauce

A historical recipe from New Royal Cook Book, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1920).

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A historical recipe

New Royal Cook Book, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1920). Project Gutenberg eBook #38193.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. 1/2 cup sugar

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Wipe, pare and quarter sour apples;
  2. remove seeds and core;
  3. put into saucepan and add cold water to almost cover.
  4. Cook slowly until soft.
  5. Add about 1/2 cup sugar for each quart of apples.
  6. Cook a few minutes longer;
  7. remove from fire;
  8. add little lemon peel and serve either hot or cold.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Vegetable peeler
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From New Royal Cook Book, by Royal Baking Powder Company (1920). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #38193 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38193). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.