"zxcvbob" > wrote in message
...
>I have a half a bushel of delicious but slightly mealy Honeygold apples so
>I'm going to put up apple butter and applesauce tomorrow. I'd also bake a
>fresh apple Bundt cake, but I'm trying to *lose* some weight this holiday
>season rather than gain weight. Anyway...
>
> I've got your apple butter recipe, the one where you talk about cooking
> the apples in a microwave oven. Have you ever tried cooking the chopped
> apples in a slow oven before you mill them? That would dry them out a
> little, instead of having some of the juice cook out to be drained away.
>
> Tomorrow should be good weather for having the oven on all day.
>
> Best regards,
> Bob

I'm not Barb, but would you consider making your applesauce/butter in the
crockpot? Applebutter in the crock works out fine, makes the house smell
wonderful and is really easy to do.
-ginny