On 2013-12-10 11:33 AM, Gary wrote:

>>> Easiest way to make good applesauce is to buy a jar of unsweetened
>>> chunky and add a bit of brown sugar to it. That was my gramma's way
>>> but she used real apples.
>>
>> It is easy enough to core, peel and dice and apple and cook it with a
>> little water. You can add sugar if you absolutely have too, but
>> applesauce used as a condiment should not be too sweet IMO.
>
> Just a tiny bit of brown sugar. Try it sometime. It was my gramma's
> "secret ingredient." It took me 40 years to discover that taste.
>

We rarely buy applesauce if good apples are readily available. I know
that brown sugar is the appropriate sweetener.... if the apples are so
sour that they need sweetening. If you use the right apples it is not
needed. Sweet is great as a desert apple sauce, but an apple sauce to
be used as a condiment should have some tartness to it.