Pink Applesauce

This lemony applesauce gets its pink hue from unpeeled McIntosh apples cooked until tender and forced through a food mill.

Recipe Ingredients:

3 pounds McIntosh apples (about 8) cored and quartered
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
1/2 cup granulated sugar

Cooking Directions:

1. In a large heavy saucepan combine the apples, 1/2 cup water, the lemon juice, and the sugar, bring the liquid to a boil, and simmer the mixture, stirring occasionally, for 25 minutes, or until the apples are very tender. Force the mixture through a food mill fitted with the fine disk into a bowl.
2. Serve the applesauce warm or chilled.

Makes about 4 cups.