Quick and Healthy Applesauce

Quick and Healthy Applesauce

12 McIntosh apples, peeled, cored and quartered

1 cup water

¼ cup Splenda*

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 ½ tablespoon fresh lemon juice (about the juice from one small lemon)

1 teaspoon clear vanilla (with no sodium or corn syrup)

Place water and peeled apples in medium saucepan and cook over medium heat until apples are mushy. Remove from heat. Whisk with a fork until apples get to a consistency you like (will be a little chunky). Add Splenda. Mix thoroughly with fork. Add remaining ingredients and stir until well blended. Allow to cool. Refrigerate in tightly sealed container. Makes about 4 cups.

*If you don’t have Splenda, you can use granulated white sugar instead, but it is not as healthy that way!

For a special treat (and also not as healthy), add about 10 large marshmallows to the hot/warm applesauce. Allow them to melt slightly, stir carefully, then chill. Yummy!!