Barefoot Contessa's Oven Baked Homemade Applesauce

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• 2 large navel oranges, juice and zest of
• 1 lemon, juice and zest of
• 3 lbs granny smith apples (about 6-8 apples)
• 3 lbs sweet red apples (about 6-8 apples)
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 place the zest and juice of the oranges and lemon in a large bowl. peel, quarter and core the apples (reserving the peel of 2 of the red apples) and toss them in the juice.
• 3 pour the apples, reserved apple peel and juice into a nonreactive dutch oven or enameled iron pot.
• 4 add the brown sugar, butter, cinnamon and allspice and cover the pot. bake for 1 hour or until all the apples are soft.
• 5 remove and discard the red apple peel. mix with a whisk until smooth and serve warm or at room temperature.