Vegan Mofo Day 23 - Roasted Apples and Applesauce
The prompt for today is Autumn traditions. For me that would be roasting apples to use in recipes throughout the winter. I am lucky in that for the past few years I've had people give me organic homegrown apples. I use the recipe from Babycakes to prepare them. Roasted apples - From Babycakes by Erin McKenna 2lb apples peeled, cored and diced into 1 inch cubes 1 tablespoon of cinnamon 1/2 cup of agave nectar or Sweet Freedom 1/4 cup of fresh lemon juice Mix everything together and spread on a baking sheet covered with greaseproof paper and bake for 35 minutes. Once baked I like to keep some of the apples as chunks. There's a tealoaf and a muffin recipe in the book that uses them like this. The rest I blend up with a little more sweetener and some hot water to make applesauce. Most of the Babycakes recipes use applesauce so I tend to bag them up into various cup sizes ready to grab from the freezer when I need them. I've come to love doing this as...