Ingredients:
1/4 cup water
4 tart apples
1 bottle of red hots (can substitute with cinnamon to make traditional applesauce)
Directions:
Wash and peel apples.
Slice apples into quarters and then each quarter into two or three more pieces and place in a saucepan.
Add water and cover the pan, cook apples on low-medium heat until tender.
Remove apples from heat and add redhots.
Beat applesauce with a spoon until redhots dissolve.
Serve hot or cold.
My grandma’s red hot applesauce has been a tradition in my family for decades. It’s a simple dessert - just applesauce and cinnamon candy - but it’s sweet and warms our hearts every holiday. This vintage recipe is the closest I could find to grandma’s without revealing our family recipe secrets.