Apple sauce

Apple sauce
	Commercially processed apple sauce
Type	Purée
Main ingredients	Apple
Variations	Apple butter
	Cookbook: Apple sauce; Media: Apple sauce;

Apple sauce is a purée (not necessarily served as a true sauce) made of apples. It can be made with peeled or unpeeled apples and can be spiced or sweetened. Apple sauce is inexpensive and is widely consumed in North America and some parts of Europe.^[1]

A wide range of apple varieties are used to make apple sauce, depending on the preference for sweetness or tartness.^[2]^[3] Formerly, sour apples were usually used to make savory apple sauce.^[4]

Commercial versions of apple sauce are readily available at supermarkets and other retail outlets.

^ Palmatier, Robert Allen (2000). Food: a dictionary of literal and nonliteral terms. Greenwood. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-313-31436-0.
^ Erin Huffstetler, "The 11 Best Apples for Applesauce", ' 10/02/2019 Archived 2020-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Recommended Uses of Apple Varieties", in Tim Burford, Apples of North America: Exceptional Varieties for Gardeners, Growers, and Cooks, 2013, ISBN 1604692499, p. 278 Archived 2023-01-01 at the Wayback Machine
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[1] Palmatier, Robert Allen (2000). Food: a dictionary of literal and nonliteral terms. Greenwood. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-313-31436-0.

[2] Erin Huffstetler, "The 11 Best Apples for Applesauce", ' 10/02/2019 Archived 2020-03-21 at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Recommended Uses of Apple Varieties", in Tim Burford, Apples of North America: Exceptional Varieties for Gardeners, Growers, and Cooks, 2013, ISBN 1604692499, p. 278 Archived 2023-01-01 at the Wayback Machine

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