A Tasteful Week: Applesauce and Pie

Homemade Applesauce
4 gala apples, quartered and cored
3 rome apples, quartered and cored
2 fij apples, quartered & cored
2 c water
1 c brown sugar, packed
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Heat apples and water over medium heat to boiling. Reduce heat; simmer, stirring occasionally, 5 to 10 minutes or until tender. Stir in brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg; heat to boiling.

Place ricer over bowl to mash apples. If you don't have a ricer, you can mash them with a potato masher - but be sure to peel the apples before cooking.

Chocolate Chip Pie
2 eggs
1/2 c flour
1/2 c white sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 c butter, melted and cooled to room temp
1 c chocolate chips
1 c chopped pecans
9" pie shell (the recipe suggested a store bought shell, I used my pie crust recipe)

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat eggs until foamy, beat in flour, sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until well blended. Blend in melted butter. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Pour into shell. Bake for 1 hour. Remove from oven. Serve warm.