Baked Apple Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon water
• 1 quart good boiling apples, pared, quartered, and cored
• 1 oz sugar
• 1/2 oz fresh butter

Instructions

1. Put a tablespoon of water into a quart basin.
2. Fill the basin with good boiling apples that have been pared, quartered, and carefully cored.
3. Place a plate over the basin and set it into a moderate oven for about an hour, or until the apples are reduced quite to a pulp.
4. Beat the apples smooth with a clean wooden spoon.
5. Add sugar and a morsel of fresh butter to taste, if desired.