Applesauce Pudding - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 apples, peeled and cored
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 dash salt
1 vanilla bean
1 cinnamon stick
water

Preparation

* Cut your apples into wedges and transfer to a medium sauce pot.
* Barely cover the apples with water and add the vanilla bean and cinnamon stick.
* Cover the pot and bring to a boil. Then remove the cover and allow everything to simmer till apples appear to be falling apart.
* Do not drain. Remove apples from heat and carefully take out the vanilla bean and cinnamon stick. Add the brown sugar and salt.
* With a potato masher or fork mash up the apples until they obtain the desired consistency. Serve hot or cold.
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Replace vanilla bean for 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract.
Replace cinnamon stick for 1/2 teaspoon of ground cinnamon.