Aplets - Apple and Nut Candy
- 1 cup (225 ml) homemade applesauce pulp (Winesaps preferable)
- 2 cups (475 ml) granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp (30 ml) Knox Gelatin
- 5 tbsp (70 ml) cold water
- 1 cup (225 ml) nuts, chopped (walnuts are historically used)
- 1/2 lemon's juice
- 1 cup (225 ml) to 2 cups (475 ml) powdered sugar to roll candy in
- In a medium large deep saucepan, boil the applesauce pulp and the sugar hard for one full minute, then simmer for 1/2 hour.
- Soak the Knox Gelatin and the cold water together, and when dissolved, add it to the boiled sugar and applesauce.
- Add the nuts to the mixture in the saucepan, mix in and take off the burner.
- When almost cool, add the juice of 1/2 of a lemon.
- Next, pour the mixture into a waxpaper lined flat pan (like a jelly roll pan).
- Let stand at room temperature for at least 8 to 10 hours, maybe longer.
- Cut into desired shapes and sizes, and roll in powdered sugar.
homemade applesauce, sugar, gelatin, cold water, nuts, powdered sugar
Taken from online-cookbook.com/goto/cook/rpage/000D9E (may not work)