Apple Sauce

This is the recipe I use for the apple sauce that I serve with the potato pancakes I make every year for Chanukah.

Ingredients

• a lot of firm tart apples (do not use soft sweet apples like Delicious or Honey Crisp because they will deprive the resultant sauce of its texture).
• 3 teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 blade of mace
• 3 whole cloves
• 1 cup Splenda

Instructions

1. Peal, core and slice enough apples to fill a 2 quart sauce pan almost to the top.
2. Add enough water just cover the apples.
3. Add the remaining ingredients and mix well.
4. Boil uncovered over a low flame (or equivalent on an electric stove), stirring occasionally. Do not mash the apples as they cook (the apples will break up naturally in the cooking process).
5. The sauce is done when the volume is reduced by half and the sauce has reached the desired consistency.
6. Serve hot or cold.