Micah's Apple Sauce

This is an apple sauce recipe I've been playing with using cinnamon and curry.  The curry flavor is very light and doesn't really come across as curry as much as just a deeper taste to the cinnamon, similar to using nutmeg.  I've tried this with Fuji and Honeycrisp apples, both are good but the Honeycrisp is a little sweeter and tasted better with less seasoning.

Equipment Needed:
Blender or large food processor
Baking sheet
Oven

Apple Cinnamon Spice:
This spice is great for apple sauce, apple pie, or just baked apples.  This will make enough for 3-4 baking sheets full of apples.

1 cup Brown Sugar
1 tbsp. Ground Cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp. Curry Powder
1/2 tsp. Ground Cloves

• Mix all ingredients thoroughly and store in an air tight container

Apple Sauce:
Fuji or Honeycrisp apples.  Really any sweet crisp apple should do fine.  # of apples entirely depends on how much sauce you want.

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees
• Cut all apples in half and remove the cores with a small knife
• Cut off the skin on the bottom of each apple half to create a flat surface so the apples will rest on the baking sheet
• Place apples on a baking sheet
• Dust the tops of all of the apples with the apple cinnamon spice, lighting coating each one.  We want this spice to caramelize into the apple
• Bake the apples at 400 degrees for 20-40 minutes, depending on apple size.  A fork should puncture through the apple with light pressure.  For Fuji, after 20 minutes check every 5 minutes.  For Honeycrisp after 30 minutes check every 5
• Remove the apples from the oven and let cool for ~5 minutes
• Once cooled place apples in a blender or food processor and blend until they are the consistency you want, tasting along the way.  I usually blend until they are roughly mashed, then taste and add more spice if necessary before blending to a smooth sauce