Best Whole Foods Breakfast: Apple Spread

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<em>Makes 4 cups<br />
</em>This low-sugar, spicy apple spread for breads is as good as jam.</p>
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<li>4 pounds organic Fuji or similar flavorful apples</li>
<li>½ cup brown sugar</li>
<li>½ cup water</li>
<li>1 to 2 teaspoons cinnamon, or to taste</li>
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<li>Scrub the apples, core, cut into chunks, and put in a large, heavy saucepan. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer over a medium-hot flame until tender, about 10 minutes.</li>
<li>Scrape into a blender or food processor jar and purée. Serve warm or transfer to a covered jar and store in the refrigerator for up to a week.</li>
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<strong>Nutritional contents per ^_1/3 cup serving:</strong> Calories 97; Total fat 0.4 g; Saturated fat trace; Cholesterol 0 mg; Sodium trace; Total carbohydrate 26 g; Protein trace.</p>
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<em>Cornelia Carlson holds a doctorate in biochemistry and is an avid grower and user of herbs. She is the author of</em> The Practically Meatless Gourmet <em>(Berkley, 1996). She writes from her home in Tucson, Arizona</em>.</p>
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