applesauce-y

See also: applesaucey and apple saucey

English

Adjective

applesauce -y (comparative more applesauce-y, superlative most applesauce-y)

Alternative form of applesaucey.
- 1977 April 21, Ann H. Walker, “Food shopper”, in The Staunton Leader, volume 130, number 78, Staunton, Va., page 26, column 2:
  April is Applesauce Month — so celebrate by including applesauce in your meals. […] Try these applesauce-y tips — there’s sure to be a family favorite.
- 1992 January 31, Geoffrey Tomb, “Savor seasonal bounty at Harvest House”, in The Miami Herald, Miami, Fla., page 18G:
  Applesauce-y papaya-rum barbecue sauce was under, not on, the lean meat.
- 2008, editors at America’s Test Kitchen, “Deep-Dish Apple Pie”, in The Cook’s Country Cookbook: Rediscovering American Home Cooking with 500 Classic, Regional, and Heirloom Recipes, Brookline, Mass.: America’s Test Kitchen, →ISBN, page 526:
  After foraging for recipes that met our specifications for deep-dish—a minimum of 5 pounds of apples as opposed to the meager 2 pounds in a standard pie—we realized why most recipe writers stick with pies of modest size: your standard apple pie may have a juicy filling, but most deep-dish pies are downright flooded, with the apples swimming in an ocean of liquid. As a result, the bottom crust becomes a pale, soggy mess. In addition, the crowd of apples tends to cook unevenly, with mushy, applesauce-y edges surrounding a crunchy, underdone center.
- 2011 December 19, Bonnie S. Benwick, “Hanukkah recipes: How to build better latkes”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-01-03:
  Abigail’s Top-Secret Brisket of Beef. The fruity components of the sauce can stand in for any applesauce-y side dish.
- 2014 January 7, Aynsley Kirshenbaum, quoting Rabbi Miriam Terlinchamp, “Re: And... it's already begun”, in January 2013 Sugar Purge (Google Groups)‎^[2], published 2014 January 8, archived from the original on 2023-11-07:
  Baked apples were 375 for about 20 minutes. However, you could cook them for longer, depending on if you want it to taste cake or applesauce-y.
- 2021 October 27, Monika Spykerman, “Applesauce Cake takes the cake”, in The Columbian‎^[3], Vancouver, Wash., archived from the original on 2021-10-27:
  It bakes up with layers: graham cracker crust on the bottom, then an applesauce-y layer, then a souffle-ish layer, then a topping of cinnamon-laced whipped cream.
- 2023, Amy Feltman, All the Things We Don’t Talk About‎^[4], New York, N.Y.: Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:
  On my last trip, to Johannesburg, this terrible baby kept trying to pat my face with her applesauce-y hand. […] Tiny fingers, smeared with applesauce, bopping her on the nose.