Rose-Colored Applesauce

Every October a good friend and I celebrate her birthday by going apple-picking upstate at a beautiful orchard set on an expanse of sloping hillside. We always have a great time, eating apples right off the trees and getting a little drunk on cider that we’ve spiked with bourbon. I invariably end up with a huge bag of apples that I can’t finish fast enough slowly rotting on my kitchen table, so I started making this applesauce to put the peak-season fruit to good use. I based the recipe on