Spiced Pomegranate Molasses Applesauce

I didn’t want to fall in love. I resisted the total embrace. After all, what food writer who lived through sun-dried tomatoes would not see it as a fling?

Nevertheless, pomegranate molasses (also known as grenadine molasses and pomegranate syrup, the pomegranate essence created by slowly simmering the juice, usually with sugar and lemon, until it forms a luscious, tangy syrup) shows up in several recipes in this book, making as regular appearances as wine. Which it resembles, only f