Dried Apples, for Pies
525. Pick and wash them well. Then pour over boiling water enough to cover them. Let them stand all night to soak. In the morning put the apples with the water they were soaked in into your stew-pan, if they have absorbed all the water and are nearly dry, add a little more, simmer them slowly, but do not let them boil. When perfectly soft, pass them through a sieve, and prepare them for pies according to the directions given for apples which have not been dried.