Ingredients

• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 (1,000-mg) tablet vitamin C
• 6 Granny Smith apples (2 2/3 lb), cut into 1-inch wedges
• an electric juice extractor and an ice-cream maker

Instructions

1. Simmer sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan, stirring, until sugar is dissolved, then remove from heat.
2. Crush vitamin C tablet to a powder with a mortar and pestle or the back of a spoon and place in a 1-quart container that will fit under spout of juicer.
3. Using electric juicer, juice apples into container. Spoon off foam and stir in sugar syrup. Chill, covered, until cold, at least 1 hour.
4. Freeze in ice-cream maker.