Bar "b" Barn Ribs

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 4 hrs Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 lbs baby back ribs
• 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1 small bay leaf
• 1/2 stalk celery, chopped half
• 1/2 onion, chopped half
• 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 cup ketchup
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup applesauce
• 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan or stock pot, cover ribs with cold water; add thyme, salt, pepper, bay leaf, celery and onion.
• 2 bring to gentle boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 45 minutes or until ribs are tender.
• 3 remove ribs place in shallow glass dish.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 (strain cooking liquid and refrigerate or freeze to use as soup stock).
• 6 sauce.
• 7 in small saucepan, combine all the sauce ingredients, bring to gentle boil; reduce heat and simmer for 15 minutes to blend flavors.
• 8 let cool.
• 9 cut strips of ribs into serving portions of 3 to 4 ribs.
• 10 pour sauce all over ribs in dish and marinate for 3 to 4 hours in refrigerator or for 30 minutes at room temperature.
• 11 remove ribs from sauce, reserving any remaining sauce.
• 12 cook ribs on greased grill over medium-hot coals or medium setting, turning and brushing occasionally with reserved sauce, for about 20 minutes or until meat is browned.
• 13 note:double the sauce recipe for lots of basting sauce.