Applesauce gone bad?? ok 4 cooking still?!

Applesauce gone bad?? ok 4 cooking still?

i have a jar of almost full applesauce and i really want to use it to make muffins. but it had a spot of brown mould on the surface, will anything bad 4 me be killed by the heat of my oven and will they be ok to eat???(ive already scooped it out and most of the applesauce surrounding it)

Some of us obssess waaay too much over food. I've been in the kitchen for over 40 years, doing home canning and jellymaking, and have yet to get food poisoning or give it to my family. A little mold is harmless if you spooned it away. I've scraped a whole layer of mold off the top of a jar of jelly, and everything underneath was just fine. Enjoy your applesauce and don't worry! Don't you know that penicillin is made from the mold on rye bread?