[Semper911]

...the sauce is WATERY. Even the prepared sauce in jars is mostly water.

If you must use prepared sauce from a jar, get the Classico Tomato and Basil, then simmer for about an hour, stirring often. You can have it as thick as you want. My gripe with prepared sauces is the sugar they add to them. This variety of Classico doesn't have added sugar.

I add the spices my grandma used to use: cinnamon, clove, sweet basil, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Delicious.

[kitkat]

***I add the spices my grandma used to use: cinnamon, clove, sweet basil, black
pepper, and cayenne pepper. Delicious.***

Thank you, Semper. I think you've just solved my problem. Now why didn't *I* think of that?

I'm hastily jotting down your list of sweets to include, too.