I Smell Apples Baking: The Apple Users Guide

I can't speak for anyone else but I love the smell of my kitchen and home when the combination of apples mixed with baking spices like cinnamon and nutmeg are wafting through the air.  From apple pies, homemade cider, breads, tarts, baked apples, homemade applesauce and other confections and pastries there just isn't much you can't do with this luscious fruit.  Why today, Mr. V and I had some sliced Gala apples sprinkled with cinnamon sugar for a snack.  YUM!

Selecting the just right apple for your apple for baking or other needs you want too choose one that is crisp and firm, then wash , peel and core them.  It's also important to treat the apples in order to keep them from turning a brown ugly color.  You can print this Apple Guide out at the end of the post.  Just click on printer friendly.

APPLES, WHICH ONE TO CHOOSE

Sweet Apples


Crispin/Mutsu -crisp good for eating, salads, baking, salads, pies, sauces
Fuji -               crisp good for eating, salads
Gala -              crisp good for baking, eating, salads, sauces
Ginger Gold -   crisp good for eating, salads
Golden            crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces
Delicious
Honeycrisp -    crisp good for baking, eating, salads 
Honey Gold -   slightly crisp good for baking, eating, sauces
Red Delicious- crisp good for eating, salads 
Regent -          crisp good for eating, salads, pies 
The Anna -       crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies and sauces


Slightly Sweet

Fireside -       slightly crisp good for eating, salads
Prairie Spy -   crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces

Sweet-Tart

Braeburn -     crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces
Elstar -          crisp good for baking, eating, salads, sauces
Empire -        crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces
Jonagold -     crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces
Jonamac -     tender good for eating, salads, sauces

Slightly Tart

Cortland -    slightly crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces
Ida Red -      slightly crisp good for baking, pies, sauce
Jonathan -   tender good for eating, salads, pies, sauce
McIntosh -    tender good for eating, salads, sauces
Newton Pippin- crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces
Northern Spy -  crisp good for baking, pies, sauces
Paula Red -  slightly crisp good for eating, salads, pies, sauces
Rome -        slightly crisp good for baking, pies, sauces
Spartan -     tender good for eating, salads, pies, sauces
Winesap -    crisp good for eating, salads
York Imperial - slightly crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces

Tart

Granny Smith - crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces
Greening -        crisp good for baking, pies, sauces
Haralson -        crisp good for baking, eating, salads, pies, sauces


I hope this guide is helpful to you in choosing just the right apple for your recipe.  Couple of mind boggling things to leave you with; there are over 7,500 different varities of apples and also an apple tree can live 100 years or longer.

Until next time, see you 'round the table

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