What is the best apple for baking or grilling?

Answer 1

Rome for baked apples.
Golden delicious are best for pies.
Granny Smiths tend to be too tart.
Red delicious and Macintosh are good for eating out of hand. Macs being more tart.
Fujis and Jonathans, I use for apple sauce.

Answer 2

I was making an apple pie for a contest, so I went to a New Seasons near me, which is this great grocery store. I was looking for Granny Smith. They are generally used to cook with because they are firm and tart. She showed me where they were, but told me that they weren't very good right now. She cut out a slice of almost every apple in the store for me and let me try them all. She was right. The Granny Smiths that they had gotten weren't that great. I ended up with a Jazz Apple. If you can find a store that will let you taste, try to find a nice firm, crisp apple. In general, Granny Smith usually is the best choice, but sometimes crops just don't turn out that great.

Answer 3

~*~Apples

Crisp, juicy apples are great in lunchboxes, but they can also be made into pies and tarts, pressed into cider, or baked with sugar and spices. Select apples that are firm, deeply colored, and of average size. Reject those that have soft spots or broken skins. They're available throughout the year, but they're usually better and cheaper in the fall.

Equivalents

Three medium apples weigh about one pound. One medium apple yields about one cup of slices.

Substitutes

* Asian pear OR
* pear OR
* quince (A good choice for baking. It's pleasantly tart, and the fruit holds its shape very well.) OR
* chayote squash (This makes a terrific "apple" pie.)

Varieties

Softer apples are best for applesauce, while firmer apples are best for baking and making pies. You can increase the sweetness or acidity of the product by adding sugar or a few drops of lemon juice to the recipe.

Best for eating out of hand: Gala, Fuji, Mutsu, Jonathan, Cameo, Golden Delicious, Cortland, Empire, Red Delicious, McIntosh, Braeburn, Winesap, Pink Lady, Sundowner

Best for pies: Northern Spy, Golden Delicious, Rhode Island Greening, Pippin, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Gravenstein

Best for applesauce: Pippin, Rhode Island Greening, McIntosh, Elstar, Cortland, Fuji, Gala, Gravenstein

Best for baking: Rome, Jonagold, Granny Smith, Pippin, Gala, Braeburn, Northern Spy, Gravenstein, Rhode Island Greening, York Imperial, Cortland, Winesap

Best for making salads: Cortland, Golden Delicious, Empire, Gala, Red Delicious, Fuji, Winesap, Criterion, Pink Lady

Answer 4

red apples for grilling
and Granny smith for baking

Answer 5

A cooking apple - Bramley

Answer 6

I like to use gala's in pie, red or yellow delish in applesauce. Just simple baking with brown sugar, I use the biggest red delish's I can find! mmmm ggooooddd!!!

Answer 7

tart in flavor such as the Granny Smith....the honeycomb apples would be good too

Answer 8

Granny Smith because they keep some of their crisp and are tart

Answer 9

i have been told that granny smith is the best for making pies and such, but i have used macs and was very pleased with the results

Answer 10

I prefer MacIntosh