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Best Apples for Pie?

What do you consider the best apple to use for a really good Apple pie?

By Deborah Schmidt from Temecula, CA

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October 20, 20090 found this helpful

The large green baking apples make delicious apple pies. They are a bitter tasting apple but when you use them in a pie they are delicious!

 
October 21, 20090 found this helpful

Around here in Michigan, various friends like the Northern Spys, some of them are paying about $1 per apple for the Spys at an orchard nearby. I found just a few at the grocery store, and I bought a half a peck. They aren't the prettiest apples with the whitish haze on them, but, they are considered the best for baking with it, at least in my area.

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I've only seen Spys and Honey Crisp apples at the end towards the apple season.

 
October 21, 20090 found this helpful

Here in NY State I like to use empire apples. The Northern Spies are a great apple also. Even here with a long apple season they are only out for about 2 weeks. One tip is to not use juicier apples (sweeter). The sweeter the apple the wetter the pie.

 

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October 21, 20090 found this helpful

Whichever you use, if you feel they are going to be juicier than you want, mix a tablespoon or two of cornstarch with some of your sugar, and toss with the apple slices. Thickens the juices a bit.

 

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October 21, 20090 found this helpful

I am from Iowa and I like Jonathans. They are more of a tart apple.

 

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October 21, 20090 found this helpful

Always use a variety of apples and make sure that at least one is a large granny smith.

 
October 22, 20090 found this helpful

Hands down Granny Smith! The large green apples that can be found anywhere!

 
October 22, 20090 found this helpful

I am from Michigan and use Northern Spies - they do have a short season, but I think they make the very best pies

 
November 7, 20090 found this helpful

Generations of my family have used only Courtland apples. They are sweet/tart and have a bit softer flesh that bakes incredibly well.

 

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