Best Apples for Baking

[shyvas]

Apple pie is one of my favourite bakes during the winter season. However, just a simple, perfect dish can turn out to be a disaster; apples that don't have that tender consistency or just turn out mushy.

We don't get much choice of apples where I live and there is no such thing as a Bramley (cooking) apple. I often have hit and miss experience with apples. The best choice I find, is using a mixture of firm apples such as Golden delicious, Granny smith, Ariane plus a few that tend to go mushy when you cook them.

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[PTree15]

I couldn't read the article because I kept getting a security notice on my computer, but I usually use a combination of McIntosh, Empire and Cortland apples. On occasion I will use Granny Smith apples in the mix as well, but the first three usually work well for me. I don't like the apples completely mushy, but I don't like to have much crunch, either. Hmmm, now I want apple pie.