what are the best kind of apples for applesauce?
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Best Apples for Applesauce. For a basic applesauce, use McIntosh and Golden Delicious apples. Golden Delicious is a softer apple variety, so it cooks down easily and provides a great foundation for your applesauce. McIntosh apples are fresh and crisp, but soften easily, making them a stellar choice for pies and sauces.
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['Jonagold Apple. A lovely red hue with hints of yellow, this species is a hybrid of the Jonathan and the Golden Delicious and bears a faint physical resemblance to both. ... ', 'Cameo Apple. ... ', 'Empire Apple. ... ', 'McIntosh Apple. ... ', 'Golden Delicious Apple. ... ', 'Fuji Apple. ... ', 'Cortland Apple. ... ', 'Red Delicious Apple.']
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Apple, apricot, cherry, and peach brandies are the most popular and are made throughout the world. Other flavored varieties include ouzo (a Greek brandy with an anise base), kirschwasser (a German cherry brandy), and calvados (an apple specialty from Normandy).
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['Strawberry and Grape (pink and purple)', 'Wild Cherry and Watermelon (orange or red and green)', 'Double Dipped Lemonade-Wild Cherry and Apple-Watermelon (red and yellow)']
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Zestar! – a University of Minnesota developed apple, like the applecrisp, is available early in the season. It has a brown sugar like flavor that would do wonders in applesauce. They tend to go soft in a couple weeks, so if you have some hanging around your fridge, they would be perfect to toss into your sauce.
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Ida Red, Granny Smith, and Northern Spy apples all ripen by mid to late October. These are the best of the best for baking a pie or making an apple crisp. So dust off your favorite pie pan and get baking.
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Firm, crisp, and juicy, Fuji apples are among the most popular apples for eating fresh, but they're also great for baking, as they hold their shape when they cook. A crisp, sweet apple with a mild flavor, Galas have yellow-orange skin with red striping.
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An all-purpose apple, it works well in pies and tarts where you don't want the filling to be overly juicy. Cortlands are juicy and slightly tart, with bright red skin and snowy white flesh. They are a terrific baking apple: Great apples for pies, cobblers, and crisps.
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['6 apples.', '1 bunch grapes.', '20 oz. frozen peaches.', '20 oz. blueberries.', '15 oz strawberries.', '10 oz. frozen strawberries.', '10 oz. frozen mixed berries.', '6 oz. mango chunks.']
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['Apple especially types for fruit.', 'Ash.', 'Beech.', 'Birches, many weeping and some other varieties.', 'Camellia.', 'Cedar varieties, such as weeping blue atlas cedar.', 'Cherries, the oriental ornamental flowering types (Prunus serrulata)', 'Citrus.']
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['Granny Smith Apples.', 'Fuji Apples.', 'Gala Apples.', 'Golden Delicious Apples.']
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['Acacia.', 'Apple.', 'Bluebell.', 'Buttercup.', 'Camellia.', 'Cedar.', 'Cherry.', 'Clover.']
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You're not likely to see these apple varieties at your supermarket, but that doesn't mean you can't make good applesauce. Granny Smith is a good choice when combined with something sweeter and a bit softer, such as McIntosh or Gala. Other good options are Rome Beauty, Gravenstein, Cortland, Winter Banana and Jonathans.
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When making apple dumplings, the best apple is a tart variety that stands up to baking, like a Granny Smith. Granny Smith apples won't get mushy in the baking process, but will bake up nicely underneath the flaky layers of pastry dough. Golden Delicious and Idared apples are also great to try when making dumplings.
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Fuji's spicy, crisp sweetness makes it excellent fresh or as applesauce. Fuji varies from yellow-green with red highlights to very red. Gala apples: Gala is heart-shaped and has distinctive yellow-orange skin with red striping. With a crisp, sweet taste that can't be beat, Gala is great in salads.
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