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A cooking apple is an apple that is used primarily for cooking rather than eating fresh. Cooking apples are larger, and can be less sweet and more sour than eating varieties. Some varieties have a firm flesh that doesn't break down too much when cooked. Only the British grow a large range of apples specifically for cooking. For example the French tend to use eating apples for cooking purposes. Some apples are dual-purpose, often becoming sweeter and softer under storage. This article is about the fruit. ...


Cultivars can be divided into apples which are cooked whole (or in large segments) in the oven and become soft and fluffy and those which retain their shape. These apples are often aromatic (e.g. Newton Wonder or Peasgood Nonesuch). Other variety such as Bramley or Golden Noble are cut into small segments for pies, tarts etc. Bramley is by far the most popular cooking apple in the UK, as it grows easily to a large size, keeps well and cooks well. However the flavour is sharp and simple and it has limited aroma compared to, for example, Golden Noble.


Apples can be baked in an oven and served with custard or put into an apple pie or apple crumble. In the UK apples are boiled and mashed and served as apple sauce with roast pork. This article focuses on egg-thickened custards. ... For the manga anthology series, see Petit Apple Pie. ... An apple crisp is a somewhat loosely-defined American dessert (although even nationality is not firmly established). ... Look up apple sauce in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... For other uses, see Pork (disambiguation). ...


A baked apple is one that has been baked in an oven until it has become soft. The core is usually removed and often stuffed with fruits, brown sugar, raisins, or cinnamon. Some examples of baked food. ... Oven depicted in a painting by Millet An oven is an enclosed compartment for heating, baking or drying. ... For other uses, see Fruit (disambiguation). ... Brown sugar typical of that bought in Western supermarkets Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. ... Raisins Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. ... Binomial name J.Presl Cassia (Chinese cinnamon) is also commonly called (and sometimes sold as) cinnamon. ...


Excess

Often people have cooking apple trees and are swamped with apples in September. They often give the apples away to anyone who wants them, sometimes by taking them to work in plastic bags and leaving them on the kitchen table. Care should be taken when preparing "free" apples as they often have grubs (worms) inside.

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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x750, 72 KB) Cooking Apples left on the table for anyone to take at work one day File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x750, 72 KB) Cooking Apples left on the table for anyone to take at work one day File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...

Common cooking apple cultivars

Download high resolution version (640x960, 70 KB) Apples are an all-American success story-each of us eats more than 19 pounds of them annually. ...

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