Choose the Best Apple - Cooking Tips

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Use the chart below as a quick reference when deciding which apple is best for your particular needs.

Variety of Apple	Fresh	Salad	Bake	Cook	Pie	Dried	Other
Ambrosia	X	X
Baldwin			X	X			Cider
Braeburn	X	X	X	X	X		Sauce
Cameo	X	X	X
Connell Red	X				X	X	Sauce
Cortland	X	X	X	X	X		Sauce
Crab Apples							Jelly & WineButter
Criterion	X	X	X		X		Sauce
Elstar	X	X	X		X		Sauce
Empire	X	X	X	X	X	X
Fireside	X	X	X	X		X
Fuji	X	X	X		X		Sauce
Gala	X	X	X		X	X	Sauce
Ginger Gold	X	X	X				Sauce
Golden Delicious	X	X	X	X	X		Sauce
Golden Russet	X		X			X	Cider
Golden Supreme			X			X	Cider
Granny Smith	X	X	X	X	X
Gravenstein	X		X	X	X		Sauce
Haralson	X		X	X	X	X	Sauce
Honeycrisp	X	X	X	X	X	X	Sauce
Honeygold	X	X	X		X		Sauce
Idared	X		X	X	X	X	Sauce
Jonagold	X	X	X	X	X		Sauce
Jonamac	X		X	X
Jonathan	X	X	X	X	X	X	Sauce
Keepsake	X		X
Lady	X						Sauce
Macoun	X				X
McIntosh	X	X		X	X*		Sauce
Melrose	X	X	X		X
Mutsu	X		X	X	X		Sauce
Newton Pippin	X	X	X		X		Sauce
Northern Spy			X		X		Sauce
Northwest Greening			X	X	X		Sauce
Pacific Queen	X	X
Pacific Rose	X	X
Paula Red	X	X	X	X	X		Sauce**
Pink Fir		X		X
Pink Lady	X	X	X		X
Prairie Spy	X	X	X		X
Red Delicious	X	X
Redfree	X				X	X
Regent	X	X	X	X	X		Sauce
Rhode Island Greening	X		X	X	X		Sauce
Rome	X	X	X	X	X		Sauce
Sierra Beauty	X			X
Southern Rose	X	X
Spartan	X	X	X		X	X	Sauce
Splendor	X						Dessert
Stayman	X	X	X	X	X
Sunrise	X		X		X
Sweet 16	X		X				Sauce
Wealthy	X		X	X	X		Sauce
Winesap	X	X	X		X		Sauce
Wolf River	X		X	X		X	Sauce
York Imperial			X	X	X		Sauce
Zestar	X		X				Sauce

*May need a thickener when used in pies because of the juiciness of the apple.
**Very little sugar needs to be used when making applesauce with Paula Red Apples.