Q&A for How to Cook Apples

Apple crisp is usually baked at around 350ºF/180ºC for 35 minutes or so. For more help, see the recipe instructions here: How to Make an Apple Crisp .

Apples can be boiled without peeling them first, if this is what the recipe requires. It can help to cut out blemishes before boiling though, to be sure nothing rotten or unsavory is getting boiled as well.

Most apples can be used in baking but there are some that stay firmer when baked and are thus best. These include: Braeburn, Fuji, Granny Smith, Rome Beauty, Jonathan, Northern Spy, Cortland, McIntosh, Winesap, among others. These apples can be baked whole or added to baked foods such as apple crisp, apple pie, apple cakes, apple cookies, apple sauces and apple sauce.

Yes, you can make tea from apple peels. Choose a sweet variety of apple and wash 6. Peel all 6 and place in a saucepan with 3.5 cups water, 1 teaspoons cinnamon and 1 tablespoon lemon juice. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Pour through a strainer into mugs; sweeten with honey if you like. Serve immediately, as it's best when warm.

They last a few days in the refrigerator and a few weeks in the freezer. If you leave any out on the counter, you will want to eat them that day or the next. They will harden over time.

Microwave for 30 seconds and place into the freezer for 10 days. After this duration, remove from freezer and defrost/thaw the apple. Then place into 420 degree deep fryer and leave in for 4 minutes and 20 seconds.

It depends what you intend to use them for and how long they are going to stay frozen.

Yes, it would be soft. If you bake it with some cinnamon on top, then it would be crunchy.

It depends on the recipe you're making, but the amount of sugar you will need should be included in any recipe you follow.

One part lemon or lime juice and three parts water should do the trick. Sprinkle it on to prevent browning, and you should be good to go!

Yes. Skin apples, cut into cubes and put them in a saucepan with water, apple juice or both, enough to cover the apples. It can take upward of 30 - 45 minutes to boil them; how long you boil depends how soft you like them. Lots of ways to serve them: add cinnamon, nutmeg, walnuts and eat over ice cream, French toast, waffles, frozen yogurt, etc, or by themselves! You can also make applesauce with boiled apples once they're done, if you'd like.

Finely grate half a peeled, medium sized carrot and add it to the apples to make them not only golden but a little bit more nutritious. Reduce to quarter of a carrot if you think it may over-power the apple flavour.