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Apples
Apples grow on trees and are a member of the rose family. They are one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits in the world.
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- Wooden skewers or popsicle sticks
- Buy them at your local grocery or party supply store.
- You can also buy bamboo skewers and cut them in half.
- Candy thermometer
- A candy thermometer is very important, especially if you're making candy apples for the first time. You'll need it to make sure your heated sugar reaches the right stage of completion. Judging otherwise can easily lead you to burnt or underdone coatings. However, the thermometer is not necessary if you are just melting chocolate.
- Make sure your thermometer's accurate. Being off by just a few degrees can mean the difference between delicious and burnt. To check its accuracy, clip on your candy thermometer and set a pot of water to boil. The thermometer should read 212 degrees Fahrenheit or 100 degrees Celsius when the water is boiling. If not, note what temperature it reads at and adjust for the difference.
- Pot for making the candy coating
- Second container, bigger than your cooking pot
- If you heat your coating to a high enough temperature, you'll fill this container with cold water to submerge and cool the pot with your candy apple coating.
- Tray or baking sheet (for completed apples)
- Aluminum foil: you'll need this if you do not want to put your finished apples directly on an oiled baking sheet, tray, or serving platter.
- Alternatively, you can top your baking sheet with a silpat mat.
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Wooden spoon
- Pastry brush, to keep sugar from crystallizing as you work
- Extra bowls for additional toppings
Making a candy apple is about pairing the sweetness of candy with the right apple. It's exquisite to pair a tart apple with a sweet candy exterior. Of course, if you can't stand tart apples, then pick a sweeter one. However, you want to eschew varieties like Red Delicious, which lacks the firmness required for candy apples, and Rome Beauty, which is primarily used in baking. Recommended apples include:
- Braeburn: Golden-green to red skin, firm, sweetly tart
- Fuji: Yellow-green skin, firm, sweet
- Golden Delicious: golden skin, firm, sweet
- Granny Smith: green skin, very firm, tart
- Jonathan: Yellow-red skin, firm, sweetly tart
- Jonagold: A hybrid of Jonathan and Golden Delicious, firm skin, tangily sweet
- Lady: Red to yellow skin, firm, sweetly tart
- McIntosh: Reddish-green skin, firm, sweetly tart
- Choose smaller apples - they'll be easier to make, easier to eat, and will give you a better candy to apple ratio!
- Store-bought apples are usually coated with wax, which makes it more difficult to coat them. If possible, buy apples at a farmer's market. Or you can go apple picking and get your own fresh off the tree!
- If you have no choice but to use wax-coated apples, quickly dip them in boiling water and then wipe away the wax coating.http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/102427
- Chill the apples in the refrigerator until you're ready to start making candy apples.
Step 3: Prepare Your Kitchen
- Get everything gathered before you put the sugar on the stove. You don't want to rush off for your pastry brush and come back to find a pot full of crystallized sugar.
- Put your pastry brush in a cup of warm water.
- Butter your baking sheet or tray (or aluminum foil) so it's ready to hold coated apples.
- Fill the second, larger, container with ice water, if you plan to cook your candy to 310 degrees Fahrenheit.
- If you want extra toppings on your apples, place the toppings in separate bowls. Possible toppings include:
- Candy corn
- Toasted coconut flakes
- Red hots candies
- Licorice
- Chocolate chips
- Life Savers candies
- Nuts
- Sprinkles
- Jelly beans
- Gummi bears
- Dried fruit
Check the apples for firmness and bruising before using.
Remove the stems from good apples.
Wash and dry your apples.
Insert the wooden skewers or popsicle sticks.
Step 5: Make the Candy Coating
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup corn syrup. Use light corn syrup if you want to color your coating.
- 2 cups sugar. If you use brown sugar your candy coating will take on its darker color. The molasses in the sugar may also make your mixture more susceptible to burning.
- 3/4 cups water
- 3/4 tsp food coloring (optional)Directions:
- Place the ingredients listed above (and any variation you choose to add) in a saucepan.
- Cook over medium-high heat.
- Stir to dissolve the sugar.
- You want the sugar to dissolve before the mixture boils; this will help prevent crystallization.
- Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to a medium-low flame if you are using brown sugar. This will take longer, but if you have the heat on a higher flame you risk burning the sugar.
- Sugar is at the soft-crack stage at this temperature. For a lighter, more brittle candy shell, heat the sugar more. Remove it from heat when it's between 300 and 310 degrees Fahrenheit.
- If you heat the sugar to 310 degrees Fahrenheit, place the pot in a cold water bath when you remove it from the stove, to stop the sugar from cooking. Step 6: Coat Your Apples
- Don't stir the sugar mixture once it begins to boil], to avoid crystallizing the candy. Instead, use your pastry brush to brush the pot's sides with warm water, to prevent crystals from forming.Remove the candy from heat when it's at 290 degrees Fahrenheit.
- When the candy mixture is ready, work quickly to coat the apples, before it hardens.
- Dip your apples, holding the wooden stick, and submerge completely in the candy.
- Tilt the pot as necessary and spoon candy over the apples for full coating.
- If using additional toppings, dip the apples in them before the candy shell hardens.
- Place apples on the waiting tray or sheet.
- When all your apples are covered, place them in the refrigerator to cool.
- Once your apples have cooled, you can eat and enjoy! Make sure to eat them within three days of making them.
- If you're giving the apples as gifts, you can place them in plastic or cellophane bags (once they've cooled) and tie off with ribbons.
What variety of apple was developed in Australia in 1868 from the Tasmanian Crab apple?
granny smith apple
What do apple seeds taste like?
nasty and like a piece of wood
Bitter.
You'd be surprised. While the outside shell of the seed taste...Well, wooden and bitter, as mentioned above, the soft white stuff inside tastes something like almonds and vanilla. Don't eat too many, though. They contain traces of arsenic, which is lethal in high doses.
Yes, Trout apples are from the Chelan area, and are not imported. I'm in California too, but my grandfather was a pioneer in the Washington apple industry (and was one of the founders of Tree Top) and cleared the hills/land for many of the orchards along the Columbia river just below Chelan. When you take the road from Chelan down to the river, you pass several large concrete tilt-up warehouses, and these have the Trout logo on the side (along with Blue Chelan's). My wife and I were there two years ago, and they were just getting ready to pick in early September. More specific to your question, I think modern cold-storage techniques now permit us to enjoy fresh, crisp Washington apples almost year-round. And if they have the Trout logo on the small labels, you can be assured that they come directly from one of the, if not THE, premier apple growing regions in the world. Hope this solves your bafflement!
What is a small pear shaped fruit with tiny seeds that is eaten after it has been dried?
Oh, dude, that's a raisin. It's like a grape that went on vacation and came back all wrinkly and sweet. So yeah, it's basically a tiny, shriveled pear-shaped fruit that packs a punch of flavor in every bite. Enjoy your dried-up goodness!
What does an apple gift voucher code look like?
if you go on the online apple shop you will be able to see a picture of one
How do you cure allergy attack without medicine?
Sometimes quality of life requires medicine. Try all the practical things first: when coming into the house, change clothes first thing--put them into the hamper. Take a shower, making sure to wash your face and hands. Spray some saline into your nose to reduce stuffiness. After that, things should calm down. For a bad case, "pop" a benedryl before getting into the shower.
Why is my apple green inside example a red apple bite into it its green inside?
because the pestisides have gotten to the inside of it.
well usually a pear on a tree is yellow..... but i am not sure why a pear is that color...
There are about 2-5 apples in a pound. They apples vary in size and shape so just estimate about how many apples you need.
Do people still bob for apples on Halloween?
Yes bobbing for apples is still common during Halloween.
Seceret cheat to make a carmel apple?
Get a apple cut it open and pour little bit of honey in it. Ask your parents before trying.
Do Brazil nuts come from apple trees?
No, Brazil nuts come from the Bertholletia excelsa tree. Apples come from apple trees! Both apples and Brazil nuts do grow in Brazil.
How long does a prickly pear take to produce?
Generally, the Prickly Pear Cactus, a member of the Opuntia family, will need to be at least 3 years old before it will begin to produce flowers. These will usually be bright yellow, depending on the variety of Prickly Pear and the climate. Sometimes, even an Opuntia that is of adequate age and maturity will fail to produce flowers, such as if there hasn't been enough moisture for the year, or if it receives inadequate sunlight.
When the Prickly Pear does bloom, the small, thumblike protrusions that the flowers grow on will become the fruit, the "Prickly Pear", for which the Cacti is commonly named. These fruits generally take 3 to six months to fully ripen, again dependent on the species. Usually, a healthy, mature plant will produce flowers in early Spring, with the fruits being ripe and ready to consume by late Summer to early Fall.
It's worth noting that cuttings from a mature plant will mature and produce flowers much more rapidly than growing from seed, in fact the Prickly Pear I am currently caring for was cut from the mother early March, and by May had already produced flowers, and the beginnings of fruits. This is because the cacti I took my cuttings from was already older and mature. I placed "my" cactus in direct, all day sunlight. Although my Opuntia is well on it's way to producing fruit, the mother plant has yet to produce a single flower. This is proof of the importance of climate, as even a mature plant may not flower if the sunlight is inadequate.
So, basically, your Prickly Pear will produce fruits as soon as it is old enough, which may be immediately if grown from cutting, and the fruits will begin to form in early Spring, maturing by Fall. Again, the climate and sunlight will have a HUGE effect on the timing, so make sure your Opuntia receives as much sunlight as possible, and don't over-water. Try to find a wild cacti from your area to take a cutting from, as these will already be acclimated to your environment, and will grow more vigorously.
