Helpful Hints

• An apple in your brown sugar container will help keep the sugar moist
• An apple in your cookie jar will help to keep the cookies moist
• Add lemon juice to an apple recipe if the apples you are using lack tartness or flavor
• If you cannot brush your teeth after a meal, eat an apple
• Keep apples under refrigeration in the hydrator drawer, at temperatures anywhere from 32 to 40 degrees
• Refrigerating apples helps to preserve the pectin, which gives the apple its firm flesh and vitamin content
• When keeping apples under refrigeration, it is best to store them in perforated plastic bags to prevent drying out
• Apples stored in plastic bags without holes must be opened once a week or so to release some of the gases and carbon dioxide
• When cooking with apples, it's handy to know that 1 pound of apples yields 4 cups when chopped or sliced (and 1 1/2 cups of apple sauce)
• Apple juice and cider can be used interchangeably in recipes
• Sliced or cut apples will stay whiter longer if dropped in a bowl of water containing 2 tablespoons lemon juice (Golden Delicious do not discolor as quickly as other varieties)