How to Store Apples to Make Apple Pie Later

Granny Smith and golden delicious are ideal for baking apple pies.

Making apple pie from scratch starts long before the actual cooking process. You need to select the best apples for baking and you need to store them properly until you are ready to cook with them. Tart apples are most often used in apple pies, such as Granny Smith apples. Aside from choosing the right apples, storing them in the right place preserves their freshness and taste. Apples can absorb the odors of other foods so it's important to keep apples away from food with strong odors. Does this Spark an idea?

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Breathable bag (netted, burlap)
Cardboard box

Instructions

- 1
  
  Store the apples in a cool basement in a breathable sack or a cardboard box. For the best tasting apples to cook with, apples need a cool place with a good amount of moisture, such as a basement.
- 2
  
  Store the apples in the refrigerator if the basement will not work. The refrigerator is the next best thing, as long as it is set between 35 and 40 degrees F.
- 3
  
  Store the apples far away from cheese, greens, meats, onions and potatoes. Apples will absorb the odors from these foods and vice versa. Also, onions and potatoes emit a gas that will make the apple spoil faster. Use the crisper if you are placing the apples in the refrigerator, and keep the apples on the other side of the basement if you are storing potatoes or onions as well.

Tips & Warnings

When selecting apples to use in pies, always select ones that are firm to the touch with no signs of bruises or discoloration.
Do not wash the apple until you are ready to use them.