Easy Apple Dip Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What are the best apples for dip? ›

Try Honeycrisp, Red Delicious, Gala Apples, Braeburn, or Granny Smith Apples.

Plain yogurt can be a good starting place. If you want to serve it plain, it's best to pair it with a sweet fruit, so that the sweetness from the fruit adds some sweetness to the yogurt. Apples and sweet pears can sometimes balance out the sourness of the yogurt.

Apple: Pairs well with almonds, apricots, caramel, cardamom, chestnut, cinnamon, citrus, cranberry, currant, ginger, hazelnut, lychee, mango, maple, orange, rosemary, and walnuts. It mixes particularly well with brandy, kirsch, Madeira, rum, and vermouth.

Remove the stem from the fruit, and cut it in half from stem top to bottom. Then, take one half and slice into pieces that are 2-inches at their widest point. Enjoy these sliced apples on their own or with your favorite dip (peanut butter, nut butter, yogurt, and melted cheese are a few favorites!)

For this reason, he suggests keeping apples and carrots away from each other, adding that cabbage, figs and onions can also absorb an apple's odor. “The closer and more enclosed the fresh produce is, the more chance for odors to intermix,” he adds.

Allspice – Complex and Fragrant

With its blend of cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg notes, allspice is ideal for deepening apple flavors. Explore whole organic allspice berries for an authentic taste. Gently crush the berries to release their flavors before adding them to apple dishes, such as pies or ciders.

Eat the apple whole.

By far the most common way of eating apples is by biting right in and eating the skin and the flesh of the apple raw, rotating the apple around as you bite off what you want. If there is a stem in the apple, twist it off and discard it.

Can dogs have apples? ›

Yes, apples are a fantastic addition to your dog's diet. They provide vitamin A, vitamin C and dietary fibre. They also provide a way to keep your dog's teeth clean and can help freshen their breath. But before you feed apples to your dog, always remove the core and the seeds.

It's always best to choose whole fruit over juice, especially if blood sugar control is your goal. Take it a step further and leave the skin on the apple when you eat it. You'll get way more fiber, potassium and vitamins A, C and K!

Apples are a perfect balance for tart fruits like cranberries and cherries as well as sweeter ones like bananas and pears.

McIntosh apples are slightly tart and crisp, but soften easily, making them a stellar choice for pies and sauces. For a fresh combination, try a mix of McIntosh, Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, Fuji, and Jonagold apples—or any other combination of our top 10 applesauce apples.

For the best pies, crisps, and other baked treats, apples need to be firm enough to hold their own during the cooking process. We call these apples “baking apples” and to namedrop, they include Braeburn, Cortland, Honey Gold, Jonathan, Fuji, Gala, Granny Smith, Haralson, and Newtown Pippin.