When the weather starts cooling down, it’s time to fire up the oven (or the slow cooker) and get baking. A trip to the apple orchard is a fabulous fall activity for families—sip on hot cider, roam around the fields, and pick out some shiny red and green apples to take home with you. We’ll never leave a trip to the orchard without a basket full of farm-fresh apples—but what to do with all that ripe seasonal fruit? Of course, the natural answer would be to bake it into apple pie, but there are many more ways with fresh apples to explore. Whether you’re stewing up homemade apple butter, fresh apple bread, or a fruity fall dessert, it’s essential to know how many apples you’ll need for the task.
Recipes will typically call for cups of apples rather than a certain amount of apples. But how many apples are in a cup? A pound? Don’t worry: We’re breaking it down to simplify your fall baking task. Here’s just how many apples you’ll need for your fall recipes.
Let’s start with the basics. A general apple size guide:
We’ll base our calculations off of an average medium apple. Apples come in many shapes and sizes, so the exact measurements will vary based on the size and variety of apple you’re using. Keep in mind that these proportions will change if you are using slightly smaller or larger apples. Here’s a general guide for how to translate those apples into measurements.
How Many Apples in a Cup?
1 medium apple =
about 1 1/3 cups sliced or cubed
about 1 1/4 cups diced
about 1 cup finely sliced, minced, or grated
about 3/4 cup sauce
How Many Apples in a Pound?
4 medium apples = about 1 pound
2 large apples = about 1 pound
1 pound apples = about 1 1/3 cups applesauce
1 pound of apples = about 3 cups sliced or cubed apples
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From there, you’ll just need a little basic math to make your calculations. If the recipe calls for 6 cups of sliced apples, you’ll likely need about 8 medium-sized apples, or about 2 pounds of medium-sized apples. Now go fill your home with the scents of the season and bake the day away.
About 3/4 of an average sliced or cubed apple equates to a single cup. However, it really depends on the size of your apple and how you'll be cutting it. In a perfect world, you'll start with a medium apple. It's about the same size as a tennis ball (or about 2 ½ – 2 ¾ inches in diameter).
2 to 2 1/2 cups chopped or sliced apples are equivalent to 3 medium apples, or about 1 pound. 3 medium apples are roughly equivalent to 2 large apples or 4 small apples.
It depends on the species and a few other variables, but the average weight of an apple is about 85 grams. So ten average apples would weigh about 850 grams, just under two pounds.
Since a cup of prepared apples weighs about 3 1/2 ounces, 1 pound of whole apples translates to about 3 cups of prepared apples. OK, now let's start with a recipe calling for 8 cups sliced apples.
Here are examples of what counts as 1 cup of fruit: Apple: 1/2 large (3.25"diameter), 1 small (2.5" diameter), 1 cup sliced, chopped or cooked. Applesauce: 1 cup.
According to this equivalent list, 10 cups of sliced apples requires 10 medium apples. To be on the safe side, buy one additional apple. You don't want to run short—after all, it's always better to have too many ingredients than too few!
Eating 1 apple a day will keep you away from the doctor. Eating two apples a day is good for heart health. You can eat any kind of apple, as long as you eat the peel. Apple peels contain many antioxidants that help fight cancer.
Bananas and papayas are two easy to resource, lower priced alternative as the household fruit of choice. Here's why. Papayas and Bananas contain fewer carbohydrates and more protein than Apples and hence instantly making them a better choice for calorie conscious.
About 3/4 of an average sliced or cubed apple equates to a single cup. However, it really depends on the size of your apple and how you'll be cutting it. In a perfect world, you'll start with a medium apple. It's about the same size as a tennis ball (or about 2 ½ – 2 ¾ inches in diameter).
If a recipe calls for one cup of peeled and chopped apples, for example, the size of your dice and fineness of your cuts will affect how you convert from pounds. Generally speaking, one pound of roughly chopped apples yields four cups.
Most people prefer sweeter varieties like Red Delicious and Honeycrisp for snacks. If you're not sure what you like the most, just pick out a few different varieties and try them all.
As a general rule, one cup of 100% fruit juice or 1/2 cup of dried fruit (like apricots or raisins) counts as 1 cup. Here are examples of what counts as 1 cup of fruit: Apple: 1/2 large (3.25"diameter), 1 small (2.5" diameter), 1 cup sliced, chopped or cooked. Applesauce: 1 cup.
Generally, three medium-sized apples will provide a cup of juice. Add more apples, or other tasty fruits of your choice, if you want to make more juice!
It turns out that it is indeed a crazy claim. An apple has no caffeine in it at all, but if you google the question it yields over one and a half million hits, so there is plenty of confusion out there. On the bright side the top hits all debunk the myth of apples having more caffeine.
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