>>>> Granny Smith apples suck. Try using Golden Delicious instead

We use Ida Reds. Well, DH uses Ida Reds. He's the official apple pie
maker in this house.

DH and I pick apples for a month or so every fall. The orchard has
Macs, Jona Macs, and Ida Reds, and we get to take home a couple of
bushels of each. We just used the last of the Ida reds last week, and
they were still fairly crisp.

Jo Anne