cooking apples

[Sarah lo]

I've been making my own baby food and recently made her some Apple and blackberry puree it was so Yummy! So the thought has occurred to me, when we make apple pie, why do we use cooking (bramley) apples then add sugar to them instead of just using normal eating apples that are naturally sweet?

Does anyone know why?

 

[smokey]

I think cooking apples are chunkier and dont go mushy as normal apples and can withstand the pie cooking temps better