69 Delicious Apple Recipes That Bring All The Fall Flavor

Apple Dapple Cake

While the exact origins of apple dapple cake are unknown, this sweet seasonal recipe fits in just right with classic Southern desserts. With plenty of pecans and a caramel sauce, this cake is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

Apple Bread

This not-too-sweet quick bread has a subtle flavor that makes it a prime offering for more than just dessert. Serve it up for breakfast or as a comforting snack any time of day.

Apple Cardamom Babka Wreath

Babkas are a traditional Jewish pastry, often filled with chocolate, cinnamon, or fruit jams. In this recipe, apple butter is spread inside of a cardamom flavored dough to make a spicy and sweet Fall treat.

Apple Turnovers

Frozen puff pastry makes these handheld apple treats easy but highly impressive.

Old-Fashioned Apple and Cheese Casserole

This casserole is an elevated cinnamon apple cobbler, with its crunchy cracker topping and layer of gooey cheddar. It’s similar to the classic Southern pineapple casserole but with tender glazed apples.

Apple-Spice Muffins With Oat Streusel

If you a large apple sitting around, these muffins are a delicious and beautiful way to use it up. With a fluffy apple pie-spiced cake, a crunchy streusel topping, and an apple cider glaze, this recipe is a wonderful way to have a hint of Fall in the morning.

Apple Fritters

Apple fritters are a fresh taste of fall in a cinnamon sugar crust. These fruity fritters cook quickly, ready in just over 30 minutes, so they are a great dessert to pull together for last-minute guests.

Warm Cinnamon Apples

Whether you call it a side dish, topping, or dessert—our Warm Cinnamon Apples come together in a flash.

Apple Crumble

This is perhaps the easiest apple dessert: You mix the apple slices and spices, then the streusel topping. Layer them in a baking dish, and cook until golden and bubbly. You don't even need any topper, like ice cream or whipped cream, but you'd love it if you had it.

Homemade Applesauce

Homemade applesauce is a bowl full of fall. With just a handful of ingredients, it's also one of the easiest snacks you can make. Simmer and blend a batch on Sunday, and you can have a snack of easy side dish all week.

Apple Rose Tart

If you're looking to impress a crowd, this stunning apple rose tart is sure to do the trick. The fruity tart is as delicious as it is beautiful, and not so difficult to make. With a little time and patience, you can make this dessert that will wow.

Strudel with Fried Apples

Austrian and Southern U.S. cuisine are combined together in this comforting Fall dessert. Sweet Honeycrisp apples are fried and wrapped in a golden flaky pastry crust to make for a warm and delicious treat this season.

Apple Spice Cake

Spice cakes are the epitome of Fall, and this apple spice cake will be the perfect welcome to the season. This recipe uses grated apples to get a decadently moist texture along with toasted pecans for extra crunch.

Big Batch Apple Cinnamon Pancakes

Be the hero of any early morning Fall gathering this season with these big batch apple cinnamon pancakes. Once the batter is prepared, it is poured into a pan and baked until ready. These couldn't be easier and will be a huge crowd pleaser.

Cranberry Apple Pumpkin Bundt

This gorgeous cake is the perfect centerpiece for your Fall gatherings. This spicy and fruity dessert blends the lovely autumnal flavors of cranberry, apple, and pumpkin together, with a crunchy pecan and maple glaze drizzled on top.

Apple Slab Pie

Apple pie for a party! This over-sized slab pie feeds 15 people (more if you're a stingy cutter), and it's as easy as a traditional pie to make—everything is just a bit bigger. Warm spices of cinnamon and ginger meld with the tender pieces of apple for the perfect bite, slice after slice.

Apple Cinnamon Budino

Budinos are an Italian pudding-like dessert made from a custard base and thickened with cornstarch, and this recipe makes a delicious cinnamon budino with an apple butterscotch topping.

Apple Chess Pie

A gooey, buttery chess pie is a favorite on any Southern dessert table. This season, give the classic recipe a facelift by adding cinnamon and slices of crisp Granny Smith apples into the filling.

Caramel Apple Dump Cake

Dump cakes are some of the easiest desserts you can make, and this caramel apple dump cake is perfect for any gathering this Fall. The tender apples and soft caramel candies make the ultimate warm feeling that all will enjoy.

Caramel Apple Sangria

Pecan-flavored vodka, fresh apple cider, cinnamon sticks, sparkling wine, caramel-dipped apple slices, and nearly half a dozen whole apples make this one seasonal sipper you won't soon forget.

Apple Pie Spice

Fall desserts are known for having that delicious, spicy flavor, and this recipe shows how to make the perfect mixture of spices. With cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and more, you can use this spice mixture in a variety of desserts this season.

Apple Chips

Our two-ingredient Apple Chips are as straightforward as they sound. But the resulting flavor—now that's on another level.

Brussels Sprout Slaw with Apples and Pecans

Who says your slaw obsession has to sit the season out? This recipe uses some of the brightest autumnal flavors to create a slaw that's savory, crunchy, and always a crowd pleaser.

Caramel Apple Dip

A sugary spin on a cream cheese classic with a crisp bruléed topping.

Caramel Apple Cake

This cake is topped with sauteed apple slices and drizzled in a delicious apple brandy-caramel sauce.

Apple Bread Pudding

Serve this family-style from a baking dish, or divide with a 3-inch round cutter for an elegant presentation.

Easy Skillet Apple Pie

Making an apple pie has never been so easy. Simply toss apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar, and spoon over a refrigerated pie crust in the cast-iron skillet. Top with the other crust and bake.

Easy Apple Butter

This spread is autumn's sweetest sensation, stealing the show as a condiment and lending rich flavor to some of our favorite fall recipes.

Test Kitchen Tip: Use a wooden spoon to draw a line through the apple butter on the bottom of the pot; if the line holds for 5 seconds before the apple butter merges back together, it's finished cooking.

Caramel Apple Blondie Pie

Buttery rich layers of tender cake and caramelized apples add up to one sweet combo. The secret to the crisp, flaky crust? Baking in a cast-iron skillet on a lower oven rack.

Caramel Apple Coffee Cake

This cake is down-home delicious and so easy you won't believe you started from scratch.

Fresh Apple Cake

Thinly sliced apples create rich, moist layers of fruit within the cake. Frost it with Browned-Butter Frosting (pictured) or Cream Cheese Frosting.

Roast Chicken with Sweet Potatoes and Apples

Feed the gang with one large 5- to 6-pound bird or two smaller ones. To achieve golden brown skin, first roast at high heat, then turn the oven temperature down to cook the chicken through. Serve with sweet potatoes and apples for a perfect finish.

Creole Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce

This bread pudding is from New Orleans chef Leah Chase, the queen of Creole cuisine. And yes, it does call for 5 tablespoons of vanilla extract.

Skillet Pork Chops with Apples and Onions

This one-pan dish is as impressive as it is easy to make. Once you complete this hearty dish of savory apples and whipped cream, you'll also finish with a side and a sauce all-in-one. The Granny Smith apples add sweet notes to the otherwise savory flavor profile, and pull richness from the bourbon. Out of bourbon? Just use scotch or whiskey as a replacement. When you stir in the liquor into the hot sauce, you'll immediately see the alcohol evaporate from the pan. Be sure to brown the chops well so they'll give the mustardy pan sauce deep flavor.

Apple and Goat Cheese Salad with Candied Pecans

This seasonal salad is bursting with flavor thanks to an absolutely dazzling vinaigrette and a bevy of autumnal spices and ingredients.

Apple and Pear Crisp

If you're looking for the perfect recipe to herald in the fall season, consider it found. Finish with a dollop of whipped cream and a dash of cinnamon.

Apple Stack Cake

This rustic cake is best after it has "cured" for a few days. Store in a cool (not cold) dark place to give the filling and layers a chance to fully meld. The result is divine.

Apple-Bourbon Pie

Bourbon-infused raisins, apricot preserves, pecans, cinnamon, and nutmeg take your favorite apple pie to new heights.

Apple Butter

Our six-ingredient slow cooker apple butter is a fall staple. Just make sure you're up and at 'em—it'll take a full 10 hours to cook.

Apple Butter Cobbler with Drop Biscuits

This recipe calls for a staggering four pounds of apples. That's right, two pound of Granny Smith and two pounds of Honeycrisp or Gala. Trust us, the harvest will be put to good use.

Apple Butter Doughnuts with Salted-Caramel Glaze

What could possibly make our Apple-Butter Doughnuts even better? How about glazing them with Salted-Caramel sauce? Yep, that'll do it.

Apple Butter-Pecan Quick Bread

So you made a big batch of our Slow-Cooker Apple Butter and now you don't know what to do with it? Whip up this seasonal quick bread. You won't be disappointed.

Apple Butter Pound Cake with Caramel Frosting

If you like to swap your pound cake recipe for the season, we've got quite the autumnal option for you. This one calls for our Slow-Cooker Apple Butter and a Caramel Frosting that will rival Memaw's.

Apple Cider Doughnuts

The best part of these doughnuts is under hot debate. Is it the fluffy, cakey center or the sweet, crispy exterior? You decide.

Apple-Cranberry Coleslaw

Start with pre-shredded cabbage to whip up this seasonal slaw in a flash.

Apple Pie Cake

This confection lives up to its delicious-sounding name with a sweet and nutty streusel layered over a perfectly indulgent cake. Plus, it calls for one of the most brilliant grocery store hacks we've seen—but that'll be our little secret.

Apple Pie Cookies

These fluffy cookies feature pockets of apple pie filling with each bite. It's a cross between a cookie and a hand pie, and we can't think of anything more ideal for grabbing on the go.

Applesauce Cake

Applesauce Cake deserves to be baked up as often as possible this fall. Cinnamon, brown sugar, and an apple-y buttercream take the flavor profile over the top.

Arkansas Black Apple Pie with Caramel Sauce

This recipe calls for an apple type found in Benton County, Arkansas, but you can swap in Granny Smith if the heirlooms aren't available in your area.

Auntie's Apple Cake

Take a spiced batter baked to perfection and top with caramel frosting and chopped pecans. The result: the perfect slice of fall.

Baked Oatmeal with Apple, Cranberries, and Pecans

For day-after Thanksgiving breakfast, this sweet and satisfying casserole can't be beat. Apple, pecans, cranberries, and oats combine for a new, craveable take on oatmeal.

Beet, Fennel, and Apple Salad

Set the table for the season with this stunner. It features beats, fennel, Granny Smith apple, mint, and arugula to create the harvest salad we've been waiting for all year long.

Blackberry-Apple Butter Pie Bars

If you're looking to switch up the holiday dessert spread, give a slab pie a go. This one calls on our Slow-Cooker Apple Butter but you can use your favorite store-bought brand if time is of the essence.

Chicken Sausage with Fennel and Apples

It's not all about the turkey this season. Shake up your fall dinner strategy with this one-pan wonder.

Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie

No tricks here—this Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie is absolutely as decadent as it sounds. Apple pie filling topped with store-bought refrigerated cinnamon roll dough is the breakfast-dessert mashup we never knew we needed.

Classic Apple Cobbler

Make this rustic dessert in a 2-quart baking dish or whip up single-sized portions using 8-oz. ramekins.

Fried Arkansas Black Apples

If you can get your hands on Arkansas Black apples, they'll make this recipe sing. Rest assured, you can still turn out delicious results if you opt for another firm apple variety.

Granny Smith Apple Pie

There's a secret to this apple pie that we're itching to share: It calls for roasting the Granny Smith apples before filling the pie crust. It's a game changer.

Mini Apple Pie

Mini apple pies made in a muffin pan? It's the delicious (and genius) treat that's at the top of our baking bucket list this fall.

Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

When Courtney Page Ferrell took on the challenge of finding her grandmother's long-lost apple pie recipe, she ended up receiving a deluge of recipes. This version was as close to the original as she found.

Roasted Chicken with Apples and Herbs

Along with the bird, of course, apples are the star of this main dish. We call for Gala, Fuji, or Granny Smith apples—use whatever is locally available.

Salted Caramel-Apple Hand Pies

We call on refrigerated pie crusts and caramel candies to make quick work of these tidy little delights.

Salted Irish Cream Apple Crostata

Serve with vanilla ice cream and a glass of Irish cream—it's a match destined for the crispest of fall nights, but we won't shake our heads if you serve this one year-round.

Spiced Apple Butter

This deliciously spiced apple butter calls for bourbon, cinnamon, brown sugar, Honeycrisp apples, and a sprinkle of salt. Let the mixture simmer away for up to 2 hours, then process in the blender until smooth.

Skillet Caramel Apple Pie

Once you make apple pie in your skillet, you'll never turn back to the baking dish.

Slow-Cooker Apple Butter

Whip up a batch of our Slow-Cooker Apple Butter and the possibilities are endless. Try Apple Butter Doughnuts with Salted-Caramel Glaze or Apple Butter Cinnamon Rolls with Apple Cider Glaze for starters.

Turkey, Apple, and Brie Sandwich

Switch up lunchtime with a quick and easy sandwich that pulls together some of the tastiest fall flavors. It also makes for an inventive use of that leftover Thanksgiving turkey.

Ultimate Apple Pie

The secret to our Ultimate Apple Pie? A mix of fresh apples, dried, apples, and a browned-butter crust.

Easy Apple Dumplings

If you grew up in the South, you've likely seen a version of this recipe gracing church potlucks, baby showers, and any fall get-together in between. One thing's for certain, it's a treat for all.