If you’re looking for the perfect way to embrace the crisp, cozy vibes of fall, apple recipes are the ultimate go-to. Whether you’re baking up something sweet, crafting a savory dish, or whipping up a refreshing cider, apples are the star of the season. From classic apple pies to creative twists on your favorite comfort foods (apple scones! apple cheesecake!), these apple recipes will have your kitchen smelling like autumn in no time.
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Favorite Apple Recipes to Celebrate Apple Season
One of my favorite fall activities was going to an apple orchard every year.
I say “was” because I moved to the prairies and fall is all about corn mazes and pumpkin patches here!
But growing up, my sister and I went to this huge apple orchard called Chudleigh’s apple farm. We’d pick apples, and climb ladders and pick more apples, and go on tractor rides, and pet barn cats.
We would bring home bags and bags of different kinds of apples. My mom would make homemade apple pies, brown sugar apple crisp, and apple cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast before school.
It’s what fall feels like to me and I still miss it.
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Next fall I’m planning a trip back home to visit my parents, so I can take my daughter to her first apple orchard. 🙂
For this year, to satisfy my fall apple nostalgia, I put together this delicious roundup of easy homemade apple recipes!

From apple cake and apple crumble, to apple cinnamon sourdough bread and mini apple pies, there is an apple recipe that is perfect for all your apple desires.
I hope you enjoy these yummy apple recipes!
For more fall recipes, check out these warm and cozy pumpkin recipes.
Apple Recipes
These delicious apple recipes will satisfy your fall recipe cravings. From mini apple pies, to apple mug cakes, apple bread and apple scones, there is an apple recipe for everyone! Enjoy for breakfast, dessert, or an afternoon snack with your coffee or tea.
1-Minute Apple Mug Cake You Need To Make This Fall
For a delicious fall breakfast, try this single-serving apple mug cake! Your kids will love it too!
German Sunken Apple Cake
This German sunken Apple Cake is the perfect mix of cake and fruit and it's a show stopper presentation with the visible apples on the top!
Apple Cobbler with Cake Mix
Warm up with a slice of apple cobbler with cake mix, a moist and delicious fall dessert that's ready in just an hour and perfect for sharing.
Sourdough Apple Cake
Give your sourdough discard a new life as a delectable apple cake. Indulge in the warm, comforting aroma and taste of this old-fashioned recipe.
Easy Cinnamon Apple Curd
Easy Cinnamon Apple Curd is a decadent spread packed with warm apple and caramel flavors. Made with only 7 simple ingredients, this versatile curd can be enjoyed on everything from fruit and biscuits to oatmeal and crepes.
Apple Slice
This easy apple slice with a biscuit base is a delicious update on a classic dessert. Made with warming spiced apple and crunchy, buttery crumble topping.
Apple Date Chutney
This sweet and spicy fruit chutney with apples and dates make the perfect accomplishment to roast meats. Sweet and savory both at the same time.
Caramel Apple Dump Cake
This delicious caramel apple dump cake is super simple to make, a breeze to serve, and perfect for sharing. Try making a tasty fall dump cake today!
Apple Fritters
These Apple fritters are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside, with a delicious apple filling. They’re perfect for snack or dessert.
Puff Pastry Apple Pie
This open face apple pie with a puff pastry crust is easier to make than you think...and so delicious!
Apple Pie Filled Cinnamon Rolls
When you're craving cinnamon and apples for breakfast, this is your go-to cinnamon roll fix!
Easy Applesauce Overnight Oats (with caramelized apple pieces!)
Easy, healthy, and delicious, these applesauce overnight oats are creamy and chewy with hints of cinnamon. The best part of this recipe is the caramelized apple pieces that take just 5 minutes to make. You have to try!
Easy Apple Crisp without Flour (Gluten-free)
This Apple Crisp has a layer of juicy apples topped with a crunchy oat-walnut topping. It's vegan, gluten-free, and can be enjoyed as breakfast or dessert.
Bourbon Apple French Toast
This apple French toast bake is made with crusty bread, spiced apples, and bourbon, and can be prepared the night before for an easy overnight breakfast bake!
Apple Puff Pastry Tartlets
These Apple Puff Pastry Tartlets are made with Brie, dried currants, and a drizzle of honey for a quick and easy dessert!
Slow Cooker Pork and Apples
Pork and Apples… A perfect pairing! Combine in your Instant Pot or slow cooker with stone ground mustard, onion, and sage for a flavorful and tender main dish, Instant Pot or Slow Cooker Pork and Apples is healthy and delicious, with minimal effort… The recipe card provides instructions for both methods!
Vegan Apple Cinnamon Muffins
These Vegan Apple Muffins are made without any oil or refined sugar. They're filled to the brim with tart apple chunks and topped with a delicious maple cinnamon streusel.
Air Fryer Apples (Quick + Easy!)
These Air Fryer Apples are baked with cinnamon and maple syrup for a quick and delicious snack, breakfast, or dessert. Serve atop yogurt or ice cream with a sprinkle of granola for an extra special treat!
Apple Crumble Recipe
Homemade Apple Crumble Recipe made with fresh apples tossed in cinnamon sugar and topped with a brown sugar crumble made with butter, pecans, brown sugar, and flour. The best Apple dessert!
Apple Strudel
This classic Apple Strudel is delicious with vanilla ice cream or a warm vanilla sauce.
Apple Fritter Cake
Moist homemade apple fritter cake made with fresh apples with a brown sugar glaze. This is the best apple cake recipe and a perfect Fall dessert.
Apple Cinnamon Energy Bites Recipe: A Healthy, No-Bake Snack for Fall
Here's another one on my favs with apples! Apple Cinnamon Energy Bites made with chia seeds and other wholesome ingredients! This recipe is offering creative ways to take fully advantage of the apple season!
Caramel Apple Cheese Ball Recipe
This Caramel apple cheese ball is a quick and easy holiday or New Year’s appetizer. This cheese ball recipe is so fun and flavorful, your guests will be raving about it and you may need to make more than one!
Homemade Applesauce Recipe
This homemade applesauce recipe is wonderfully simple, requiring just five basic ingredients and a little over 30 minutes to prepare. Whip up a large batch of this delightful applesauce to savor as a tasty snack, a wholesome dessert, or as the perfect complement to savory dishes like kielbasa or pork chops. Enjoy the ease and deliciousness of this classic homemade treat!
How to Make Apple Butter: A Simple and Flavorful Fall Recipe
Apple butter recipe - Easy and quick apple butter recipe made with only 3 ingredients! Bonus! It will make your home smell like heaven!
Easy Apple Pie Filling
This easy apple pie filling is packed with amazing fall flavors. What’s not to love about tender apple slices, drenched in a simple cinnamon-flavored sauce with a perfect balance of sweetness and tartness?
Apple Cinnamon Oat Muffins (Healthy)
Enjoy the flavors of fall with a major boost of nutrition. Whole grain and low sugar apple cinnamon oat muffins are a healthy snack the whole family will love.
Apple Tart with Almond Frangipane Cream Recipe
A rustic apple tart with a flaky all-butter crust, filled with a simple yet delicious almond cream, perfect for any occasion.
Easy Apple Crisp
Envelope your tastebuds in the flavors of fall. This easy apple crisp is teeming with juicy apples and topped with crispy, crunchy oats, and toasted pecans. It’s the ultimate celebration of autumn.
Apple Crisp Macchiato Bars
These Apple Crisp Macchiato Bars have an espresso shortbread crust topped with cinnamon apples, then with a crisp cinnamon-espresso topping!
Apple Shortcake
This Apple Shortcake has cornmeal buttermilk biscuits topped with caramel baked apples, cinnamon-cardamom whipped cream, and homemade salted caramel sauce! This unique dessert is so cozy and delicious!
Cranberry Apple Sauce with Marsala
Cranberry Apple Sauce with Marsala is full of apple chunks and sweet marsala wine—great flavor and really nice texture as well!
Saucy Apple Pork Chops
These Saucy Apple Pork Chops are amazingly tender, hugely flavorful, and the perfect autumn dinner. Ready in under 30 minutes, they're easy enough for weeknights yet good enough for weekends.
Apple Cake with Caramel
This apple caramel cinnamon cake is SUCH a gem. It’s super moist, tender, and brimming with warm spices and plummy apples. It is just as delish with or without the caramel drizzle!
Apple Pie Cookies
We’ve seen the process of making some apple pie cookies and the mess made them frustrating! We hope that our less-mess version helps keep the stress down during your holiday season.
Healthy Apple Crisp
This healthy apple crisp is packed with fresh, juicy apples baked to the perfect texture, and includes a delicious crispy crumble sweetened with maple syrup.
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
Authentic Spicy Apple Curry (Sweet, Spicy & Vegan!)
This sweet and spicy Green Apple Curry is an easy, vegan side dish that transforms the sourness of green apples with the earthy spiciness and robust flavors of Sri Lankan roasted curry powder!
Apple Oatmeal Cookies
These soft and chewy apple cinnamon oatmeal cookies are made with real apples and warm cinnamon, for tons of fall flavor in every bite!
Apple Dump Cake
Light and fluffy, but full of fall flavor, this easy Apple Dump Cake has apples baked right into it and is topped with a cinnamon sugar sprinkle!
Classic Butterscotch Apple Pie Recipe
This butterscotch apple pie is a classic apple pie with an even more flavorful twist! A brown butter butterscotch apple filling paired with a flaky, buttery pie crust.
Petit Porcini – Apple Crumble Tart – %
Apple tart meets apple crumble to make this delicious buttery apple crumble tart. It is an easy recipe described step-by-step from the crust, the base of the apple tart to the rustic apple crumble on top.
Mini French Apple Rose Tarts – Petit Porcini
These mini French apple rose tarts are a stunning yet an easy dessert to prepare. Delicate apple slices are arranged into beautiful rose shapes atop a buttery, homemade crust.
Soft Apple Spice Cookies
These Soft Apple Spice Cookies are perfect for Fall baking! Made with warm spices, chunks of juicy apples, and a caramel topping, these apple pie cookies will satisfy any sweet tooth!
Keto Apple Turnovers
These Keto Apple Hand Pies are a guilt-free fall treat! With a delicious flaky crust and sweet cinnamon filling, you won’t believe they only have 4g net carbs each!
Grandma's Dutch Apple Pie Recipe with Crumble Topping
This Dutch apple pie recipe features tender apples topped with a crumbly streusel and nestled in a buttery crust. Nothing beats a warm slice with vanilla ice cream melting on top!
Apple Brown Betty Recipe
This is one of my favorite fresh apple recipes! I have been making this for over 35 years now. A tried and true apple dessert your whole family will love.
Incredible Apple Bread - The Cookin Chicks
If you’re a fan of baked goods that are moist, flavorful, and bursting with the delicious essence of apples, then you’ll love this Incredible Apple Bread recipe. This yummy quick bread combines the sweetness of juicy apples with warm spices, resulting in a loaf that is both comforting and irresistible.
Caramel Ripple Apple Cake
Enjoy the perfect blend of soft apple cake, warm spices, sticky dulce de leche, and a caramel whipped cream topping in this dreamy dessert.
All In One Apple Cake
Apple lovers, this one’s for you! This easy one bowl apple cake is filled with sweet apple chunks in a moist cinnamon batter. Just dust with powdered sugar for the perfect fall dessert!
How to Make Delicious Apple Cinnamon Sourdough Bread at Home
Sourdough bread is already delicious, but adding apple and cinnamon takes it to a whole new level!
Here are the answers to your pressing apples questions (…make apple juice…🤭)
Can I freeze apples?
Yes, you can absolutely freeze apples! 🍏❄️ It all depends on how you want to use them later.
For baking or cooking
Peel, core, and slice the apples, then toss them in lemon juice to prevent browning. Spread the slices on a baking sheet to freeze individually before transferring them to a freezer bag.
For smoothies
Chop the apples into chunks and freeze them as-is. No need to thaw—just blend straight from the freezer!
For applesauce or purees
Cook the apples first, then freeze in portions using an airtight container or ice cube trays.
Frozen apples won’t have the same crisp texture when thawed, but they’re perfect for pies, crumbles, and other delicious treats! 🍎
What can I do with lots of apples?
If you’ve got a ton of apples, here are the three best things to make:
1. Homemade Applesauce
Simple, cozy, and freezer-friendly! Just peel, chop, and simmer apples with a little cinnamon and sugar (or leave it unsweetened). Mash for a chunky sauce or blend for a smooth one.
2. Apple Crisp
The easiest (and I think best) fall dessert! Toss sliced apples with sugar and cinnamon, then top with a buttery oat crumble. Bake until golden and serve with vanilla ice cream. Instant happiness.
3. Apple Butter
Like applesauce, but thicker, richer, and more spreadable. Slow-cook apples with sugar, cinnamon, and cloves until they caramelize. Apple butter is amazing on toast, pancakes, or straight off the spoon.
How do you preserve a large amount of apples?
How many apples are we talking here? A few pounds or a full orchard? 😆
Here are five ways to preserve apples so they don’t go to waste:
1. Freezing 🍏❄️
- Slice or chop apples and toss them with lemon juice to prevent browning
- Spread them on a baking sheet to freeze individually before storing in freezer bags
- Use frozen apples in pies, crisps, or smoothies later
2. Canning 🍎🥫
- Make and can applesauce, apple butter, or apple pie filling
- Use a water bath canner for long-term storage (they last for over a year!)
3. Dehydrating 🍏🔆
- Slice apples thin and dry them in a dehydrator or low oven (200°F) until chewy or crisp.
- Store in airtight containers for a delicious, shelf-stable snack.
4. Making Apple Cider or Juice 🍎🥤
- Press apples into fresh cider or juice and refrigerate
- For long-term storage, pasteurize and freeze it in bottles
5. Storing Apples Whole 🍏🧺
- Keep fresh apples in a cool, dark place (like a basement or fridge)
- Store them in single layers, wrapped individually in newspaper to prevent bruising
For a delicious warm drink to go with these apple recipes, try this Starbucks copycat gingerbread latte!
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