43 Apple Desserts for a Warm and Cozy Start to Fall
The minute fall hits we get apple desserts on the brain. You’ll find us right at the start of apple season, racing to the nearest you-pick orchard, filling our buckets with all the red, green, and gold apples we can get our hands on. The only question: What should we bake first?
If you’re also wondering what to do with an abundance of fresh apples, we’re here to help. First, consider purchasing anapple corer. The inexpensive gadget is a must for some of our editors—it exponentially speeds up apple prep, getting you to Pie Town that much more quickly. Next, sort your apples so you’ve collected thebest apples for bakingand saved the others for snacking.
Below you’ll find 43 of our favorite apple dessert recipes to make the most of the season. There’s nothing more autumnal than the aroma of afreshly baked apple piewafting through your home, but the Epicurious archives is also full of easyapple crisps, rusticgalettes, fancycakes, and more to help you turn your bounty of fruit into something even more delicious. Preheat your oven and get that scoop of vanilla ice cream ready.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Ali Nardi1/43Classic Apple Pie
When we're thinking about essential apple desserts, pie is first and foremost on the list. We tested themanyhomemade apple pie recipes on the site to narrow in on ourfavorite version, which boasts a flaky all-butter pie crust. The apple filling is made with both Braeburn and Honeycrisp apples for the ideal balance of sweet and tart.
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Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell2/43Olive Oil Apple Cake With Spiced Sugar
This no-mixer-required, dairy-free cake recipe hits all the right autumnal notes: it’s earthy thanks to the olive oil and warm thanks to the spices.Choose your applesfor this dessert wisely—a softer type will melt into the cake, while firmer apples (such as Granny Smith) will give the crumb a coarser texture. Serve instead of coffee cake at your next brunch.
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Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Bill Clark3/43Creole Cream Cheesecake With Caramel-Apple Topping
This tangy cheesecake gets its personality fromCreole cream cheese. The topping can take many forms throughout the year (like strawberries in spring), but for fall, there's nothing better than apple slices soaked in a buttery caramel sauce.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks4/43Caramel Apple Drip Cake With Candied Walnuts
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Alex Brannian, Food Styling by Ali Nardi5/43Apple Fritters With Spiced Sugar
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Anna Surbatovich, Food Styling by Olivia Mack Anderson7/43Individual Apple Crisp
If you're craving apple crisp but don't need a full-sized baking dish of it, this delightful little dessert is made for you. Dollop withspiced whipped creamor add a scoop of ice cream on top.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Frances Boswell8/43Galette de Pommes au Calvados
Apple jelly and a boozy Calvados sauce dress up thisFrenchapple tart.
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Photo by Joseph De Leo, Food Styling by Kaitlin Wayne9/43Apple Sticky Toffee Pudding
Two favoritefall dessertsmeet up in this recipe: It's one part apple cake, one part sticky toffee pudding. And while it's ideal forRosh Hashanah, we'll be baking it frequently throughout the fall and winter.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Nathaniel James, Food Styling by Anna Hampton10/43Apple-Cranberry Crisp With Oatmeal-Cookie Crumble
Inspired by the bright flavors ofcranberry sauce, tangy fresh (or frozen) cranberries and sweet orange zest add a floral tartness to this easy apple crisp recipe.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Astrid Chastka, Food Styling by Anna Hampton11/433-Ingredient Caramel Apple Tart
The secret to making this stunning and delicious dessert for a crowd in under an hour? Store-bought caramel sauce andfrozen puff pastry.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell12/43Layered Apple Pie With Phyllo Crust
The flakyphyllo pastrycrust of this easy tart is reminiscent of crunchy fall leaves—but a dusting of cinnamon sugar between each layer makes it taste a lot better.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks13/43Apple and Persimmon Tarte Tatin
The delicate, earthy sweetness of Fuyu persimmons is a perfect match for apples in this twist on a classic French dessert. A quick caramel sauce and easypuff pastrycrust give you big payoff for very little fuss.
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Photo by Matthew Septimus14/43Apple Walnut Bundt Cake
This is the ideal apple cake for the fall season—it's easy to make and staysmoist and flavorfulfor up to a week. The caramel sauce is an optional, but fabulous, accompaniment.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone15/43Salted Apple Pretzel Pie
Instead of pie dough, this cast-iron-skillet-baked apple pie gets a golden pretzel topping strewn with crunchy salt. It's a funbaking projectfor a fall weekend, perfect for serving after somebratsand a football game.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Prop Styling by Astrid Chastka, Food Styling by Katherine Sacks17/43Christmas Glazed Apple Cake
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Anna Stockwell18/433-Ingredient Caramel Apple Hand Pies
With justthree ingredients—okay, four including salt—these quick and easy hand pies are a cross between the beloved caramel apple and flaky apple turnovers. The active prep time for this recipe is just 20 minutes, so you can pull it off even on a weeknight.
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Diana Yen, food and prop styling by Diana Yen27/43Apple and Pumpkin Ginger Crisp
The flavors here are like a big party wherepumpkin pie, apple pie, and gingerbread all show up. The crunchy topping is made with old fashioned oats, all-purpose flour, pecans, and brown sugar, and the filling gets bright spice from finely chopped candied ginger.
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Photo by Gentl & Hyers34/43Apple and Fig Custard
Serve this warm-hug-in-a-casserole-dish forbrunchordessert with a pour of maple syrup and a dollop of fresh whipped cream.
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Tom Schierlitz, food styling by Brian Preston-Campbell35/43Oat Shortcakes With Sautéed Apples
Strawberry shortcake, meet your autumnal cousin. These gluten-free oat-flour cakes make a wonderful base for brown sugar caramelized apples and unsweetened whipped cream.
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Photo by Peden + Munk36/43Baked Apples with Prunes, Almonds, and Amaretto
This easy, make-ahead apple dessert idea is elegant enough for a fall dinner party but doesn't require messing with pastry dough. For a theatrical finish, pour the cream over the baked apples at the table and serve withfrozen amaro.
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Michael Graydon and Nikole Herriott38/43Apple and Blackberry Polenta Cobbler
Polenta adds a warm, sunny corn flavor to this biscuit-topped apple cobbler and thawed frozen blackberries add a pop of sweetness. Yes, a scoop of our favoritevanilla ice creamon top is a good idea.
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Romulo Yanes39/43Cranberry-Apple Crumble Pie
No need to get fussy with weaving a lattice or any other fancydecorative pie crust这里移动。这个苹果馅饼包所有的f崩溃lavor and fragrance of a traditional apple pie underneath a nutty, buttery, cinnamon-spiced crumb topping.
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Charles Masters, food styling by Suzanne Lenzer41/43Caramel-Apple Caramels
Flavored with homemade or store-boughtapple butter, these chewy candies make a great homemade Halloween or other holiday treat. The wrapped caramels can be kept for up to 1 month.
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Photo by Isa Zapata, Food Styling by Jessie YuChen42/43Salted Caramel Apple Cookies
To make these fall cookies from Bon Appétit, you'll cook down a caramel and grated apple mixture until all the liquid from the apples has evaporated. Once it's cool, the apple caramel gets swirled into asnickerdoodle-like dough.
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Photo by Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott, Prop Styling by Kalen Kaminski, Food Styling by Susie Theodorou43/43Fall Fruit Galette
举办专家知道galettes伟大的举动entertaining. This is one of those apple desserts that's just as delicious and impressive as a pie, but takes half the effort. Choose Pink Lady, Honeycrisp, or Granny Smith apples (some of the best apples for baking since they hold their shape when cooked). Toss slices in granulated sugar with fennel seeds and vanilla, fold up the flaky pastry edges and bake until golden brown. Click through for even moresweet and savory apple recipesto round out the meal.
