Our 35 Best Apple Pies and Tarts
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First things first: Learnhow to choose the best apples for apple pie. Second things second, familiarize yourself withour very favorite pie dough. Third things third: Scroll through our best apple pie recipes to find the one that speaks to you.
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Our Favorite Apple Pie
Our favorite apple pie is the perfect combination of an all-butter flaky crust and tender, toothsome apples.
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Apple Pie Cookies
These adorable treats are the ultimate mash-up of crisp linzer cookies and apple hand pies. Each flaky cookie crust holds a dollop of cinnamon-flecked apple filling, creating a dessert that screams fall.
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Fried Apple Pies
These fat half-moons of crisp, chewy dough ooze with spiced stewed dried apples. Yes, please.
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Latticed Apple and Cranberry Tart
Rum-soaked currants, a hint of cinnamon, and a flourish of lemon add dimension to the cranberry and apple filling of this tart.
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Glazed and Flaky Apple Tart
If you're the type who prefers desserts that go heavy on the fruit, this apple tart's for you.
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Apple and Persimmon Tarte Tatin
The delicate, earthy sweetness of Fuyu persimmons is a perfect match for apples in this classic French dessert. A quick caramel sauce and easy puff pastry crust give you big payoff for very little fuss.
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Goat Cheese, Honey, and Rye Crust Pie
Okay, so this is more like a cheesecake-y pie topped with apples—not traditional apple pie, but excellent nonetheless.
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Bacon-Latticed Apple Pie
This pie is both sweet and salty. The smoky bacon, mingling with the spiced apples and bourbon crust, is heavenly.
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Classic Apple Pie
For deep apple flavor, the fruit in this pie is macerated. The juice is then reduced to a syrup and returned to the filling, along with Chinese five spice powder (a blend of star anise, cinnamon, cloves, fennel, and Sichuan peppercorns).
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3-Ingredient Caramel Apple Tart
Store-bought caramel sauce and frozen puff pastry are the secrets to a showstopping Thanksgiving dessert that you can make in under an hour.
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BA's Best Deep-Dish Apple Pie
The key to the richest apple pie filling? Macerate apples in brown sugar, lemon, and spices, then reduce the juices with fresh cider to concentrate the flavors before baking.
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Photo by Chelsea Kyle, Food Styling by Rhoda Boone12/35
Salted Apple Pretzel Pie
A soft-pretzel crust and a giant salted-pretzel topper take the place of traditional pie dough in this fun twist on apple pie.
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Brown Butter Apple Tart
An easy cookie crust and a fragrant, custardy filling laced with rings of apple set this fall dessert apart from the competition.
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Rum Raisin Apple Pie
Raisins steeped in dark rum mingle with tart and sweet apples in this updated version of an American favorite. It's a showstopper when paired with lightly sweetened whipped cream.
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Apple Brioche Tart
Light and buttery, brioche makes a lovely base for fruit in baked pastries—so why not a tart? You can use any fruit or nut here, but this version, with thin slices of apples and plenty of cinnamon, is a fall favorite. If you like, you can fold the edges of the crust over the fruit, like a galette.
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Salted-Butter Apple Galette With Maple Whipped Cream
This laid-back apple galette got a standing ovation during tastings, thanks to its crisp crust and the ideal sweet-salty balance.
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Layered Apple Pie With Phyllo Crust
It's all about the layers and ruffles in this dramatic seasonal pie.
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Grape & Apple Pie
Use any combination of red or black grapes to achieve a deep purple color on this show-stopping dessert.
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Richard Pierce19/35
Old-Fashioned Mixed-Apple Pie
An assortment of apple varieties adds complexity to this nicely spiced apple pie.
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Caramel Apple Pastis
This beautiful pastis—a sweet phyllo-wrapped pie from southwest France—makes an impressive holiday dessert.
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3-Ingredient Caramel Apple Hand Pies
These quick and easy hand pies are a cross between the beloved caramel apple and flaky apple turnover.
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Ditte Isager22/35
Lattice Apple Pie with Mexican Brown Sugar
We took a regular apple-pie recipe and sweetened the filling with Mexican piloncillo, an unrefined brown sugar. What a difference a sugar makes.
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Teri Lyn Fisher23/35
Tiny Fried Apple Pies
因为他们的美味的苹果馅都是希尔d up—wrapped in dough like hand pies or campfire pies, but bite-size—these sweet little pies are perfect finger food.
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Tarte Tatin
While pie dough is the typical crust used for this tart, we've swapped in store-bought puff pastry for an easier preparation.
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Apple and Dried Cranberry Pie
The sweet-tart filling and the flaky crust add up to one terrific pie.
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Elinor Carucci27/35
Mock Mincemeat Pie
Old-fashioned mincemeat contained tiny bits of meat and/or beef suet, a type of fat. This modern, meatless version is a great mix of apples, dried fruits, and warming spices.
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Knoxy28/35
Gluten-Free Deep-Dish Apple Pie
What sets this pie apart from your normal apple pie is that you'll use a whopping thirteen apples, which you'll slowly cook down with Vietnamese cinnamon and brown sugar.
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Romulo Yanes29/35
Cranberry-Apple Crumble Pie
It's easy to understand why apple crumble pie is so immensely popular: It packs all the flavor and fragrance of a traditional apple pie underneath a carapace of nutty, buttery, cinnamon-y crumbs.
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Apple Pie
This straightforward pie—no raisins, no spirits, no creamy accompaniments—is a heartland basic.
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Christmas Glazed Apple Cake (Weihnachten Gedeckter Apfelkuchen)
Covered Apple Cake (Gedeckter Apfelkuchen) is one of the cakes you’re sure to find in almost every single bakery across Germany. To make it, you line a springform pan with a sweet short pastry, fill the crust with a chunky cooked apple filling studded with raisins and flavored with cinnamon and lemon, and then use the same crust dough to make a lid for the cake. This version swaps out raisins for fresh cranberries, and lebkuchen spices to add a festive flavor.
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Vanilla Bean Tarte Tatin
Don't wait too long before inverting this tart; the caramel will stick if it gets cold.
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Apple Pie with Cheddar Crust
A crumbly slab of Cheddar is a centuries-old accompaniment to a slice of apple pie; it imparts character in a way that a scoop of ice cream can't hope to match.
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Victor Schrager34/35
Cinnamon Apple Pie with Raisins and Crumb Topping
Tart granny smith apples play well with sweet raisins and sugary crumb.
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Pierce Richard35/35
Crispy Braeburn Apple and Almond Sheet Tart
This French-style tart deserves a sophisticated apple. Our top pick is the Braeburn, which is crisp and sweet-tart with a fruity, almost perfumed flavor. It's a perfect match for the delicate almond filling. The Gala apple makes a nice alternative.
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