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Apple Dessert Recipes to Make the Most of This Fall’s Harvest

Apple caramel pecan cheesecake with dripping sauce with a slice cut out. Apple Dessert Recipes to Make the Most of This Fall's Harvest

Apple Dessert Recipes to Make the Most of This Fall’s Harvest

If you and your family love apples as much as I do, then you would know that fall is the perfect time to spoil the family with delicious apple desserts. Classic apple pies, upside-down apple cake, caramel apple cheesecake, and more. These recipes are sure to satisfy the whole family’s sweet tooth. Put on your apron and start baking apple dessert recipes to make the most of this fall’s harvest. Let’s go!!

19. Honey Baked Apples

  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Green apples, cranberries, water, honey, brown sugar, vanilla ice cream
  • Level: Beginner

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Enjoy the delightful aroma of freshly baked apples in your home. The kids will love these honey-baked apples. I’m sure they will become a family favorite.

18. Apple Cranberry Pie

  • Total Time: 1 hour
  • Main Ingredients: refrigerated pie crusts,sugar, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, apples, cranberries
  • Level: Beginner

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Apple pie is a popular American family dessert. Serve it with vanilla ice cream or custard. I’m sure everyone will want seconds.

17. Baked Apple Pancakes

Dutch baby pancake with apples and cinnamon in a pan on a table close-up. Horizontal. Apple Dessert Recipes to Make the Most of This Fall's Harvest
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Apples, butter, cinnamon, brown sugar, eggs, half and half, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, and vanilla essence.
  • Level: Beginner

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These delicious baked apple pancakes are perfect for breakfast or dessert. The whole family is going to love them this fall.

16. Flaky Apple Dumplings

Apple dumplings in flaky pastry with caramel sauce and ice cream. Apple Dessert Recipes to Make the Most of This Fall's Harvest
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Granny Smith apples, 2 cans of flaky Pillsbury crescent dough, Mt. Dew, butter, sugar, cinnamon, whipped cream, vanilla ice cream, or caramel.
  • Level: Beginner

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It might seem strange, however, the Mountain Dew makes this recipe pop. Adding the right amount of sweetness and tartness, it is a fun recipe to get the kids involved in.

15. Pumpkin Apple Cobbler

Apple Crumble Dessert with Ice Cream
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Granny Smith apples, pumpkin butter, pumpkin quick bread mix, butter, and whipped cream.
  • Level: Beginner

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Warm, crispy crumbles, gooey fruit, and a blob of ice cream make this one of America’s most favorite desserts. Perfect for Thanksgiving.

14. Red Hot Baked Apples

  • Total Time: 42 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: apples,brown sugar,cinnamon, red hot candies, ground cinnamon
  • Level: Beginner

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If you prefer a mild version, add a spoonful of honey or maple syrup glaze, or you can use cloves and cinnamon. Even better serve these yummy red hot baked apples with a dollop of thick cream or vanilla ice cream.

13. Candy Apples

  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: apples, sugar, water, corn syrup, red food coloring, clove oil (optional)
  • Level: Beginner

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Candy apples are perfect to eat at any time of the day. They are particularly a hit over Halloween, and kids love them. This is a perfect recipe for using up extra apples, and they last up to two weeks in the refrigerator.

12. Apples and Toffee Dip

Toffee Cheesecake Dip with fruit
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: red and green apples, toffee pieces, cream cheese, brown sugar, powdered sugar, vanilla essence
  • Level: Beginner

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This flavorful toffee apple dip is amazing; it’s a great snack and toothsome dessert. Add a sprinkle of salted peanuts; it will pair well with the sweetness. A delightful salty-sweet combination. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream and Voila!

11. All American Apple Pie

  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: White flour, salt, shortening, apples, sugar, cinnamon, butter
  • Level: Beginner

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Apple pie is a perfect fall dessert. It’s tender and flaky on the outside with a delightful buttery flavor. It is also lower in calories and sugar when compared to apple crisp.

10. Healthy Peach Apple Crisp

Top view of an apple peach crisp crumble with white ice cream on the wooden tray. Red small plate. Baking. Eating. Eat. Granola. Nuts. Table. Restaurant. Coffee. Desserts. Tasty. Crispy. Crunchy. Apple Dessert Recipes to Make the Most of This Fall's Harvest
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Canned sliced peaches, apples, vanilla essence, ground cinnamon, flour, margarine, and brown sugar
  • Level: Beginner

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The kids will devour this healthy peach apple crisp that contains only 175 calories. Top it off with frozen vanilla yogurt or low-fat whipping cream.

9. Easy Apple Crisp

  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Apples, salt, oatmeal, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon, flour and white sugar
  • Level: Beginner

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Enjoy apples this fall with this super easy apple crisp. The kids will enjoy making this lovely dessert for the next family movie night.

8. Apple Cobbler

Homemade Apple Cobbler Dessert with Ice Cream. Apple Dessert Recipes to Make the Most of This Fall's Harvest
  • Total Time: 45 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Sugar, flour, cinnamon, butter, Granny Smith apples, lemon juice, vanilla extract, baking powder, salt, ginger, orange zest, heavy cream
  • Level: Beginner

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This luscious apple cobbler has a super soft crust that’s covered in a tasty apple pie filling. The texture is different than a normal pie and has a yummy buttery spiced crust. Serve with vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt.

7. Dutch Apple Pie

Whole Dutch Apple Pie
  • Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Pie crust, apples, lemon juice, brown sugar, white sugar, flour, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, butter, and walnuts
  • Level: Beginner

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Did you know the first apple pie dates back to the 17th and 18th centuries and was then brought to America? It’s a super easy recipe with seven spices, cream, apples, and a pie crust. This flavorful Dutch apple pie is topped with a cinnamon brown sugar streusel and can be served warm or cold with a blob of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

6. Apple Pie

A slice of American apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream isolated on white background
  • Total Time: 1 hour 40 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Pastry crust, apples, lemon juice, brown sugar, white sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter, egg, milk
  • Level: Beginner

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This delicious apple pie is perfect for your next gathering. This apple pie is so easy to make, and you can customize it. If you are feeling adventurous, add raspberry jam, apple cider vinegar, or Bourbon.

5. Apple Cake

Slice of a freshly baked apple cake with whipped cream topping close-up. Chef serving a cake
  • Total Time: 1 hour and 45 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Apples, cinnamon, sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, vegetable oil, orange juice, vanilla essence, and eggs
  • Level: Beginner

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This golden oldie cake is perfect if you are not in the mood for a pie but want a cake that has the perfect amount of sweetness without being overpowering. It’s the best of both worlds — fruit and cake in one dessert.

4. Apple Cranberry Crisp

Apple Cranberry Crisp With Oatmeal-Cookie Crumble
  • Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Granny Smith apples, canned cranberries, white sugar, ground cinnamon, nutmeg, oats, all-purpose flour, light brown sugar, butter, and pecans
  • Level: Beginner

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Apples and cranberries are the best of both worlds. These two autumn fruits are a perfect Thanksgiving must-have dessert your guest will love.

3. Apple Fritters

Homemade desert apple fritters made with organic ingredients.
  • Total Time: 30- 40 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: All-purpose flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, milk, egg, oil, apples, and confectioners sugar
  • Level: Beginner

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We have all heard of pumpkin fritters; however, these apple fritters taste similar to a condensed funnel cake. Each bite is crispy and packed with delicious fruit.

2. Apple Dumplings

Freshly Baked Homemade Apple Dumplings in Apple Shaped Plate with Green and White Checked Napkin on Wooden Table; Apple Shaped Bowl of Brown Sugar Cinnamon Syrup in Background
  • Total Time: 55 minutes
  • Main Ingredients: Flour, baking powder, shortening, milk, salt, cooked Granny Smith apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter, hot water, heavy cream, or ice cream.
  • Level: Beginner

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With this recipe, each person can have their own flaky crust, spiced filling, and homemade syrup with a dollop of ice cream. Perfect for an apple dessert recipe to make the most of this fall’s harvest.

1. Caramel Apple Cheesecake

Apple caramel pecan cheesecake with dripping sauce with a slice cut out. Apple Dessert Recipes to Make the Most of This Fall's Harvest
  • Total Time: 50 minutes
  • Main ingredients: Cinnamon graham cracker crumbs, butter, apple pie filling, white sugar, cream cheese, vanilla extract, eggs, caramel, pecans,
  • Level: Beginner

This fall favorite dessert is the perfect sweet treat. With a buttery cinnamon graham cracker crust topped with caramel apple cheesecake, everyone will love and want more. 

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