Apples make a tasty snack but they are also great for using in other dishes. These sweet and crunchy fruits range from tart to sweet and you can always find them at the grocery store as well as farmers’ markets when they’re in season. Whichever apple variety you happen to prefer, there are lots of different apple recipes to make, such as strawberry apple crisp or apple pie cookies. There are also some really tasty savory ones such as gouda sausage casserole with apples, a delicious breakfast dish!
Apple, Gouda and Sausage Breakfast Casserole
Apple, Gouda and sausage breakfast casserole makes a warming, hearty breakfast or easy family brunch recipe. Boasting the savoury flavours of onions, sausage, Gouda, and apples, this dish makes a great start to the day.
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Gluten Free Vegan Gingerbread Apple Cake
This gluten free and vegan gingerbread apple cake tastes so good. You’ll want to go back for seconds and thirds? It exists, and I am so excited to be sharing this recipe with you! With only a few simple ingredients, anyone can make this delicious cake for themselves or as a baked gift when visiting a friend’s house.
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Apple Pie Muffin Top Cookies with Vanilla Maple Glaze
These tasty apple pie muffin cookies are the best of both worlds for something that loves muffin tops and cookies. This delicious apple cookie recipe is sure to be a hit!
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Easy Instant Pot Fireball Apple Shortcakes
Instant Pot Fireball apple shortcakes are a winning dish! It’s made with cinnamon apples soaked in Fireball whisky along with premade sponge cake dessert cups. This boozy apple dessert is a great Autumn or Fall recipe. If you love apples and warm, spicy flavours, you will love this Fireball whiskey dessert recipe.
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Air Fryer Apricot Apple Cinnamon Dumplings
This is an autumn air fryer dessert with almond, sugar, caramel, and cinnamon flavours. The air fryer dumplings are made with puff pastry dough. You could make your own or save time using the readymade sheets.
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Easy Caramel Pretzel Apple Bark
Made with 4 ingredients only, this easy caramel pretzel apple bark is well worth making. A heavenly combo of green apples, caramels, chocolate and pretzels, this autumn dessert bark is a wonderful no bake apple dessert idea.
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Mini Caramel Apple Cheesecakes with Streusel Topping
Cheesecake bites offer an alternative to apple pie or apple crisp. These mini caramel apple cheesecakes with apple topping are simple to prepare and offer brown sugar, caramel, vanilla, cinnamon, and tart apple flavours in every mouthful.
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Apple Cinnamon Crumb Muffins
These apple cinnamon crumb muffins are a definite winner, with their sweet and fruity taste and irresistible crumbly texture. Whether you’re enjoying them for breakfast or as a snack, these autumn-inspired muffins will surely become a family favorite in no time!
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Easy Air Fryer Cinnamon Maple Baked Apples
Air fryer baked apples with a scoop of vanilla ice cream just has to be one of the most delicious air fryer apple dessert options. This is a beautiful, seasonal recipe which is perfect for the fall and these maple baked apples are just too good to miss out on.
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Homemade Apple Cinnamon Fritters
I love everything about homemade apple cinnamon fritters. I love the way these fried apple donuts smell while they cook. And I love how juicy the apple flavour is. Knowing how to make apple fritters means you can forget having to trek to the grocery store or bakery.
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Campfire Apple Crisp
Campfire apple crisp is fun to make if you’re camping, and it’s also a tasty dessert idea if you’re not! Juicy apples are sweetened with sugar and flavoured with cinnamon, and this campfire apple dessert is topped with a sweet and crunchy crumb topping. It’s a decadent campfire dessert which everyone will love.
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Tasty Apple Cider Mojito – Autumn co*cktail
mojitos are usually refreshing combinations of lime, rum and mint with some club soda and sugar. Apple cider has a very different flavour profile and is fruity, sweet and rich. This Autumn co*cktail with cider brings the best of both worlds into one glass though. This boozy cider recipe will be a Fall favourite.
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Easy DIY Caramel Apples
Caramel apples for Halloween are a very easy recipe. A Halloween caramel apple is sure to appeal to everyone’s palate. You will need a few items to make these, such as a candy thermometer, wax paper to catch excess caramel drip and of course the rest of the Halloween caramel ingredients.
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Apple Shortcakes with Maple Whipped Cream
This shortcake recipe uses in season apples to make a tasty twist on a classic. Top this treat with maple whipped cream for a fall dessert you are going to love from the first smell!
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Easy Candy Apples
These easy candy apples make a delicious Autumn and Halloween treat. I love homemade red candy coated apples. I think a lot of people have fond memories of these from their childhood and still love them later on. I know I do! This recipe makes the BEST candied applies.
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Apple Cake with Caramel Frosting
This moist cake has so much apple flavor. The frosting sets it off just right for a caramel apple delight, but you could skip the frosting and serve this cake for breakfast if you desire.
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Toffee Apple Cider Fireball Hot Toddy
The butterscotch liqueur and cinnamon whiskey blend beautifully with this hot cider co*cktail. You will love the flavour of apple cider and Fireball together in this caramel apple hot toddy recipe.
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Homemade Guava Applesauce
When you combine guava and apple sauce with sugar, vanilla and cinnamon, you end up with this tasty treat. So forget guava flavoured applesauce from the store (if they carry it and not many do) and prepare applesauce from scratch with guava to give your taste buds a real treat.
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Apple Pie à la Mode co*cktail
Add this apple co*cktail recipe to your list to make this fall. It would be perfect for after a day at the pumpkin patch or apple picking. You will love how Fireball co*cktails will warm your soul! You will become an instant fan of this apple cinnamon co*cktail made with apple cider.
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Caramel Apple Napoleons
Use frozen pastry sheets to make these napoleon shells super easy. This is the pefect dessert to serve when you can’t decide between a caramel apple and a pastry as it combines them into one great sweet.
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Apple Pie Monkey Bread
Bring big apple flavors to your next monkey bread with this easy recipe. Make it for breakfast or as a dessert that everyone will love.
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Apple Cheddar Melt
Cheddar cheese and apples are perfect partners for this easy melt. Make these for a comforting lunch that captures the flavor of fall with plenty of cheese!
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Apple Crisp Stuffed Baked Apples
This recipe is gorgeous to look at and to taste! Baked apples are stuffed with apple crisp, then drizzled liberally with butterscotch sauce for such a delicious dessert!
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Apple Bacon Grilled Cheese with Fig Jam
This grilled cheese has a serious upgrade! Apples, bacon and plenty of cheese are grilled to perfection and served with fig jam for a meal with many delicious elements.
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Strawberry Apple Crisp
This crisp has strawberries and apples for a wonderful combination of fruity flavors! I know you will love it as is, or topped with whipped cream or ice cream.
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Apple Dutch Baby
When was the last time you made dutch baby pancakes for breakfast? This recipe adds plenty of apples to the dish for great flavor you are sure to love for breakfast or brunch.
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Baked Apple Oatmeal
Baked oatmeal is so tasty for breakfast. Make this to serve a crowd a healthy dish that has so much apple flavor!
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Apple Pie Cookies
This recipe brings apple flavor to a tasty cookie! Make these for the ultimate fall sweet. Pair these with a cup of hot apple cider, or a glass of milk.
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Queso Fresco with Apples
This easy dish has plenty of fresh cheese mingling with fresh apples. The result is the most decadent dish that is fillied with tasty latin flavors.
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Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls
Pack caramel apple flavor into your next batch of cinnamon rolls for a perfect fall sweet to share. Make these for breakfast or dessert, either way they will be a welcome sight!
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Caramelized Apple Slices
Have you ever wondered what a caramelized apple would taste like? This recipe is well worth the effort to make such a yummy snack option for fall.
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Crescent Roll Apple Turnovers
Crescent rolls make a great shortcut to get turnover flavor in no time. This recipe is flaky, fruity and perfect to share with someone special.
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Smoked Apples
Smoked apples are going to be your favorite way to have fruit for dessert. Serve these with ice cream for a completely different exeperience with apples as dessert.
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Baked Apple Pie Egg Rolls
These apple pie egg rolls are baked to make them healthier. You are going to love these on a cool fall day, fresh from the oven.
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Apple Cider Slush
On a warm fall day nothing hits the spot like an apple cider slushie. Instead of jumping in the car hoping to find a cider slushie place in your town, why not make this easy drink recipe instead?
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Brown Butter Apple Blondies
Brown butter apple blondies are sure to be a favorite fall treat to bake and share. These have such a delectable flavor and they are easy to bake whenever a craving for apple treats arrives.
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