400 apple cinnamon recipes

Juice from Concord grapes is packed with potent polyphenyls and research shows that the consumption of Concord grape juice can help promote a healthy heart and may help prevent heart disease and other chronic diseases by improving the body’s ability to deal with oxidative stress.

Old Virginia wassail simmers apple cider, orange juice, pineapple juice, and warm cinnamon-clove spices in a stovetop percolator. A fragrant Southern holiday punch for a crowd.

Hot apple muffins with chopped apples in the batter and a cinnamon-sugar apple ring baked on top of each one. A big-batch breakfast muffin best served straight from the oven.

Tart rhubarb and sweet apple pie filling spiced with cinnamon in a flaky double crust, thickened with tapioca for a perfectly sliceable filling. This apple rhubarb pie is a springtime classic.

Old-fashioned mincemeat pie with ground caribou, apple cider, raisins, currants, and warm spices, spiked with brandy. A lattice-topped holiday classic with a wild game twist.

This Eastern European compote simmers dried apples, pears, prunes, and raisins in apple cider with honey and warm spices. A make-ahead fruit dessert that improves over two weeks in the fridge.

Mini apple pies use refrigerated biscuit dough as a fast pastry shortcut. Each rolled biscuit wraps a tablespoon of cinnamon-sugar apple-raisin filling and bakes in muffin cups. Ten warm hand pies in 15 minutes.

Low-fat apple oat crisp with applesauce in the filling and a whole wheat oat topping with just a tablespoon of margarine. Only 85 calories per serving.

No-cook tofu cheesecake with a Grape-Nuts crust sweetened by apple juice concentrate and honey-vanilla filling. Dairy-free, vegetarian, and richer the longer it chills.

Chunky apple butter made overnight in a crockpot with Granny Smith apples, applesauce, brown sugar, and warm spices. Set it before bed and wake up to fall in a jar.

Hot buttered cider spiked with rum and simmered with whole cinnamon, allspice, cloves, and lemon peel. A warming spiked apple drink topped with a melting pat of butter.

Praline apple waffle cookies baked right in a waffle iron, with shredded apple, chopped pecans, and a cinnamon-sugar dusting. A two-minute cookie shortcut with crisp patterned edges.

Cider apple cake: a sheet cake layered with thin-sliced apples and a cinnamon-pecan-sugar streusel, built on a batter moistened with dry apple cider. Autumn on a plate.

Baked winter squash and fruit roasts butternut, yam, apple, pear, and banana with cider and warm spices. A naturally sweet, oil-free Thanksgiving side dish.

Whole baked apples cored and stuffed with dried cherries, chopped almonds, cinnamon, and brown sugar, then baked in apple juice and honey until fork-tender. A rustic fall dessert lighter than pie but just as comforting.

White sangria built on dry white wine, cinnamon simple syrup, sparkling water, and citrus and apple slices for a chilled summer pitcher that pours light and crisp.