254 apple dessert recipes

Caramel pecan apple pie with a double crust, drizzled with caramel ice cream topping and sprinkled with chopped pecans right out of the oven. A simple twist on classic apple pie.

Spicy applesauce mold with cinnamon candies, nutmeg, and lemon juice sets into a shimmering gelatin dessert that's equal parts retro charm and warm autumn flavor.

Cranberry and Granny Smith apple pie with nutmeg in a double crust. Tart cranberries burst against sweet apples for a festive holiday pie with gorgeous ruby-red filling.

Ice cream pie with a self-forming spice cake crust that collapses into a pie shell as it bakes. Filled with maple nut or cinnamon ice cream and frozen until firm.

Fresh berry tarts: a pair of giant 10x15 inch sheet tarts with vanilla cream over sweet pie crust, one tart piled with glazed cherries, the other with glossy blueberries.

Apple pie flipped upside down so the brown sugar and walnuts melt into a sticky praline-style topping over a flaky double crust. Inverted onto a platter for the reveal.

Apple nut cake built on applesauce and olive oil with overlapping apple slices and a toasted cinnamon-sugar nut topping. A dairy-free, butter-free autumn cake that bakes into something moist, rustic and crowd-ready.

Summer celebration chocolate cake swaps some oil for applesauce in a buttermilk-cocoa sheet cake, topped with quick chocolate frosting. A potluck-ready eggless crowd-pleaser.

Easy cranberry apple pie with a bright, tart-sweet filling of fresh cranberries and apples, simmered with orange juice and warm spice until glossy. A festive holiday pie that slices clean.

Green tomato and apple pie with golden raisins, orange zest, and warm spices in a double crust. A classic end-of-season Southern way to use up the last unripe tomatoes from the garden.

Passover apple cake made with matzo meal and potato starch instead of flour. A fluffy, flourless sponge layered with grated cinnamon apples and lemon.

Easy meatless mincemeat pie made with green tomatoes, apples, raisins, brown sugar, and warm spices. A clever old-farm trick that uses end-of-season tomatoes to mimic traditional mincemeat.

An easy-to-make cake which is a perfect way to welcome the Autumn season!

Canned green tomato pie filling with Granny Smith apples, dark and white raisins, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves. A boiling-water canner recipe for preserving the fall harvest.

Pineapple carob cashew brownies made with whole wheat pastry flour, applesauce, honey, and no butter, eggs, or refined sugar. A naturally sweetened, caffeine-free vegan brownie.

Upside-down apple tart with caramelized Golden Delicious apples on a flaky cake-flour crust, finished with a brown sugar yogurt drizzle. A lighter take on classic tarte Tatin.