1,662 fruit recipes

Grilled Granny Smith apples in foil packets with golden raisins and brown sugar. A simple 4-ingredient dessert cooked right on the grill alongside your main course.

Refreshing potato salad with crisp Delicious apples, crunchy celery, and fat-free dressing. The apples add unexpected sweetness and crunch. Chill several hours before serving.

Pineapple mint sorbet blends fresh pineapple, orange juice, lime, and mint into a smooth, tangy frozen dessert. A light palate cleanser or refreshing warm-weather finish, no ice cream maker required.

Fluffy vanilla meringue tops a tangy lemon-spiked applesauce custard for a light, elegant dessert that's equally good hot or cold.

Space Needle Blast-Off Punch: a Seattle World's Fair-era rum cocktail with orange curacao, orange juice, and sweet-and-sour. Tropical, citrus-forward, and easy to shake up.

Maple applesauce simmers peeled apples with cinnamon sticks and a splash of maple syrup. Just four ingredients, no added sugar beyond the syrup. Serve warm over potato pancakes or regular pancakes.

Baked apples stuffed with dried figs, cinnamon, and lemon zest, basted in orange juice. A naturally sweet dessert with no added sugar or butter.

Pears poached in red Burgundy wine with cinnamon and lemon zest. An elegant French dessert with just 5 ingredients, served warm or cold in ruby-red syrup.

Homemade chunky applesauce with brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla. Just simmer tart apples until tender and mash to your favorite texture. Four ingredients, one pot, zero preservatives.

Free-form apple tart made with store-bought pie crust, thinly sliced Golden Delicious apples, cinnamon sugar, and a warm apricot jam glaze. Rustic, simple, and gorgeous.

Frozen cranberry slices with cranberry sauce, crushed pineapple, sour cream, and pecans. A make-ahead holiday salad that slices clean and keeps for weeks in the freezer.

Plum-almond tart on puff pastry with toasted almonds, fresh sliced plums, lemon zest, and a built-up pastry border. Uses store-bought puff pastry for an elegant dessert in 40 minutes.

Fresh fig halves stuffed with semisweet chocolate chips, chopped fresh mint, and toasted almonds, then baked until warm and melty. An elegant 4-ingredient bite for fig season.

Peaches in red wine Tuscan style with blanched peaches soaked in a hot vanilla-sugar wine syrup with roasted almonds and fresh mint. An elegant Italian summer dessert.

Flaming bananas (bananas Foster) pan-fried in brown sugar and margarine, then flambeed with rum. A dramatic tableside dessert that's impressive to serve and simple to make.

Old-fashioned candied figs, apricots, or tomatoes preserved in sugar syrup over several days, then sun-dried and sugar-dredged. A slow, sweet, heritage preserving project.