Apple Recipes

Raw apple bundt cake stays incredibly moist thanks to three cups of fresh chopped apples, plus flaked coconut, sweet dates, and toasted pecans. A dense, spiced fall cake that needs no frosting.

Classic moist carrot cake studded with grated carrot, crushed pineapple, and walnuts, warm with cinnamon and topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. The pineapple keeps every slice tender and moist.

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.

Sauteed fresh morel mushrooms with Granny Smith apples, asparagus tips, and butter noodles flambed with Calvados. A spring-foraged dish with chipotle heat and watercress garnish.

Slow cooker pork and apples in a creamy sage and white wine sauce, served with homemade cornmeal biscuits. Comfort food that practically cooks itself.

Midwest apple crunch pie tops sliced apples with a maple-scented sweetened condensed milk custard, then finishes with a brown sugar and granola streusel for the crunch on top. A Sunday-supper pie with a hearty crunch.

Caramel-glazed apple cake with overlapping apple slices on a buttery batter base, topped with cinnamon sugar and melted butter. A rustic sheet cake that caramelizes beautifully in the oven.

Apple cranberry nut muffins packed with shredded apples, carrots, tart cranberries, and walnuts. Spiced with cinnamon for a moist, bakery-style muffin loaded with fruit and crunch.

Cafe Beaujolais sour cream waffles with sauteed cinnamon apples and toasted pecans folded into a light, fluffy batter made with separated eggs and sour cream.

Traditional Irish apple cake with a buttery shortbread-style crust layered around spiced applesauce. A rustic Sunday dessert served warm with whipped cream, ice cream, or lemon sauce.

Individual French-style apple tarts with homemade butter pastry, applesauce base, thinly sliced apples fanned on top, and an apricot glaze. Elegant, bakery-quality dessert from scratch.

Pork cutlets with apples and cider cream sauce, seared fast in butter then finished with shallots, sliced apples, and a flour-thickened cider-beef-broth reduction. French-style bistro pork.

Apple nut muffins made with unsweetened applesauce, chopped nuts, and just a quarter cup of sugar. Tender, lightly sweet breakfast muffins with a moist apple crumb.

Oatmeal pancakes with chopped Jonathan apples and pecans, cooked in butter until golden. Hearty, rustic breakfast pancakes with fruit baked right into every bite.

Praline apple bread: a moist sour cream quick bread studded with Granny Smith apples and toasted pecans, finished with a buttery brown sugar praline glaze poured over the top. A standout fall bake.

Double-crust apple cranberry pie with crystallized ginger, lemon zest, and allspice. Decorated with pastry leaves and finished with demerara sugar for sparkle.