Apple Recipes

Apple cake with caramel sauce loaded with cinnamon, pecans, and fresh apples. A simple one-bowl batter topped with buttery brown sugar caramel poured on hot from the oven.

Mock mincemeat made from green tomatoes, apples, and raisins with cinnamon, allspice, and cloves. No meat needed. Water-bath canned for shelf-stable holiday pies and baking.

Caramel apple cheesecake on a graham cracker crust with a gooey caramel layer, cinnamon-apple cream cheese filling, and a caramel-apple-pecan topping. A fall showstopper dessert.

Crustless apple pie that bakes in 30 minutes with cinnamon, nutmeg, and chopped nuts. The batter forms its own tender crust around the apples, no rolling, no chilling, no fuss.

Applejack apple slab pie bakes 25 sliced tart apples with cinnamon and butter between a shortening pastry crust in a sheet pan, then drizzles with a sweet cream glaze. Crowd-feeding holiday pie.

Whole wheat bread machine loaf made with crumbled shredded wheat cereal, applesauce, honey, and brown sugar. Just dump, press start, and wait for that fresh bread smell.

Bread machine apple cinnamon loaf with chunks of fresh apple mixed into a tender crumb. Use the raisin setting and add apples at the pause for a hands-off breakfast bread.

Wholesome cookies sweetened only with apple juice concentrate and applesauce, packed with crunchy granola for a guilt-free treat.

Flaky phyllo pastry wrapped around sweet-savory cabbage filling with apples, dates, and tangy mustard sour cream for an elegant vegetarian main or show-stopping side dish.

Tender lamb shoulder braised with paprika, tarragon, and garlic, then finished with tangy yogurt and sweet apple chunks. A hearty Ukrainian Cossack-style stew that serves 6.

Lasagne frutta layers lasagna noodles with a sweet mascarpone-cottage cheese filling, tart apples, raisins, and pistachios. An Italian dessert lasagna with lemony cream and fruit.

A traditional Jewish tzimmes with sweet potatoes, butternut squash, Granny Smith apples, prunes, and sweet red wine, baked with warm spices. A holiday side dish with deep roots.

Classic Russian Olivier salad with boiled potatoes, carrots, peas, chicken, apples, and orange in a creamy egg yolk, mayonnaise, and sour cream dressing. Chilled overnight for deep, layered flavor.

Apple date strudel rolls a homemade dough around toasted Zwieback crumbs, sliced apples, dates, walnuts, and cinnamon-sugar, then bakes into a buttery horseshoe-shaped German pastry.

A different approach to classic German apple pancake, it tastes more sophisticated. Kids will find more fun from these rolled-up pancakes stuffed with applesauce and raisins, smothered in a custard-like creamy mixture.

Slow cooker sauerkraut supper with Polish kielbasa, bacon, cubed apples, potatoes, and caraway seeds. A hearty Old World one-pot meal that cooks all day.