Apple Recipes

A traditional Appalachian stack cake with six ginger-spiced layers sandwiched together with applesauce filling, then left to meld overnight.

Autumn cheesecake crowned with cinnamon-sugar apple slices and toasted pecans over a creamy vanilla filling on a spiced graham cracker crust. Fall baking at its most elegant and indulgent.

Bigos, Poland's legendary hunter's stew: sauerkraut and cabbage simmered with roast pork, beef, ham, sausage, dried mushrooms, prunes, and red wine. Tastes even better reheated the next day.

Buttermilk cake baked over brown sugar and cinnamon-spiced apple halves, then flipped to reveal a sticky caramel apple top. Make-ahead friendly and serves 8.

Moist, delicious and packed with goodness. Great for breakfast or snack.

Westphalian cabbage (Kohl Westfalisch) braised with tart apples, caraway seeds, and beef broth, thickened with cornstarch and finished with red wine vinegar and sugar.

Make your ribs feel special with this easy-to-follow crockpot that will have dinner ready in a flash!

Spiced Angel-Food Cake with Cran-Apple Topping recipe

Homemade granola with rolled oats, bran flakes, slivered almonds, dried apples, and golden raisins bound with honey and applesauce. A low-fat, cinnamon-spiced breakfast cereal ready in under an hour.

Brown sugar apple squares with a buttery crumb base, sour cream batter, cinnamon, and chopped apples. The secret? They taste even better the next day. Makes 12.

Wenatchee applesauce muffins, a Pacific Northwest breakfast bake spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg and made tender with thick applesauce. Named for Washington's apple capital, these bake up moist with a domed top.

Apple-hazelnut muffins with ground hazelnuts replacing half the flour and chewy dried apple pieces folded in. A small-batch six-muffin recipe ready in 30 minutes for breakfast or coffee break.

Instead of store-bought pie crust, we made our own with most whole wheat flour and olive oil, which made the crust a lot healthier with flaky texture and delicious flavor. Now enjoy this juicy-fruity pie without feeling guilty at all.

A family favorite, try this simple recipe that makes a delicious apple butter that tastes amazing on toast!

Cranberries make this low-fat, healthy muffins a treat.

Old-fashioned tube cake packed with fresh apples, nuts, and raisins, then doused with brandy while still warm. Moist texture that improves overnight.