Apple Recipes

Slow cooker apple cake layers a biscuit-style base under sliced tart apples, cinnamon-sugar dust, and apricot jam. A vented crockpot lid keeps the cake from steaming dense.

Restaurant-style plum chutney with blood plums, apples, currants, ginger, curry powder, and brown sugar. A big-batch preserve that improves with age. Great for gifting.

A moist apple cake baked in a tube pan, packed with fresh apples and pecans, then drenched in a warm brown sugar caramel glaze that soaks right into the crumb. An old-fashioned keeper of a cake.

Cinnamon-apple cheesecake with a shortbread crust, creamy filling, overlapping apple slices on top, and a warm orange marmalade glaze. A fall cheesecake that's more fruit tart than dense New York style.

Curried rice with lentils, raisins, and apples: a vegan Indian-inspired one-pot pilaf with turmeric, ginger, curry, and sunflower seeds. Fat-free, high-fiber comfort with sweet and savory in every bite.

Harvest pot roast with pork shoulder, acorn squash, apples, potatoes, and carrots braised with chervil and finished with an apple cider vinegar pan gravy. Fall in a Dutch oven.

There is a bit of confusion about these two plants. For some reason,the fennel plant, which resembles celery with fern like tops, has been called sweet anise in produce markets. The true anise is cultivated only for its seeds. So what you see labelled "sweet anise" in your market is probably fennel, but no matter what you call it, this is a highly interesting vegetable. Every part of this aromatic plant has a taste and aroma similar to licorice. The stems are eaten like celery,uncook, or cooked and served as a vegetable (heavenly with apples in waldorf salad) available from September to May.

A bread machine oat loaf sweetened with honey and applesauce, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves. Just load the pan, press start, and let the machine do the work.

Chocolate applesauce cake baked in canning jars and sealed while hot. A moist, fudgy cake with almond extract that makes a unique homemade gift.

Apple bean bake with great northern beans, tart apples, onions, brown sugar, and a hint of cinnamon. A sweet-savory baked bean side that turns Sunday supper into something special.

Microwave apple crisp with Granny Smith apples under a brown sugar oat topping with cinnamon and nutmeg. A warm, spiced dessert ready in just over 20 minutes, no oven needed.

Fried apple pies are hand-held Southern hand pies with spiced apple filling tucked into a homemade dough, deep-fried golden and dusted with powdered sugar. Served warm with vanilla ice cream.

Fat-free apple coffeecake skips the butter and yolks: skim milk, egg whites, and corn syrup keep it tender and moist, with sliced apples and cinnamon sugar baked across the top. Brunch without the guilt.

Apple cheesecake with cinnamon-sugar apple topping over creamy cheesecake filling on a graham cracker crust, finished with chopped pecans. Fall-flavored dessert that bakes in one pan.

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

Harvest apple bread with three cups of fresh chopped apples in a brown sugar batter, topped with a warm cinnamon-almond streusel. Dense, moist, and loaded with fruit.