Recipe Sifter

Celebrate the Kentucky Derby with this famous apple pie.

Layered apple kuchen: a tall German-Jewish bundt cake with three batter layers and two ribbons of cinnamon-sugar apples baked in between. The honey cake's apple-loving cousin.

Dutch apple bread with chopped apples and walnuts in a buttermilk batter, topped with a cinnamon-brown sugar streusel. A sweet quick bread that bakes into a tender loaf.

Brandy-soaked apple fritters in a light, airy batter with cinnamon and ginger, deep-fried golden and dusted with powdered sugar. Served warm with chilled whipped cream.

Zucchini Apple Bread: a fall-leaning loaf where grated apple meets shredded zucchini, walnuts, and a full tablespoon of cinnamon. Two-loaf yield with a moist, fruit-forward crumb.

Harvest apple pie with a rolled oat crust that bakes up flakier and toastier than the standard double crust. Cinnamon and nutmeg apples bubble underneath while the lattice top turns deep gold.

Slow cooker butternut squash with apples layered with brown sugar, butter, and mace. A sweet, caramelized side dish that cooks hands-free for hours.

Illinois apple pie stars Granny Smith apples with brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg tucked under a milk-washed, sugar-dusted double crust. A Midwestern classic that bakes up golden and bubbly.

Sausage-stuffed hamburger rolls wrap apple-spiced ground beef around pork sausage links, then simmer in pan gravy. A fall-flavored take on Scandinavian beef rolls.

Upside-down apple pie with a caramelized brown sugar and pecan bottom that becomes the glossy top when flipped. Glazed and served warm with the nuts on display.

Curried prawns and scallops in a creamy apple juice sauce with banana and dill. A sweet-savory seafood curry served over rice with Austrian-Indian flair.

Apple honey sesame oatmeal cookies sweetened entirely with apple juice and a spoon of honey, no refined sugar. Crisp, naturally sweet little oat rounds with a toasty sesame oil note.

Grandma's apple cake loaded with 4 cups of chopped apples and nuts in a moist, cinnamon-spiced oil batter. No mixer needed, baked in a tube pan and dusted with powdered sugar.

Upside-down apple pie with a caramelized pecan and brown sugar base that becomes a sticky, nutty topping when flipped. Cinnamon-nutmeg spiced apples in a double crust.

Upside-down apple gingerbread with sliced apples in brown sugar on the bottom, topped with a spiced molasses cake made with hot tea. A warm fall dessert inverted onto a plate.

Apple cranberry pie with Granny Smith slices, whole cranberries, and an oat-cinnamon crumble topping. The Thanksgiving pie that combines pie and crisp.