Recipe Sifter

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 fresh take on spinach salad. This sweet and savory salad is a wonderful alternative to the bacon and tomato variety.

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

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.

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

Roasted chicken braised with apple juice, French-style green beans, and diced apples in a warm cinnamon pan sauce. A savory-sweet one-pan fall dinner.

Simple apple crisp with tender cinnamon-spiced apples under a buttery golden crust ready in 40 minutes for an easy fall dessert that begs for vanilla ice cream.

Deep-dish apple pie bursting with cinnamon-spiced fruit and plump raisins under a golden, flaky crust. Warm, comforting dessert with hints of lemon and nutmeg.

Naturally sweetened mashed sweet potatoes with diced apples, cloves, and apple juice concentrate for a healthier holiday side dish without marshmallows or brown sugar.

Roasted pork tenderloin with cinnamon-spiced apples and raisins. Only 5 ingredients, 5 minutes of prep, and one pan for an easy weeknight dinner.

Slow cooker bratwurst with apple kraut, brown sugar, and caraway seeds. A German-style crockpot meal with just 6 ingredients and 10 minutes of prep.

Treat your kids to this rich and scrumptious dessert that will make them eager to help you the next time you go to make them!

Apple molasses pecan pie marries two Thanksgiving classics into one. Sliced apples and toasted pecans bound in a brandy-spiked molasses filling, finished with a buttery lattice crust.

Light spiced apple cake with nutmeg and ginger, topped with cinnamon-walnut sugar before baking. Cut into rectangles and serve warm or at room temperature for coffee cake perfection.

Old-fashioned mincemeat pie with ground caribou, apple cider, raisins, currants, and warm spices, spiked with brandy. A lattice-topped holiday classic with a wild game twist.

Authentic Victorian mincemeat with boiled calf's tongue, suet, dried fruit, candied citrus peel, brandy, and whiskey. Cures in a crock for 7 weeks before becoming Christmas pie filling. Yields 96 servings.