Recipe Sifter

Sweet dessert quiche filled with sliced apples and raisins in a creamy cinnamon custard. The fruit base gets topped with rich cream and eggs that bake into silky smoothness. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Skip the pastry and make this easy apple dessert. Tart Granny Smith apples baked under a buttery cake-like batter with cinnamon, nutmeg, and walnuts.

Soft, spiced drop cookies loaded with chopped fresh apples, raisins, and nuts, then finished with a simple vanilla glaze. An old-fashioned fall cookie with a cake-like bite and warm spice flavor.

Overnight apple French toast assembled the night before and baked in the morning. Caramelized brown sugar and Granny Smith apples on the bottom, custard-soaked bread on top, served with a warm apple-cinnamon syrup.

Irish potato and apple pudding wraps spiced apples in a soft mashed-potato pastry, then steams it in a basin until tender. A traditional rural Irish dessert served with cream or custard.

Warm sauteed apples, pears, and onion rings in a honey-sherry-vinegar sauce served over fresh spinach. A warm-cold salad with sweet fruit and tangy dressing that wilts the greens.

Instead of using cake mix to make a cake, we use whole wheat pastry flour to make a tart, and we fill up the tart with sliced apples, sprinkling with some sugar, after making this delicious and healthy apple tart, we decorate with fresh blueberries and strawberries. Definitely will impress everyone, and enjoy this delicious flag apple tart without guilt.

Lemony apple muffins brighten classic apple muffins with fresh lemon zest and juice plus 2 cups of grated green apple. Optional toasted pecans add crunch to a tender, fruit-packed crumb.

Cinnamon oatmeal apple cookies fold grated apple, raisins, and whipped egg whites into an oat batter sweetened with apple juice or honey. Soft, lightly spiced, naturally low-fat cookies.

Apple strudel wraps sliced apples, raisins, ground almonds, lemon zest, and cinnamon in buttery layers of crisp phyllo pastry. Old-world Austrian dessert that makes two strudels from one batch.

A quick bread that reminds one of apple pie with every bite. Made with apples, oats, buttermilk, honey, and cinnamon, this bread is a comforting blend of flavors and textures that brings the best of apple pie and bread together in one delicious treat.

Butternut squash and apple soup blends Granny Smith with rosemary and marjoram, thickened naturally with bread cubes and finished with an egg yolk and cream liaison. Pure autumn in a bowl.

Apple walnut crumb muffins with grated apple, toasted wheat germ, cinnamon, and a buttery oat crumb topping. A hearty whole-grain-friendly breakfast muffin.

Butternut squash bisque simmered with apples, walnuts, apple cider, and warm fall spices. A creamy autumn soup with optional cheddar and a touch of cream for richness.

Homemade apple-berry granola: oats, pecans, pumpkin seeds, and dried cranberries baked with fresh granny smith apple, maple syrup, and cinnamon until golden and crisp. Naturally gluten-free.

Cinnamon raisin apple muffins are wholesome whole-wheat muffins with no added sugar, sweetened naturally by apple juice and applesauce. Egg-free and dairy-free, they double as a make-ahead jar mix gift.