Whether you’re looking to dig into the best apple desserts to try and impress your family or you just want some apple dessert ideas to keep in your back pocket for a holiday or gathering, this is the ultimate apple dessert list!
Check out the easy apple desserts, including apple pies and tartlets, or try your hand at some of the more intricate desserts made with apples so you can learn new techniques in the kitchen.
Apples are some of the most delicious dessert ingredients, and you might be surprised how versatile they can be and the sheer number of apple desserts that you can come up with.
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Best Apple Desserts
These are the best apple desserts, including desserts with apples like apple ice cream, apple tarts, and apple pies!
Apple Crisp without Oatmeal
This recipe for Apple Crisp without Oatmeal is a classic fall dessert. The tender apple filling with cinnamon and brown sugar and crispy, crumbly topping have all the nostalgic flavors you remember in this timeless old fashioned dessert.
Deep Fried Apples Recipe
Looking for a tasty apple recipe to make with all those apples from the orchard? These deep fried apples are a great snack, side or breakfast treat.
Cinnamon Sugar Baked Apple Donuts
Apple Donuts, a year-round favorite, are especially popular at my house as the temperatures cool and summer gives way to fall. Soft pillowy inside, sweet crunchy outside, these delicious Cinnamon Sugar Baked Apple Donuts are made with applesauce and go perfectly with your morning cup of coffee or fresh out of the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Gluten-Free Vegan Apple Hand Pies
These gluten-free vegan apple hand pies are a tasty grab-and-go dessert recipe for this Fall season. They’re extremely portable – which means no plates or forks needed here!
Apple Oatmeal Cookies with Cinnamon Caramel
A fall variation on chewy oatmeal cookies, filled with par-dehydrated apple pieces and topped with a drizzle of cinnamon-infused caramel.
Gluten-Free Baked Stuffed Apples (with dairy-free and vegan options!)
These baked stuffed apples are so easy to make and so versatile, too! Top them with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, a spoonful of whipped cream, or a drizzle of caramel sauce!
Snicker Apple Salad - Snickers Salad
Have apples, but don't feel like baking? Make this delicious Snickers Apple Salad.
Apple Tart
This apple tart looks so impressive, but is actually simple to make. Made with a puff pastry crust and fresh apples!
Easy Apple Rose Tart with Dulce de Leche
This stunning dessert is delicious, yet surprisingly easy to make! Wow your guests with this heavenly apple rose tart with dulce de leche!
Vegan Apple Cake
This moist and delicious Vegan Apple Cake is the best way to enjoy those sweet and juicy fall produce! A delightfully spiced cake crammed with crisp apple chunks that you can make using one bowl in just 45 minutes. Enjoy is as a sweet afternoon snack with your favorite hot drink or as a dessert with a scoop of vegan ice cream on top.
Streusel Top Apple Muffins (No Mixer)
These moist, streusel top apple muffins are packed with juicy apples and a crunchy streusel topping! Perfect for breakfast and easy to make!
Apple Cinnamon Bread
A slice of this delectable and fragrant Apple Cinnamon Bread is crammed with crisp apple bits, fragrant cinnamon, chewy raisins, crunchy walnuts, and melty chocolate chips!
Apple Brown Betty
Apple Brown Betty is a classic baked apple recipe that’s super easy to make. It’s loaded with spices and topped with a sugary crust people can’t get enough of!
Apple Granola Topped Goodness
This Apple Granola Topped goodness recipe is the perfect no-guilt indulgence! A delicious way to get your fruit servings in!
Apple Slab Pie
Apple Slab Pie has warm, tender spiced apple filling that’s sandwiched between a layer of flaky crust and finished off with a coat of glaze! Cooks in just 35 minutes!
Apple Crumble Tartlets
These cute apple crumble tartlets are easy to make. Perfect fall treats for dessert tables and special occasions!
5-Ingredient Green Apple Curd (with Lemon & Cinnamon)
This 5-Ingredient Green Apple Curd is ultra juicy, cinnamon-packed, and infused with double the lemon goodness (zest and juice) for a richer flavour.
Vegan Apple Sauce Cake
This vegan apple sauce cake is soft, airy, juicy and super moist. Made in under an hour and completely beginner-friendly.
Apple Crisp Macchiato Bars
These Apple Crisp Macchiato Bars have an espresso shortbread crust topped with an apple-cinnamon filling, then with a crisp cinnamon-espresso topping! These bars are so cozy and delicious!
Cast Iron Skillet Apple Crisp
This skillet apple crisp baked in a cast iron skillet is easy, delicious and the perfect holiday dessert to serve for Thanksgiving or Christmas!
Caramel Apple Shortcake
This Caramel Apple Shortcake has cornmeal buttermilk biscuits topped with caramel baked apples, cinnamon-cardamom whipped cream, and homemade salted caramel sauce! This unique dessert is so cozy and delicious!
Caramel Apple Angel Food Cake
This Caramel Apple Angel Food Cake is a light, fluffy apple angel food cake drizzled with a caramel glaze and homemade salted caramel sauce, then topped with cinnamon apple chips!
Easy Apple Crisp with Oats Recipe
Apple Crisp with Oats is made with granny smith apples and a crispy oat topping. It is perfect for a Thanksgiving dessert or early fall evening. Serve them warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or whipped cream, and your taste buds will thank you!
Apple Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting
These sweet apple cinnamon rolls are the perfect autumn treat. A base of enriched dough is combined with seasonal apples, brown sugar, and cinnamon, then topped with a simple cream cheese frosting.
Gluten Free Apple Pie Recipe
This Gluten Free Apple Pie recipe makes a delicious, homemade apple pie that taste just like grandma used to make. Sweet, spiced apples in a flaky gluten free pie crust is perfection.
Cinnamon Roll Apple Pie
The easiest dessert you'll ever make! This cinnamon roll apple pie is just 2 ingredients, but screams fall!
Easy Air Fryer Apples
These air fryer apple wedges are coated with graham cracker crumbs and cinnamon. Dip them in caramel sauce for a decadent dessert!
Jewish Apple Cake with Cider Glaze
Jewish apple cake is a brown sugar bundt cake that is loaded with cinnamon sugar apples and cozy Fall flavors!
Paleo Apple Pie Bars
These are the best apple pie bars! They have a flaky shortbread crust, a cinnamon spiced apple pie filling and are topped with a rich and creamy caramel sauce. They are the perfect fall treat.
Apple Dumpling Roll Ups
The dough is a biscuit dough/ pie crust hybrid that is soft and flaky and fluffy. It's filled with a delicious apple filling reminiscent of apple pie, and baked in a sauce that turns into a caramel-y cinnamon-y syrup.
Easy Apple Pie Pizza
This EASY apple pie pizza is a great fall dessert. It’s the perfect crowd pleaser that makes enough for ten people. It won’t last long!
Grandma’s Canned Apple Pie Filling
The recipe for this delicious canned apple pie filling has been handed down for generations. It makes a perfect dessert for Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, or any occasion that needs an apple pie.
Best Apple Crumble Cake
This apple crumble cake is made with a buttery cinnamon spiced cake that is filled with fresh chopped apples, and topped with crumble topping!
Easy Apple Crumble Muffins
These apple crumble muffins are made with moist cinnamon muffin batter, filled with chopped apples, topped with a buttery crumble, and topped with a delicious glaze.
Apple Butter Snickerdoodle Cookies
Apple butter cookies are the best treat to bake this fall season. They are soft and chewy with a cinnamon sugar coating and an apple butter-filled center that is perfect for apple lovers!
Cardamom Apple Fritters
These cardamom apple fritters have crispy edges and soft centres, with the best warm gooey apples. Always a family favorite dessert!
Chai Apple Cinnamon Scones
These fresh apple cinnamon scones have the best apple flavor, warm spices, and a delicious cinnamon glaze on top. They are perfect for any fall breakfast, brunch, or dessert occasion!
Apple Cider Donut Loaf Cake
This easy apple cider donut loaf cake is the perfect Fall dessert. Super moist with warm flavors and a donut-y texture, it's just like an apple cider donut in cake form!
Apple Cookies - Easy Drop Cookie for the Fall!
These Apple Cookies are so delicious! Apple Cookies are drop cookies, the easiest cookie you can make! The inside is soft and chewy and the apples and nuts give them a nice, crispy crunch!
Apple Spice Cake Whoopie Pies
Apple Spice Cake Whoopie Pies are the perfect spiced up version of a traditional favorite – drawing its flavor from apple butter, with an old-fashioned taste that is the essence of comfort food.
Slow Cooker Oatmeal Apple Cobbler (Gluten Free)
Your home is going to smell amazing as this oatmeal apple cobbler slowly cooks in your Crockpot. The combination of apples, oats, brown sugar and cinnamon makes this dessert an absolutely knock-out!
Rustic Apple Tart Recipe - Just Two Minutes!
If you want a fabulous recipe that looks impressive but without all of the work, you’re going to fall over for this two-minute Rustic Apple Tart recipe!
Apple Pandowdy with Blackberries
This easy rustic Autumn dessert is called an Apple Pandowdy with blackberries. Easier than a pie, simple as a cobbler, just as tasty as either!
Apple Curd
This homemade apple curd is luxurious and incredibly versatile. With just six ingredients its easy to make and a great way to use lots of fresh apples.
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