Quick and Easy Apple Dessert Recipes

on Sep 18, 2024

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From rich apple syrups to classic apple pie, these recipes celebrate fall’s favorite fruit in a variety of creative ways. Whether you’re looking for quick treats or more elaborate desserts, these dishes capture the warm, comforting flavors of apples, perfect for the autumn season.

Apple Syrup

This quick apple syrup recipe combines apple juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and applesauce for a fall-inspired treat. It’s perfect for topping pancakes or French toast and can be made in under 30 minutes.

Amish Apple Fritter Bread

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This moist and flavorful apple fritter bread is made with cinnamon-sugar layers and sweet diced apples, perfect for breakfast or dessert. A delicious homemade take on classic apple fritters.

Apple Butter Crescent Twists

This quick and easy fall dessert uses refrigerated crescent dough, apple butter, and a buttery cinnamon-sugar topping. It creates warm, flaky twists perfect for breakfast or dessert. Get the recipe for Apple Butter Twists here.

Easy French Apple Cake

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This simple and elegant French apple cake features a tender, buttery crumb filled with tart apple slices. It’s an easy recipe with basic ingredients, perfect for a fall dessert or snack.

Mini Apple Pie Rolls

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These easy mini apple pies are made with just two ingredients—refrigerated cinnamon rolls and apple pie filling. Baked in a muffin tin, they’re a quick and fun dessert that’s perfect for fall.

Apple Cider Cake

This 5-ingredient apple cider cake combines spice cake mix and apple pie filling, resulting in a rich, moist bundt cake reminiscent of apple cider doughnuts. It’s a simple yet flavorful fall treat that can be dressed up with caramel sauce or cinnamon sugar.

Apple Pie Bars

These apple pie bars feature a buttery crust, sweet apple filling, and a crumbly topping, making them a portable and easy-to-serve alternative to traditional apple pie. They are perfect for sharing at gatherings or as a weekday dessert.

Homemade Apple Pie Spice

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This simple apple pie spice blend combines cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger, creating a perfect fall mix for all your baking needs. It’s a versatile addition to pies, muffins, and more.

Apple Nachos

A white platter holds sliced green and red apples, drizzled with caramel sauce and sprinkled with chocolate chips, set against a beige cloth background. — Image Credit: To Simply Inspire

Sliced apples are drizzled with peanut butter, chocolate, and other toppings like nuts or coconut for a fun, healthy snack. Perfect for kids or a light dessert, these apple nachos are customizable with your favorite flavors.

The Best Apple Pie

A slice of layered apple pie with a flaky golden crust is served on a white plate. The remaining pie is in a dish in the background. — Image Credit: Balancing Motherhood

A classic apple pie recipe featuring a buttery, flaky crust and perfectly spiced apple filling. It’s an easy, foolproof method for baking a delicious homemade pie.

Apple French Toast Casserole

A slice of apple crumble cake on a white plate is being drizzled with syrup. In the background, there is a halved apple and two glasses of milk. — Image Credit: On My Kids Plate

This French toast casserole combines French toast with baked apples and spices, making a cozy, overnight dish perfect for breakfast or brunch. It’s simple to prepare and ideal for feeding a crowd.

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