We’ve all had apple pie and apple crisp for dessert at some time or another. With a freezer and pantry full of apple preserves for the year it’s time to get creative with new apple dessert recipes your family will love !
In this post I’ve rounded up new apple recipes I’ve added to my list of recipes and I know you’re going to love too. Plus a great added benefit is that you can use all your apple preserves like frozen apple slices, apple pie filling, apple sauce and apple butter to make these desserts extra sweet.
APPLE DESSERT RECIPES
Apples are my favourite fruit to grow, bake with and preserve. So much so that I’ve got my self all wrapped up in a bit of a love affair with the different varieties, recipes, and so much more. With twenty or so apple trees on our homestead, there’s endless possibilities.
Wether you too have many apple trees, one or a neighbourhood of fruit just ready to be picked these recipes will help you make the most of an abundant apple harvest season. Go ahead and download our free vintage apple recipe card to record any recipes that get your mouth watering and feel free to share the sweetness by pinning or sharing on social.
CARAMEL APPLE DUMP CAKE
Caramel Apple Dump Cake is beyond easy to make using only a few ingredients. Simply throw it together and bake it in the oven for the perfect last minute desert or birthday cake. This recipe is ideal for baking with kids or when you’ve just ran out of time.
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars are a drool worthy summer and fall desert treat that your guests are going to ask you for the recipe upon first bite. Don’t worry, I’ve got you covered and this recipe is beyond simple.
OLD FASHIONED FRESH APPLE CAKE RECIPE
This super simple Fathers Cake is an old fashioned, from scratch cake recipe that comes from my great grandmothers cookbook. As you know, I'm a huge fan of anything involving apples, oats and old fashioned vintage things. So naturally this cake would be the icing on my cake!
OLD FASHIONED FRESH APPLE CAKE RECIPE
Homemade Apple Pie Recipe
This classic old fashioned apple pie recipe has an apple butter bottom, apple pie filling and a rich buttery crust for the best pie you’ve had. You’re going to love it. Just don’t forget the ice cream.
Skillet Apple Crisp
This easy apple crisp is made in the cast iron skillet with oatmeal as the topper. This is a perfect fall dessert to use up extra apples. Cast Iron Apple Crisp is a simple yet delicious old fashioned dessert. Perfect topped with ice cream or whipped cream for a crowd.
APPLE LAVENDAR GALETTE
This Apple Lavender Galette is a rustic and aromatic dessert with fresh apples, dried lavender buds, and a flaky homemade crust. It’s easier to make than a pie, but it’s just as delicious and is sure to impress everyone!
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APPLE LOAF CAKE
This Spiced Apple Loaf Cake with Applesauce makes the most delicious Autumn and Winter dessert. The Applesauce Bread is packed with chunks of Apples and Spices; perfect to enjoy with your afternoon tea!
APPLE ROSE TART
This stunning dessert is delicious, yet surprisingly easy to make! Wow your guests with this heavenly apple rose tart with dulce de leche! This tart is similar to the classic French apple tart, but instead of the apple compote on the bottom, I added dulce de leche, instead. The result? AMAZING! Apples are absolutely perfect with dulce de leche!
APPLE GALETTE
A perfect fall treat: an easy apple galette made from scratch with warm caramel drizzled on top. They're elegant, rustic, and so easy to make their nickname is ‘the lazy cook's apple pie'!
APPLE WALNUT CAKE
Autumn apple walnut cake, perfect for tea time. It’s fluffy, super moist, loaded with apples, nuts, and cinnamon. It‘s simple and quick to make. It’s sweetened with both brown sugar and honey. Brown sugar adds amazing caramel flavor and the honey makes the cake super moist. It also tastes amazing the next day!
APPLE CIDER CAKE
Super tender apple and spice cake layers filled with gooey caramel apple and coated in fluffy salted caramel buttercream. Apple Cider Cake is like going apple picking but not having to get out of the car, all the tastes of fall in one delicious cake!
APPLE PAN DOWDY
Apple Pan dowdy is a classic American dessert. Spiced apples are topped with rustic puff pastry and drizzled with melted butter, with a crunchy sugar crust.
BAKED STUFFED APPLES
You are going to love these Baked Stuffed Apples. They are deliciously packed with a crunchy oat filling containing buttery pecans and sweet raisins. Then they are baked in Lindemans Belgian Raspberry beer, which becomes wonderfully syrupy and adds an aromatic and fruity acidity. You can enjoy them as-is or with your favorite scoop of ice cream! This dessert is dairy-free.
GERMAN APPLE PANCAKE
Called Apfelpfannkuchen in German, this huge light and airy puff pancake is nothing like ordinary American pancakes. This custardy soufflé-like European pancake (also known as a Dutch baby) is made from a very eggy batter that is poured over caramelized cinnamon-sugar apples in a cast iron pan and baked until puffy and golden brown.
GERMAN APPLE CAKE
This classic fancy-looking cake is quick and easy to make and results in a flavorful, moist, and buttery cake with whole sliced apples on top. Versunkener Apfelkuchen translates to “sunken apple cake” because hasselback-style apples are placed on top of a simple batter, which rises and encases the apples during baking resulting in tender apples peeking out of the golden-brown cake.
APPLE PIE EGG ROLLS
These Apple Pie Egg Rolls are the perfect quick and easy treat for Fall! With just 5 ingredients, including apple pie filling, egg roll wrappers, vegetable oil, cinnamon and sugar, they come together in no time. Prepare a simple after dinner dessert that everyone will love in less than 30 minutes with these delicious Apple Pie Egg Rolls!
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Voula says
What an awesome post, Diana! That 3 ingredient caramel apple dump cake is calling my name!!!
Diana says
We just made it for my husbands birthday and the kids loved helping. I loved having less of a mess to clean up on a busy family day 😉
Emily Flint says
Since I LOVE apples this is the best post for me!! I can’t wait to make all of the things on this list. Thanks for adding my galette recipe and for giving me even more ideas for what to make with apples!
Diana says
I love galettes! I never heard of them until my bestie introduced them to me a few summers ago. They are perfect desserts for the summer- less time in the kitchen when it’s hot outside and you just want to swim or hide in the shade.