18 Irresistible Apple Desserts You’ll Crave in Every Season
Apple desserts aren’t just for autumn—they’re a year-round craving waiting to happen. These 18 irresistible recipes showcase the sweet, tart magic of apples in everything from crumb-topped bars to decadent cheesecakes and flaky hand pies. Whether it’s spring, summer, fall, or winter, there’s always a reason to bake with apples. Get ready to enjoy comforting, crowd-pleasing treats in every season.
Fried Apple Rings
These fried apple rings are the perfect fall treat. They’re made with sliced apple rings, dipped in batter and deep fried and covered in cinnamon sugar. They are the perfect flavors of fall in one bite.
Caramel Apple Cider Cookies
One bite of these cookies will make you feel like you’ve got a sweater on with crunchy leaves beneath your feet! With a strong, sweet apple flavor paired with salted caramel, this cookie is one you will want to make over and over again.
Apple Pie French Toast Casserole
This apple pie French toast casserole is the best sweet and fruity breakfast dish that is perfect for any occasion! It combines the elements of classic French toast as well as homemade apple pie. You can even make it in advance for some easy overnight French toast!
Apple Cookies
This apple cookies recipe makes irresistibly soft snickerdoodles, spiced with cinnamon and full of bursts of sweet tart fruit!
Apple Cider Donut Bread Pudding
Have any leftover cider donuts from your trip to the cider mill? Try making this Easy Apple Cider Donut Bread Pudding topped with vanilla sauce and an apple compote.
Swedish Apple Pie
This Swedish Apple Pie is sure to be your new favorite! A layer of tart apples beautifully baked with brown sugar and warming spices are blanketed by a vanilla-scented crust. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for the ultimate apple pie experience.
Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars
You aren’t ready for the dessert mashup of the century! Caramel Apple cheesecake bars are deliciously a-peeling in the best way possible!
Homemade Apple Fritters
Homemade Apple Fritters are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside filled with sweet and tart apple chunks. The vanilla glaze is the icing on the cake.. or fritter. 🙂
Amish Apple Dumplings
These Apple Dumplings are the perfect combination between apples, cinnamon, and sugar, all wrapped up in a perfectly flaky biscuit. They’re the greatest comfort food!
Apple Strudel
This Apple Strudel recipe (Apfelstrudel in German) is easier than it seems and so much fun to make. And the resulting strudel is a delicious, festive dessert just like the ones you would get in Austria or Germany filled with sweet, spiced apples and raisins in a flaky crust that everyone will love!
How to Make Caramel Apples
Creating delicious caramel apples is a delightful and easy treat that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. With just a few simple ingredients and a straightforward process, you can whip up a batch of mouthwatering caramel apples in no time.
The Best Baked Apples
The Best Baked Apples are simple and can be prepared all the way until baking ahead of time. They are perfectly paired with a crisp apple wine and a generous scoop of vanilla, butter or caramel ice cream.
Easy Cranberry Apple Pie
Cranberry Apple Pie is a sweet-tart and totally refreshing take on a classic apple pie with bright bursts of cranberry flavor! The flaky, buttery crust, sweet apple-cranberry pie filling, and tart bursts of fresh cranberries with just a hint of cinnamon make for a delicious and festive Fall dessert, sure to delight guests and family this holiday season.
Puff Pastry Apple Roses
These Puff Pastry Apple Roses are as beautiful as they are delicious and a wonderful addition to your Thanksgiving dessert table or charcuterie board for special occasions. With only 5 ingredients, this dessert looks so elegant but is super simple to make!
Apple Hand Pies
Glazed Apple Hand Pies are like a cross because a handheld cookie and a slice of apple pie. They are the perfect thing for packing into back-to-school lunches for a sweet treat or for sharing with friends! Make everybody (especially teachers & students!) smile with these apple-shaped treats!
Apple Pie Bars
This apple pie bars recipe is easy and full of cozy flavor, with a spiced fruit filling, streusel topping, and tasty maple glaze!
Apple Dumplings (Grandma’s Recipe)
This apple dumplings recipe is truly the best! Tender, cinnamon-spiced apples are baked in a flaky pastry crust.
Cinnamon Apple Bread
This moist and tender Cinnamon Apple Bread has a scrumptious swirl of brown sugar apples in the middle and a crisp top drizzled with light cinnamon glaze. This easy to make apple bread will become a favorite fall treat and one of the best quick breads you’ll ever bake.
