45 Must-Try Best Apple Dessert Recipes

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Here’s 45 Must-Try Best Apple Dessert Recipes that will make your tastebuds sing! Ladies and gentlemen, a round of apple-ause! It’s time to expand your apple horizons with these 45 must-try best apple dessert recipes! Hooray for apple season! 

Can you tell we love this season to its core? From our viral apple fritter bread to salted caramel apple blondies, get ready to indulge in a variety of flavors and textures that will leave you wanting more. So grab your apron and let’s dive into the apple orchard of dessert heaven together. Hope you find all of these apple recipes a-peeling!

45 Must-Try Best Apple Dessert Recipes

Grandma’s Classic Biscuit Apple Cobbler

Welcome to a heartwarming journey back to Grandma’s kitchen, where the aroma of fresh-baked apple cobbler filled the air and signaled the arrival of a beloved family treat. This classic biscuit apple cobbler recipe is a cherished heirloom, passed down through generations and perfected with love.

Apple Crumble Muffins

Our sweet Apple Crumble Muffins recipe is loaded with juicy apples & cinnamon flavor with a buttery brown sugar crumble topping & glaze and is the perfect choice when you’re looking for a delicious snack for the family or for a special breakfast treat.

Caramel Apple Cupcakes

Are you looking for an easy but delicious fall recipe that involves the flavors of a classic caramel apple? Why not create a batch of these delicious Caramel Apple Cupcakes that will have your guests raving?

Easy Homemade Apple Crisp Recipe

This Easy Homemade Baked Apple Crisp recipe with a buttery, brown sugar & oat crumble topping is so deliciously comforting, especially when served warm with ice cream on top.  This fall dessert will definitely impress your family and friends!

Healthy Apple Zucchini Bread

Are you looking for a healthy, delicious bread to make with in-season fruits and veggies? Look no further! This recipe for Healthy Apple Zucchini Bread offers a vegan option to make a tasty treat that will satisfy any craving!

Easy Apple Bread Pudding

This old-fashioned Easy Apple Bread Pudding recipe is a simple dessert, made with everyday ingredients!

Chunky Apple Walnut Cake

This ultra-lush, sweet Chunky Apple Walnut Cake recipe is loaded with fresh apples, toasted walnuts and cinnamon flavor in every bite! You can opt to eat it without the frosting, but this smooth and creamy maple cream cheese frosting may just change your mind, because it’s a great frosting for all of your fall desserts.

Apple Butter Coffee Cake

This cozy, spiced up Apple Butter Coffee Cake has all the feel goods for fall baking!  Our scrumptious coffee cake is layered with autumn-inspired spices, apples and of course–apple butter with a delicious brown sugar cinnamon crumble on top!

Easy Apple Cinnamon Biscuit Bake

This is a super Easy Apple Cinnamon Biscuit Bake that you can throw together with just a few steps to get heavenly fluffy and buttery, cinnamon-sugar and apple baked biscuit bites smothered with a glorious cream cheese vanilla icing!

Apple Crisp Cheesecake Bars

These Apple Crisp Cheesecake Bars are so dreamy with easy to prepare assembly instructions!  When I think of fall, these apple crisp bars loaded with cream cheese are definitely on my radar!

Caramel Apple Bundt Cake

This Caramel Apple Bundt Cake is so luscious and overflowing with apple charm.  Deliciously spiced, this apple cake is so moist and loaded with lots of apple chunks and topped with a glorious caramel glaze.  Perfect for fall baking and Thanksgiving holiday!

Easy Baked Apple Donuts

Fall is definitely on the radar with these lightly spiced, fresh Baked Apple Donuts sprinkled with a crunchy cinnamon sugar!  Easy to make cake donuts with either applesauce or apple butter and an option to add apples if you want to!  No eggs needed, so these can definitely be vegan-friendly!

Easy No Yeast Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Easy No Yeast Apple Cinnamon Rolls are calling for Fall Baking fun!  Bake up sweet and gooey cinnamon rolls loaded with a sinful, buttery cinnamon filling, tender apple bits, topped with a glorious blanket of cream cheese glaze!

Apple Butter Spice Cake

This moist Apple Butter Spice Cake is the perfect cake for Fall. Bursting with cozy, warm cinnamon and apple butter flavors, this delicious cake has so much flavor in each and every bite! The apple butter buttercream frosting really makes it even more super amazing! Sugar-free option available!

Cinnamon Applesauce Bread

This super-easy Applesauce Bread recipe is deliciously tasty, moist and full of apple and cinnamon fall flavor!  It’s the perfect quick bread when you want simple, comforting applesauce bread.  Sugar-free and healthy options available.

Blinged Out Chocolate Caramel Apples

How about making some delicious, homemade Blinged Out Chocolate Caramel Apples to share and gobble up?  Add some delicious candies and goodies and lots of chocolate to our dipped caramel apple recipe!  Everyone will be ‘ohhing’ and ‘ahhing’ at all your fun creations for Halloween and Fall!   Yum!  So blingy!

Easy Cinnamon Roll Apple Dumplings

Ok…I am having a sweet revelation about these Cinnamon Roll Apple Dumplings!  This easy and comforting dessert recipe calls for using the cinnamon rolls fresh out of the tube to make fluffy cinnamon rolls wrapped around apple slices, baked in a sweet buttery, vanilla sauce. Perfect for breakfast or an after dinner dessert!

Dutch Apple Pie with Oatmeal Streusel

This grand Dutch Apple Pie with Oatmeal Streusel is loaded with layers of tender apples and a delicious crunchy oat brown sugar streusel on top!  Definitely a favorite go-to dessert for the fall!

Maple Apple Pecan Bread

This succulent Maple Apple Pecan Bread has scented notes of pure maple syrup and cinnamon and is chocked full of apple chunks and crunchy pecans.  Lastly, there are drizzles of thick maple glaze…ahhh, LIFE IS GOOD!

Caramel Apple Spice Snack Cake

Caramel Apple Spice Snack Cake! This vintage, super moist spice cake is loaded with mini apple bits and features a wonderful, tempting salted caramel glaze on top, just in time for fall season! So easy to make and perfect for Fall Baking!

Apple Cinnamon Bread

Devour this delectable, gooey Apple Cinnamon Bread like nobody’s business!  Understand, this is what you crave when apples, cinnamon and Fall all come together and baking season begins.  In essence, quick breads are the definition of cozy and this one is easy to whip up!

Easy Applesauce Bars

We are bringing on these awesome, old-fashioned Easy Applesauce Bars with a luscious cinnamon spiced cream cheese frosting recipe that you will absolutely love!  These epic fall bar treats are so moist and have just the right amount of spice and applesauce.

Heavenly Baked Apple Dumplings

Heavenly Baked Apple Dumplings!  Heavenly, warm baked apple dumplings are the perfect fall dessert comfort food.  It seems we can’t get enough of these ooey-gooey delicious dumplings of flaky, homemade dough swaddled around freshly baked tender apples.

Easy Dutch Crumble Apple Pie Bars

Got apples?  I’ve got these tasty, delectable Easy Dutch Crumble Apple Pie Bars to share with you and you’re gonna want to make this apple-icious bars recipe pronto!

Apple Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake

The recipe for this amazing Apple Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake is swirled generously, with lots of gooey cinnamon filling in a tender vanilla apple coffee cake, like a huge cinnamon roll (of course) and it’s loaded with cinnamon apple bits!  It’s then drizzled with a thick blanket of cream cheese glaze!

Keto Cinnamon Apple Muffins

These yummy Keto Cinnamon Apple Muffins are perfect for fall, but they are also delicious any time of the year, especially if you are a lover of apple and cinnamon together!  These make a delicious breakfast or snack and they are super easy to make.  Your whole house will smell like fall while they’re baking!

Salted Caramel Chip Apple Blondies

Good God Gertie! Can I get a holla for this Salted Caramel Chip Apple Blondies recipe? These easy-to-make blondie bars are gooey, chewy and loaded with apples and salted caramel chips and are definitely holla-worthy.

Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake

This lush, vanilla and buttery Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake has cinnamon-sugar baked inside and on top with bits of apple, pecans and walnuts in every slice.  And if you wish, a buttery brown sugar glaze to take it that next step to heaven. Happily there are Sugar Free recipe options, too!

Cinnamon Applesauce Cake

This ‘Awesome’ Cinnamon Applesauce Cake with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting is exactly what I needed to kick off the fall season! Are you ready to *swoon and sniff* baked, scented apple and cinnamon aromas swirling around your cozy, little home?

Apple Crumb Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

OMG! Apple Crumb Cream Cheese Coffee Cake!  Enjoy a delectable cream cheese filling, cinnamon and baked apple slices throughout this buttery, lush coffee cake with the yummiest brown sugar crumb topping!

Country Apple Fritter Muffins

 Simply Irresistible Country Apple Fritter Muffins!  Fluffy, buttery, white cake muffins loaded with chunks of apples and layers of brown sugar and cinnamon swirled inside and on top.

Apple Cream Cheese Tart

This stunning Apple Cream Cheese Tart proudly touts a Pillsbury™ buttery, flaky pastry crust filled with a tempting, delectable layer of luscious cream cheese filling.

German Spiced Apple Cake

This German Spiced Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting is definitely one German potluck dessert recipe that’s absolutely perfect for the Autumn baking season.

Easy Caramel Apple Galette

Here’s an easy, Fall dessert that will get everyone’s attention, guaranteed!  My Easy Caramel Apple Puff Pastry Galette recipe is amazing and super yummy!  It’s super delicious puff pastry pie crust with caramel and tender apples flavored with roasted cinnamon inside. Yum!  Easy homemade apple pie right?

Swedish Apple Pie

Swedish Apple Pie is a great way to incorporate a sweet treat into your apple conversion of yumminess.  So it’s somewhere between a pie and an apple crisp.  Buttery and delicious, and totally perfect with cardamom and cinnamon infused apples. It’s ‘awe’-amazing.

Caramel Apple Toffee Poke Cake

You’ll love this luscious Caramel Apple Toffee Poke Cake recipe for all of your upcoming parties, gatherings and family dinner desserts for fall! Caramel and apples are the favorite dynamic duo for fall to bring in one of the most favorite seasons properly! (It’s standard protocol right?)

Soft Caramel Apple Drop Cookies

I love making old-fashioned cookies like these Soft Caramel Apple Drop Cookies and taking them up a notch, don’t you?  These amazing drop cookies have little bits of apple and hints of nutmeg, clove and cinnamon in the cookie dough!

Easy Caramel Apple Monkey Bread

Gooey caramel sauce and baked apples are intertwined in this right-out-of the oven, warm, fluffy, amazing Easy Caramel Apple Monkey Pull Apart Bread. OMG!!   This fall, we’ll be eating a lot of delicious, delightful tart apples and caramel concoctions!

Caramel Glazed Apple Crumble Coffee Cake

Caramel Glazed Apple Crumble Coffee Cake! The sweet buttery, brown sugar crumble topping gives this sweet and tangy loaded Dutch apple coffee cake a wonderful melt-in-your-mouth flavor.

Apple Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Bars

This fall, kick up your snickerdoodle game even more delicious with our recipe for Apple Cinnamon Snickerdoodle Bars! This easy recipe puts an apple-cinnamon twist on the classic snickerdoodle cookie!  A perfect snack or treat!

Skinny Apple Peanut Butter Mini Muffins

Lightened up Skinny Apple Peanut Butter Mini Muffins are bursting with peanut butter flavor and bits of Granny Smith apples. I love popping these little mini muffins in my mouth! Aren’t they just soooo cute?  

Apple Cider Pound Cake

This delightfully, moist Apple Cider Pound Cake is deliciously flavored with subtle hints of apple cider, butter and maple syrup fall flavors.  We then drizzled it with a yummy caramel apple cider glaze to take this pound cake to the next level!

Copycat Applebee’s Blondie Brownies

Who’s ready for some Copycat Applebee’s Blondie Brownies? They will that will satisfy your love for a fun spin on warm, thick and chewy blondies!  Loaded with walnuts, white chocolate and apples, these Applebee blondies are generously topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with a rich maple cream cheese sauce.

Fluffernutter Apple Nachos

This Fluffernutter Apple Nachos dessert is so quick to whip up!  Slice up some fresh, tart and crunchy apples and place them on a platter.  Drizzle with some dreamy marshmallow cream and peanut butter and dig in! These are some heavenly dessert nachos for yummy snacking!

Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread

Give it up my sweet friend!  You cannot resist the temptation of this Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread recipe!!! Trust me, once you start smelling that country apple fritter bread filling the house with it’s intoxicating, awesome aroma baking, it’s pretty much over.

What are the Best Baking Apples

When it comes to baking, not all apples are created equal. Here are some of the best varieties to use for your cobbler:

• Granny Smith: Known for their tartness and firm texture, these apples hold up well during baking.
• Honeycrisp: These apples are sweet and crisp, providing a perfect balance in your cobbler.
• Braeburn: With a complex flavor that’s both sweet and tart, Braeburn apples add depth to your dessert.
• Jonagold: A blend of Jonathan and Golden Delicious apples, these are sweet with a hint of tartness and bake beautifully.
• Pink Lady: These apples are crisp and slightly tart, holding their shape well in the oven.

In conclusion, these 45 must-try best apple dessert recipes are sure to satisfy your sweet tooth and be the apple of your eye! No bad apples here! And who knows, you may just discover your new favorite apple dessert! As always, happy baking!

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