Editors’ Collection

Best Apple Dessert Recipes

Fall is apple picking, eating and baking season. Try our delicious and easy apple dessert recipes for apple crisp, baked apples, apple pie and much more.

Linda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Sophia Eleni Pappas.

Recipes

Apple and Plum Croustade (Croustade aux Pommes et Prunes)
Lisa Donovan, Kate Hill
21 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
21
5 hours 10 minutes
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Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread With Apple Cider Glaze
Samantha Seneviratne
2277 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,277
1 hour 10 minutes
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Apple Crisp
Genevieve Ko
3213 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,213
1¼ hours
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Apple Pie
Sam Sifton, Kierin Baldwin
6069 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,069
1 hour 30 minutes
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Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts
Erin Jeanne McDowell
6608 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,608
About 35 minutes
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Dutch Apple Pie
Cybelle Tondu
147 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
147
9½ hours
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Apple Hand Pies
Samantha Seneviratne
46 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
46
4 hours
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Apple Cake
Yossy Arefi
450 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
450
About 1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
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Easy
Doughnut Shop-Style Apple Fritters
Rick A. Martínez
36 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
36
About 3 hours
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Apple Bread
Yossy Arefi
245 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
245
About 1 ½ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Apple Galette
Samantha Seneviratne
347 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
347
2 hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Apple Tart
Samantha Seneviratne
179 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
179
2 hours, plus cooling
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Apple Pie Bars
Genevieve Ko
2761 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,761
1½ hours, plus cooling
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Tahini Apple Tart
Andy Baraghani
469 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
469
2 hours 10 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Easy Apple Buckle
Vallery Lomas
347 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
347
About 1½ hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Apple Cider Whoopie Pies
Samantha Seneviratne
1443 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,443
About 55 minutes, plus chilling
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Baked Apples
Dorie Greenspan
1170 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,170
1 hour 15 minutes, plus cooling
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Mixed Apples Pie
Genevieve Ko
775 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
775
2¼ hours, plus chilling and cooling
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Caramel-Apple Dutch Baby
Erin Jeanne McDowell
942 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
942
30 minutes
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Skillet Caramel-Apple Crisp
Yossy Arefi
2429 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,429
1 hour
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Caramel Apples
Erin Jeanne McDowell
251 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
251
About 30 minutes
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Deep-Dish Apple Pie
Julia Moskin, Kate McDermott
458 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
458
2 hours, plus chilling and cooling
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Deep-Dish Honey Apple Galette
Alison Roman
1148 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,148
1½ hours, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Baked Apples With Honey and Apricot
David Tanis
135 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
135
1 hour 10 minutes
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Apple Ombré Pie
Erin Jeanne McDowell
952 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
952
1 ½ hours, plus chilling
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Apple Skillet Cake With Salted Caramel Frosting
Erin Jeanne McDowell
3165 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,165
1 hour, plus cooling
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Apple-Pear Galette With Apple Cider Caramel
Samantha Seneviratne
1363 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,363
1 hour 10 minutes, plus chilling
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Norwegian Apple Cake
Florence Fabricant, Nevada Berg
1350 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,350
1 hour 45 minutes, plus cooling
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Candy Apples
Erin Jeanne McDowell
197 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
197
About 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Apple Cider Honey Cake
Joan Nathan, Alex Levin
939 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
939
About 2 hours
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Apple Bourbon Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
3143 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,143
1½ hours plus cooling time
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Apple Crumble
Samantha Seneviratne
5802 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,802
About 1 hour 10 minutes
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Double Apple Pie
Melissa Clark
2543 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,543
2½ hours, plus at least 3½ hours’ chilling and cooling
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Babette Friedman’s Apple Cake
Joan Nathan, Daniel Rose
2148 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,148
1 hour 40 minutes
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Easy-as-Pie Apple Cake
Melissa Clark, "Food52 Baking"
3816 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,816
1¼ hours
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Upside-Down Caramel-Apple Muffins
Melissa Clark
704 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
704
55 minutes
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Teddie's Apple Cake
Amanda Hesser
3613 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,613
1 hour 30 minutes
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Apple or Pear Crisp
Mark Bittman
3833 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,833
1 hour
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Easy
Foolproof Tarte Tatin
Julia Moskin, Ron Paprocki
2405 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,405
1½ hours, plus 1 to 2 days’ aging time for apples
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Apple Kuchen With Honey and Ginger
David Tanis
851 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
851
1½ hours
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Rose Apple Tart
Yossy Arefi
1728 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,728
2½ to 3 hours, plus cooling
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Apple Crumb Crostata
Claudia Fleming
518 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
518
About 2 hours, plus at least 1 hour chilling
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Free-Form Apple Or Pear Tart
Mark Bittman
582 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
582
1 hour
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