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Hello Fall! Hello Apples! 15 Easy Apple Recipes to Welcome Fall

By Lindsay @ The Café Sucre Farine | Updated on September 20, 2023

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15 easy and delicious apple recipes to welcome fall! There's everything from fresh salads to decadent desserts.

September is here! We're hoping for some cooler temperatures soon and look forward to welcoming the delicious flavors of fall. I just saw a farmstand with fresh mountain apples the other day and it made me very excited for all of these recipes.

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We've rounded up some of our favorite apple recipes - with lots of options, everything from healthy salads to decadent desserts. Don't let the season pass you by without trying a few (or all) of these. We think you'll love them. Enjoy!

Slow cooker apple butter in a white bowl on a wooden board with cheese and herbs.

Ridiculously Easy Slow Cooked Apple Butter

Ready for the taste of fall? With minimal effort on your part? Welcome to our Ridiculously Easy Slow Cooked Apple Butter! Simply throw everything in the slow cooker and wait for the magic to happen! It's fabulous on toast, biscuits, scones and English muffins and is a wonderful addition to cheese and charcuterie appetizer boards. 

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Harvest Apple Arugula Salad

I'm calling this a Harvest Apple Arugula Salad, but it could just as easily be called Fall in a Bowl. It's loaded with delicious autumn-inspired ingredients and finished with a fabulous Pomegranate Ginger Salad Dressing. SO GOOD!

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Easy French Apple Tart

This fabulous French Apple Tart employs a store-bought pie crust for easy convenience. With ribbons of cinnamony apples and sweet cream cheese plus a magic trick for a crisp crust, this dessert is beyond delicious!

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Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad

Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad with Honey Cider Dressing - an insanely delicious and super healthy salad - perfect for any get-together with family and friends!

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Annie's Easy Apple Pie

This Easy Apple Pie makes a fabulous dessert for holidays, dinner parties and special occasions but it can be thrown quickly and with minimal effort. That makes it perfect for making an ordinary day quite special!

Honey-Glazed Apple Bran Muffins (Gluten-Free... or Not!)

These delicious  Honey-Glazed Apple Bran Muffins are moist, tender, studded with sweet chunks of apple and laced with cinnamon. They rise up with high-domed tops and come together quickly with one bowl and no mixer!

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French Maple-Glazed Puff Pastry Apple Roses

These delicious French maple-glazed puff pastry apple roses are sweet, crisp and bursting with bright apple flavor. They're also easy to put together, can be made ahead and look like they came from a fine bakeshop!

Ridiculously Easy Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Focaccia

The one-bowl, no-mixer dough for this Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Focaccia comes together in minutes with no kneading needed. Even the sleepiest heads will arise and head to the kitchen as the delicious aroma fills the house! 

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Danish Apple Cake (Æblekage)

Everyone loves this Danish Apple Cake with a sweet tender crumb. It's laced and topped with lots of delicious cinnamon-sugar apple slices and it's perfect for entertaining or to make an ordinary day special.

Ridiculously Easy Cider-Glazed Apple Scones

Ridiculously Easy Cider-Glazed Apple Scones

These Ridiculously Easy Cider-Glazed Apple Scones are buttery, flaky,  and studded with bits of tender apple. They're also ridiculously good!

Ridiculously Easy Magic Apple Cake

This one-bowl, no-mixer, Ridiculously Easy Magic Apple Cake is super moist and ridiculously delicious. The fabulous caramel icing is the crowning glory!

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Easy Homemade Caramel Apples

These Easy Homemade Caramel Apples taste a hundred times better than anything you can buy. Make a dozen apples in less than an hour!

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French Caramel Apple Cake

This delicious Caramel Apple Cake couldn't be easier with a simple microwave caramel sauce, a one-bowl, no-mixer cake recipe and no need to even peel the apples!

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Cinnamon Apple French Toast Casserole

You're going to love this crazy delicious overnight French Toast casserole. Prep it the night before and in the morning, breakfast is easy peasy!

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Quinoa and Kale Salad with Avocados, Apples and Bacon

You won't be able to get enough of this healthy, super delicious salad. And it's just as good the next day too!

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