9 Apple Recipes We’re Falling for This Fall

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Apple season is officially here, and these nine recipes put it to work well beyond dessert. From a one-pan pork dinner to a cinnamon roll worth clearing your Saturday for, this roundup covers savory and sweet in equal measure, no boxed applesauce required.

Butterscotch Apple Crisp on a white plate drizzled in butterscotch.
Butterscotch Apple Crisp. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

Savory Apple Recipes

Apples pull plenty of weight outside of dessert, and these five recipes prove it, from a 30-minute skillet dinner to the stuffing that carries you straight into Thanksgiving.

One Pan Garlic Pepper Pork Dinner

Cooked seasoned pork surrounded by diced vegetables in a black skillet on a wooden table.
One Pan Garlic Pepper Pork Dinner. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

Garlic peppercorn pork tenderloin roasts alongside baked apples and sweet potatoes in a single skillet, so fall dinner is on the table in under 30 minutes with one pan to wash.
Get the Recipe: One Pan Garlic Pepper Pork Dinner

Pork Chops and Applesauce with Blackberries

A seared pork chop topped with chunky cranberry sauce, garnished with a sprig of rosemary and orange peel, served on a grey plate.
Pork Chops and Applesauce with Blackberries. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

This isn’t jarred applesauce. Apples and blackberries simmer with orange zest, ginger, and rosemary, then get spooned over pan-seared pork chops for a Sunday-supper upgrade that works just as well on a weeknight.
Get the Recipe: Pork Chops and Applesauce with Blackberries\\

Apple Bacon Beer Bread

A loaf of bread with three slices cut, a knife, a red apple, and a blue and white checkered cloth are displayed on a wooden cutting board—perfect snacks for movie night.
Apple Bacon Beer Bread. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

A no-yeast quick bread ready to devour in about an hour. Apple and bacon give this beer bread a savory-with-a-touch-of-sweet edge that pairs with just about anything coming out of the oven this season, but I think it tastes best when toasted and slathered with butter.
Get the Recipe: Apple Bacon Beer Bread

Creamy Butternut Squash Apple Soup

A bowl of butternut squash soup with a spoon on a colorful blue and white plate.
Creamy Butternut Squash Apple Soup. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

Butternut squash and apple simmer down into a velvety, nine-ingredient soup brightened with turmeric and apple cider vinegar, proof that fall’s two best produce-aisle regulars belong in the same pot.
Get the Recipe: Creamy Butternut Squash Apple Soup

Cranberry Apple Stuffing

A glass baking dish filled with a baked stuffing sits on a wooden cutting board. A serving spoon is in the stuffing, and a red cloth is draped to the left, perfect for cozy fall recipes.
Cranberry Apple Stuffing. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

Fresh apples and dried cranberries bring a sweet-tangy contrast to classic herbed stuffing, equally at home on the table in October as it is once Thanksgiving actually arrives.
Get the Recipe: Cranberry Apple Stuffing

Sweet Apple Recipes

Then there’s the side of apple season most people picture first: warm, spiced, and baked. These four recipes cover it.

Apple Cinnamon Rolls

A single cinnamon roll with white frosting on a decorative plate is placed next to a fork. In the background, there are apple slices and cinnamon sticks, making it a perfect treat for kids.
Apple Cinnamon Rolls. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

Soft, gooey, and worth the two and a half hours: a buttery yeasted dough rolled around spiced apples and finished with vanilla bean cream cheese frosting. This is the recipe that officially kicks off fall around here.
Get the Recipe: Apple Cinnamon Rolls

Butterscotch Apple Crisp

Butterscotch Apple Crisp on a white plate drizzled in butterscotch.
Butterscotch Apple Crisp. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

Tart Granny Smith apples meet a bourbon butterscotch sauce and a buttery oat streusel topping: all the flavor of apple pie with a fraction of the effort. Warm from the oven with a scoop of ice cream, this is the apple dessert on repeat all season.
Get the Recipe: Butterscotch Apple Crisp

Mini Apple Pies

A group of baked mini lattice‑topped apple pies arranged on a baking tin and a plate.
Mini Apple Pies. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

Spiced apples and naturally sweet dates baked into bite-sized pies you can make ahead and freeze, built for a dessert tray rather than a fork and plate.
Get the Recipe: Mini Apple Pies

Slow Cooker Bourbon Apple Butter

A spoonful of thick green sauce is lifted from a glass jar, evoking the zest of summer desserts, with another jar partially visible in the background.
Slow Cooker Bourbon Apple Butter. Photo credit: Renee Nicole’s Kitchen.

A slow cooker turns a bag of apples and a splash of bourbon into a thick, deeply spiced spread, good on toast, folded into puff pastry, or given away as a jar of fall in a gift bag.
Get the Recipe: Slow Cooker Bourbon Apple Butter

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The food-loving recipe developer, writer, and photographer behind Renee Nicole's Kitchen. When I'm not working with food, you can find me in the garden, traveling, or enjoying the outdoors with my husband, son, and two dogs.

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