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My Favorite Apple Recipes

BY Kevin Lee Jacobs | September 27, 2019 6 Comments

Last updated on October 20th, 2019

Looking for a great apple recipe that doesn’t require two crusts and a pie plate? You’ve come to the right place! Here are my all-time favorite apple recipes, all tried and true and ready for you:

My Favorite Apple Recipes: Savory

Dijon Pork Chops with Cabbage and Apples -- My Favorite Apple RecipesDijon Pork Chops with Cabbage and Apples. We’re fond of pork chops, Mr. Fox and I. We love them broiled, baked, or grilled. We also love them roasted on a sheet pan, alongside wedges of red apple and ribbons of green cabbage. This latter preparation is a complete meal that cooks up in just 30 minutes, and oh, man — it’s delicious! Click here for the recipe.

Apple Salad with Pumpkin Bread Croutons -- My Favorite Apple RecipesApple Salad with Pumpkin Bread Croutons. This autumn starter or main course is composed of the best stuff on earth: leafy greens, crisp apples, red onion, tart cranberries, tangy goat cheese, shimmering orange-ginger vinaigrette, and sweet cubes of toasted pumpkin bread. My favorite autumn starter. Here’s the recipe.

My Favorite Apple Recipes: Sweet!

Rustic Apple Galette - My Favorite Apple RecipesRustic Apple Galette. This dessert checks all the right boxes for me: delicious, dramatic, addicting. Red currant jelly gives the tender apple slices a sexy sheen. Here’s the recipe.

Puff Pastry Apple Blossoms -- My Favorite Apple RecipesPuff Pastry Apple Blossoms. This week, to celebrate the start of apple season, I made some scrumptious little desserts called “Apple Blossoms.” The flower petals are thinly-sliced apples, arranged on strips of store-bought puff pastry dough. Looking for an elegant tea-time treat or after-school snack? Click here for the recipe.

Baked Apple Slices -- My Favorite Apple RecipesBaked Apple Slices. They are noble things, baked apple slices. Think of apple pie, minus the crust. I like to toss the slices over oatmeal for breakfast, or bury them beneath ice cream, sour cream, or whipped cream for dessert. Alternatively, you can fold them into puff pastry for Apple Turnovers, or roll them into egg crepes for Caramel Apple Roulades. Here’s the recipe.

Caramel Apple RouladesCaramel Apple Roulades. Too luscious for words. But I’ll try. The buttery, lemony, caramel-y apples are rolled up in gluten-free egg crêpes, and then baked until crisp and fragrant. A cloud of confectioners’ sugar and a drizzle of caramel completes the picture. I hope you’re drooling right now. Click here for the recipe.

My Favorite Apple Recipes -- Apple Shortbread PizzaShortbread Apple Pizza. The shortbread cookie crust is tender but dense (just like me). The apples are flavored with only brown sugar and dots of  butter. Need a not-too-sweet treat for Afternoon Tea? Here’s the recipe.

My Favorite Apple Recipes -- Rustic Apple CakeRustic Apple Cake. I made this simple dessert the other day, and then promptly inhaled almost all of it. What a perfect autumn cake! Rich. Buttery. Deliriously-scented with cinnamon, lemon, and nutmeg. It’s pretty to look at, too. My simple recipe.

Double Decker Apple Crisp. This is my world-famous recipe. (In my dreams.) The apple slices are baked between layers of streusel, which gives a glorious crispness above and below the soft middle. Don’t make me beg you to try it. Here’s the step-by-step.

Think you’ll give some of these apple recipes a try? Talk to me in the comments field below. And please stay tuned. I picked up a big basket of apples from my local orchard this morning, and now I can’t wait to create more apple goodies for you!

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Comments

  1. 1

    Jerry Miller says

    September 28, 2019 at 12:40 am

    Wow. What a plethora of apple recipes. I’m certainly going to try a few!

  2. 2

    Kevin Lee Jacobs says

    September 28, 2019 at 6:56 am

    Hi Jerry – Enjoy!

  3. 3

    Magdalena says

    September 29, 2019 at 9:27 am

    Hi Kevin, I always look forward to your Sunday emails for fun and inspiration. You saved my dilemma on what shall I serve many a time! I’m 3 out nine on your “apple recipe” list: chops, apple blossoms, and galette. They were all huge successes and repeated several times. I think though it takes a professional like you to prepare the blossoms in only 20 minutes… I envy you your skills 🙂 By the way, I’m making your tomato pie for dinner tonight – I was a little concerned whether I’d find biscuits in my supermarket in Ontario, but I did. Keep up the good work – I love your recipes and your sense of humour. Thanks!

  4. 4

    Debi says

    September 29, 2019 at 1:03 pm

    I just picked apples at windy hill orchard/goolds. Let’s try the double apple crisp! Yes please and thank you.

  5. 5

    phyllis says

    October 1, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    I need to go apple picking in the Hudson Valley: what fun. My husband and I adore this time of the year more than others: picking fruits, making pies, tarts, etc. Thank you again for a wonderful recipe — keep them coming’.

  6. 6

    Kevin Lee Jacobs says

    October 2, 2019 at 9:29 am

    Hi Magdalena – Glad you found biscuits for the Tomato Pie!

    Hi – This morning, someone at the dog park mentioned Goold’s orchard. I must visit!

    Hi – Phyllis – So happy you enjoy my recipes.

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