Food Recipe Collections & Favorites Desserts 9 Apple Pie Recipes to Make All Season Long Celebrate fall with a slice of apple pie. By Samantha Leffler Samantha Leffler Samantha is the senior food editor at RealSimple and previously launched the US Weekly food vertical, where she wrote about the intersection of food and pop culture. Real Simple's Editorial Guidelines Updated on July 19, 2024 Close Photo: Getty Images Who doesn’t love apple pie? This classic dessert is beloved for its buttery, flaky crust and gooey apple filling. Better yet, it's delicious, easy to make, and incredibly adaptable to your tastes and preferences. Whether you're looking for an old-fashioned recipe or a new and unexpected one, we have the apple pie recipe for you! 01 of 09 The Best Old-Fashioned Apple Pie Recipe It doesn’t get any more classic than this apple pie recipe, which calls for several types of apples such as Granny Smith, Golden Delicious, and Braeburn. When buying apples for this pie or any other one, look for fruits with a fresh, fruity aroma. Apples with a pleasant smell will be especially delicious when baked into a pie. GET THE RECIPE 02 of 09 Apple Pie Skillet Cake ANTONIS ACHILLEOS If a pie and a skillet cake had a baby, the offspring would be this autumnal dessert. You’ll start by cooking down the apples with brown sugar and cinnamon, which infuses them with flavor. Then, you’ll fold the apples into a simple batter and bake. Once this treat is done cooking, top it with several scoops of vanilla or caramel ice cream and serve. GET THE RECIPE 03 of 09 Ginger Apple Tarte Tatin Christopher Testani A traditional tarte Tatin is made by covering the bottom of a baking dish with butter and sugar to caramelize around apples held together by a flaky pastry crust. In this recipe, you'll infuse caramel with fresh ginger. Then, drape thawed puff pastry on top and watch it turn flaky and golden in the oven. Flip the entire dessert over for the big reveal table-side and get ready for your guests to be impressed. GET THE RECIPE 04 of 09 Sheet Pan Apple Crisp Caitlin Bensel Yes, this apple dessert is technically a crisp, but it still hits all of the trademark apple pie flavors. Our favorite part of this treat is the crispy browned edges, which are largely missing in an apple pie. To get those perfectly golden corners, use a sheet pan instead of the typical glass baking dish. GET THE RECIPE 05 of 09 Honey-Apple Galette With Pistachio Sugar Anna Williams This decadent fall dessert, which is apple pie-esque, combines honey and apple flavors into a flaky dough for a beautiful galette. As delicious as that may sound, homemade pistachio sugar sets this confection apart from other apple treats. To make the tasty topping, you’ll blitz pistachios with sugar and a pinch of salt until ground, then liberally sprinkle the mixture all over the dough. GET THE RECIPE 06 of 09 Apple Spice Donut Pudding Fred Hardy This fall-forward doughnut version of bread pudding is packed with syrupy apples sautéed with sugar and cinnamon. While there’s no crust, glazed doughnut pieces provide plenty of pillowy goodness. Don't forget to top the dessert with vanilla or caramel ice cream before serving for the tastiest results. GET THE RECIPE 07 of 09 Brown Butter and Vanilla Pear Pie Johnny Miller Apples and pears mix with vanilla and brown butter to create a warming pie that you'll want to keep in your fall baking rotation. It's simply melt-in-your-mouth delicious and only requires you to be in the kitchen for half an hour. To make it just that much more fall-esque, brown butter adds an extra layer of nutty, caramelized flavor to the pie. GET THE RECIPE 08 of 09 Rustic Apple Tart David Prince This easy apple tart uses a couple of shortcut store-bought ingredients—refrigerated pie dough and frozen cinnamon apples—to get to its warm, flavorful result in just 25 minutes! The rest of the ingredient list includes a lemon for grating, some sugar, and an egg. It just might be the quickest and easiest dessert on our list. GET THE RECIPE 09 of 09 Apple Coffee Cake Twist With Giant Crumbs Brie Passano Every square inch of this coffee cake is full of fall flavor, from the apple-cinnamon filling to the giant brown sugar-cinnamon crumbs. It takes less than an hour to bake, which makes it a delicious choice for spoiling company. A can of crescent rolls makes quick work of the cake's crust. Serve warm with some coffee, of course. GET THE RECIPE Seasonal Meals Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit