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29 Recipes to Get Your Apple Cinnamon Fix This Fall

Is there anything more classic than apples and cinnamon?

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Joel Goldberg

There are some flavor pairs that just go together: chocolate + peanut butter (like in our flourless chocolate peanut butter cake), tomato + basil (like in classic Caprese chicken), lemon + blueberry (like in our lemon blueberry cake)… One of our absolute favorites, particularly in the fall? Apple and cinnamon! The tartness of sweet apples is amplified by the warming, spicy cinnamon, and we can’t get enough. Check out our 29 apple cinnamon recipes for ideas—you’ll want to make them ALL before fall ends.

Honestly, it’s hard to think of a classic apple dessert that doesn’t heavily feature cinnamon. There’s classic apple pie, of course, as well as apple crumble, apple tart, and apple crisp, all made better thanks to a little cinnamon spice. Though it's classic in desserts, don’t let the cozy flavor of apples and cinnamon stay relegated to after dinner sweets. You can enjoy it all day long. Try it for breakfast, like in our apple cinnamon muffins, baked apple oatmeal, or spiced apple pancakes; as a spread like our apple butter or apple jam (both good enough to just eat of a spoon); as a snack, like our apple cinnamon fruit roll-ups or our cinnamon apple chips; or even as a drink, like in our homemade apple cider. If you’re as big of an apple cider lover as we are, don’t just enjoy it all on its own. Turn it into other desserts, like our apple cider donuts, or into cider cocktails too. That way, you can enjoy apple cinnamon from morning 'til night, every day this fall.

1

Apple Cinnamon Muffins

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Joel Goldberg

These are soft, incredibly moist, and just sweet enough. We love them with Granny Smith apples to provide a little tartness, but any good baking apple will do! The streusel topping makes them feel like you're eating an apple crumble for breakfast, and we couldn't be happier about it.

Get the Apple Cinnamon Muffins recipe.

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Baked Apple Oatmeal

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Each bite of this baked oatmeal is studded with chunks of tart Granny Smith apples and toasted walnuts. There's just enough cinnamon and nutmeg to infuse the dish with a cozy autumn aroma without overpowering the other flavors. Yum!

Get the Baked Apple Oatmeal recipe.

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Apple Coffee Cake

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Apples work wonders in this easy coffee cake. They add extra sweetness as well as making the cake moist and tender. We love it with Granny Smith and Honeycrisp apples, but your favorite baking apple will do the trick!

Get the Apple Coffee Cake recipe.

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Apple Pie

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Ethan Calabrese

Every fall, we turn to this recipe because we think it's, well, pretty perfect. We like to fill our homemade flaky, buttery, lattice crust with a combination of apples for an irresistibly sweet-tart filling. We're being 100% serious when we say this is the BEST apple pie recipe out there.

Get the Apple Pie recipe.

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5

Apple Cinnamon Bread

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Parker feierbach

Bursting with chunks of cinnamon apples, this bread is a MAJOR hit come fall. Gone apple picking? It's the perfect baking project to use up some of those goodies. Don't worry, you'll still have enough for apple pie too. 😉

Get the Apple Cinnamon Bread recipe.

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Crock-Pot Apple Butter

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Bryce Johnson

Apple butter is essentially a reduced applesauce, where the apples are cooked low and slow to become caramelized and extra sweet. Making it in the slow cooker makes this process hands-off and SO easy.

Get the Crock-Pot Apple Butter recipe.

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Spiced Apple Pancakes

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Parker feierbach

There's nothing like a fresh stack of pancakes on a weekend morning, and these may just be our new favorite. Topped with a sticky, cinnamon-scented apple compote, we don't even need maple syrup.

Get the Spiced Apple Pancakes recipe.

8

Homemade Apple Cider

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Emily Hlavac Green

Homemade apple cider is one of the greatest things about fall. It's extremely easy to make and the perfect way to use up any extra apples you have. It's warm, full of spice, and just sweet enough—turn it into dessert, like our apple cider donuts, or add alcohol and turn it into a cider cocktail too.

Get the Homemade Apple Cider recipe.

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9

Cinnamon Apple Chips

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Parker Feierbach

Pick an apple on the crisper side to make these, like Honeycrisp, Granny Smith, or Pink Lady. Avoid softer, mealier apples like Red Delicious or Fuji—they just don't crisp up the same way.

Get the Cinnamon Apple Chips recipe.

10

Instant Pot Applesauce

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Park Feierbach

No standing over the stove and stirring with this insanely easy applesauce! We like ours on the less-sweet side, but if you're finding yours a little too tart, you can always stir in more sugar after they've been cooked.

Get the Instant Pot Applesauce recipe.

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11

Apple Crisp Pound Cake

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Parker feierbach

We dressed this pound cake up for autumn with crisp apples and a buttery crumb topping that you'll want to put over everything. Drizzle with a simple glaze to top off this perfect dessert.

Get the Apple Crisp Pound Cake recipe.

12

Baked Cinnamon Apples

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Parker Feierbach

Baked apples kind of feel like a shortcut way to eat apple pie...you'll never hear us complaining!

Get the Baked Cinnamon Apples recipe.

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13

Apple Dumplings

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Parker Feierbach

Using refrigerated crescent dough makes these apple dumplings a cinch to make and adds an extra buttery, flaky texture. The dumplings are essentially poached in a lemon-lime soda, which may seem a little odd, but trust us on this one: They come out slightly doughy and gooey, and the soda turns the whole thing into a sweet sauce that you can drizzle over your dumplings. 😍

Get the Apple Dumplings recipe.

14

Apple Tart

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PARKER FEIERBACH

In this classic French dessert recipe, you're supposed to cook down an apple compote to go on top of the crust and under the spiral of apples. Not here! We skipped the sauce completely and macerated the slices in brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, and vanilla to make sure they got nice and jammy in the oven.

Get the Apple Tart recipe.

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15

Apple Butter

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Jonathan Bolton

Apple butter is extremely easy to make, and it's how we transition from avocado toast in the summer to a more fall-themed toast (wow, imagine it on sourdough toast). Apple butter also goes great on apple pancakes and is amazing atop warm buttermilk biscuits.

Get the Apple Butter recipe.

16

Apple Strudel

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Ethan Calabrese

Strudel is a layered pastry with a gooey filling. It can be done with all types of filling, but the most popular is apple, and this one is made even more delicious with the addition with cinnamon, lemon zest, and raisins.

Get the Apple Strudel recipe.

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17

Crustless Apple Pies

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Park Feierbach

You need to try this hasselback trick with apples ASAP. It tastes like a cross between a homemade apple pie and a warm apple crumble. The best part: You don't need to deal with rolling out and chilling pie dough.

Get the Crustless Apple Pies recipe.

18

Apple Cookies

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Erik bernstein

These snickerdoodle-like cookies are chewy in the center and slightly crisp around the edges. The dough is infused with all the best warm autumnal spices, thanks to the shortcut superhero apple pie spice, and each bite is packed with plenty of tart Granny Smith apple chunks. On top is a drizzle of thick white icing to take these cookies OTT.

Get the Apple Cookies recipe.

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19

Apple Pie Bars

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Parker Feierbach

When you need to make apple pie for a big group, these bars are absolutely perfect. With a no-fuss crust that you press (not roll), they're SO easier to throw together, and you can't beat that crumb topping. Drizzle them with some extra caramel or serve with ice cream for an extra special treat!

Get the Apple Pie Bars recipe.

20

Apple Jam

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Park Feierbach

Got a lot of apples and don't know what to do with them? If homemade apple pie seems like too much of an undertaking, this jam is just the thing to prolong those delicious fall apples. We love it shmeared on toast with peanut butter, but it would also be delicious stirred into yogurt or spread on top of pancakes or waffles.

Get the Apple Jam recipe.

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