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Southern apple recipes are one of my favorite parts of fall cooking. This collection runs from my Granny’s fried apple pies to slow-cooker apple butter, a cinnamon streusel bread, a tarte tatin with pears alongside the apples, and an apple crisp with a brown sugar topping and no oats. Not all of it is dessert. There are pork chops, a sausage and mushroom stuffing, a pomegranate salad, and a creamy coleslaw with cranberries.

Apple season runs late August into October in the South, and Galas and Honeycrisps keep their shape best in most of these. The apple butter and the caramel apple cake both scale for a crowd, and the streusel bread and the coleslaw taste better made a day ahead. The fried pies are the ones people ask me about all fall and one of the most popular recipes on the site.

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Thank you so much for this recipe. I watched my Mom make this so many times. I’m 77 years of age and have made these pies a lot too. My Son asked me today to make them and I thought I would see how other people do them. Yours is almost exactly the way my Mom taught me. I would give you a hug if I could, but, since I can’t I will ask God to Bless you and your family.

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A slice of cheesecake topped with diced apples and caramel sauce sits on a ceramic plate.
No-Bake Caramel Apple Cheesecake Recipe
A no-bake caramel apple cheesecake with a graham cracker crust, cinnamon-cooked Honeycrisp apples, and caramel layered inside and drizzled over the top.
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A cast iron skillet filled with baked apple cobbler, featuring golden biscuit topping and caramelized apple filling, with a wooden spoon resting inside.
Apple Cobbler Recipe
A caramel apple cobbler baked in a 10-inch cast iron skillet, with cinnamon-spiced Honeycrisp apples under a tender biscuit topping. Serve it warm with vanilla ice cream.
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An apple cheesecake bar topped with crumbly streusel and caramel sauce sits on a white plate, with a bowl of caramel and cinnamon sticks nearby.
Apple Cheesecake Bars Recipe
Apple cheesecake bars with a graham cracker crust, tart Granny Smith apples, and a brown sugar crumble topping. Baked in an 8×8 pan and chilled before slicing.
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A stack of fried apple pies.
Fried Apple Pies Recipe
Fried apple pies, with their crispy crust and sweet apple filling, have delighted dessert lovers for generations.
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Baked apple crisp with no-oats topping on a white plate.
Apple Crisp Without Oats
This apple crisp without oats has a rich, buttery topping and sweet apple filling and takes just twenty minutes to mix together.
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Slice of Easy Apple Strudel on a plate.
Easy Apple Strudel
This Easy Apple Strudel made with canned fruit and puff pastry will make your guests think you spent all afternoon in the kitchen, but it only takes about half an hour! 
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A slice of double crust apple pie with a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, served on a white plate. An apple and a striped cloth are in the background.
Double-Crust Apple Pie
Double-crust apple pie with a hint of cinnamon and nutmeg and sweet apple filling between two flaky layers of pie crust.
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A slice of apple pie topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and caramel sauce on a white plate, with a fork resting on the dessert.
Salted Caramel Apple Pie Recipe
A buttery, flaky pie filled with tender apples, gooey caramel, and a hint of sea salt.
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Caramel Apple Cake serving in a bowl.
Caramel Apple Cake
Caramel Apple Cake with fresh, tart apples baked into a luscious brown sugar cake and covered with a sweet, caramel glaze.
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Mini mini caramel apple cheesecake topped with spiced apple chunks and drizzled with caramel sauce, resting on a brown paper liner.
Mini Caramel Apple Cheesecake Recipe
Creamy, caramel-drizzled mini cheesecakes topped with warm spiced apples — the perfect bite-sized fall dessert!
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A whole apple tarte tatin on a white plate.
Apple Tarte Tatin
This version of Tarte Tatin uses apples and pears in a cast iron skillet with refrigerated pie crusts so it’s super easy!
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French Apple Turnovers
An easy apple turnover that’s perfect for a weeknight dessert.
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Apple tarts with orange-almond marmalade using puff pastry--quick and easy! Perfect for a weeknight dessert or even for company.
Apple Tarts
Apple tarts with orange-almond marmalade using puff pastry–quick and easy! Perfect for a weeknight dessert or even for company.
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A loaf of apple streusel bread on a wooden board is being drizzled with white icing from a spoon.
Apple Streusel Bread Recipe
Moist apple bread topped with cinnamon streusel and drizzled with sweet cider glaze—perfect for breakfast or dessert.
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A spoon holding a thick, brown apple butter mixture over an open glass jar, with another jar and apples blurred in the background.
Slow Cooker Apple Butter Recipe
Our version of Slow Cooker Apple Butter is perfectly seasoned and so easy to make.
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A bowl of apple cinnamon oatmeal with visible apple chunks, served with a spoon on a white plate atop a brown patterned tablecloth.
Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
A microwave oatmeal recipe chock full of goodness with fresh apples, walnuts and just a hint of brown sugar.
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A bowl of salad with arugula, apple slices, walnuts, pomegranate seeds, and cubes of feta cheese. Two small bowls with pomegranate seeds and walnuts are in the background.
Apple Pomegranate Salad Recipe
A fresh, colorful salad of apples, pomegranate, greens, and feta tossed in a sweet maple-balsamic dressing.
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A plate of creamy apple coleslaw made with shredded cabbage and carrots, garnished with two thin slices of green apple, served with a fork.
Apple Coleslaw with Cranberries
A crunchy, colorful slaw with sweet apples, cabbage, and tangy creamy dressing is easy, refreshing, and perfect for any meal.
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A serving of apple sausage stuffing on a plate with the dish in the background.
Apple Sausage Stuffing
Apple Sausage Stuffing with mushrooms, sage, and other fresh herbs and vegetables is a delicious variation of traditional stuffing.
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A cast iron skillet filled with pork chops in creamy onion sauce and tender apples, garnished with fresh thyme sprigs.
Pork Chops with Apples
Pork Chops with Apples is a one-pot meal with pork chops, apples, sweet onion, and a creamy mustard sauce that is divine. 
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A sliced caramel apple tart on a round wooden cutting board, with a pie server and sprigs of herbs nearby.
Caramel Apple Tart Recipe
A buttery tart shell filled with thin apple slices arranged in a spiral, baked until the edges caramelize, and finished with homemade salted caramel and flaky sea salt.
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