8 Best Apple Desserts Perfect to Bake for Fall

Appalachian Apple Stack Cake

Usually, when cake emerges, that signals the party is ending soon. But with six layers of spice cake and an orchard’s worth of apple butter, this apple dessert IS the party.

BA’s Best Apple Pie

Reducing the liquid in this mile-high guy to a syrupy consistency concentrates the flavor in the apple pie filling and yields the ideal juicy sauciness. A classic apple pie recipe with a twist.

Apple-Walnut Upside-Down Cake

We’ll just say it plainly: Recipe developer Claire Saffitz’s apple cake is the best apple cake. And here’s a pro tip from her: Use a melon baller to remove the apple cores for the neatest, prettiest scoop.

Caramel Apple Breakfast Cobbler

This make-ahead apple cobbler is great for busy mornings—or for evening dinner parties, when there are a lot of other things you’re maneuvering in and out of the oven. Perfect for a crowd.

Fall Fruit Galette

Serve this easygoing galette with softly whipped cream or vanilla ice cream on the side. The recipe says it’s optional—but is it really?

Suspiciously Cheesy Apple Crumb Bars

Incorporating Cheez-Its into the dough for this apple dessert results in a toasty, buttery flavor that your friends will be able to identify as deliciousness, but not necessarily as cheesiness.

Easiest Caramel Apple Clafoutis

Pink Ladies and Granny Smith apples are our go-to oddments for baking, but you can choose any kind if it has a firm texture and a good bit of acidity. A simple and delicious apple dessert recipe.

Salted Caramel Apple Cookies

Caramel apples are great and everything, but have you tried these cookies, which combine similar textures and flavors in an easy-to-eat (read: not sticky) package?