Food Recipe Collections & Favorites Desserts 8 Apple Pie Recipes to Make All Fall 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? In this roundup, you’ll find all sorts of apple pie recipes to get you in the mood for fall. The popular dessert is delicious, often easy to make, and incredibly adaptable to your own personal tastes and preferences. A reward for one of fall’s best pastimes—apple picking—apple pie is beloved for its buttery, flaky crust and ooey gooey apple filling. Whether you're looking for an old-fashioned recipe or a new and unexpected one, we've got plenty of pies to choose from. So, no matter what you’re in the mood for, we’ve got the apple pie recipe for you! Move Over Pumpkin Spice, Apple Pie Spice Is the Flavor of Fall 01 of 08 The Best Old-Fashioned Apple Pie Recipe It doesn’t get any more classic than this apple pie recipe, which calls for several different 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 08 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 08 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 08 Sheet Pan Apple Crisp Caitlin Bensel Yes, this 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 08 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 15 Easy Pie Recipes Everyone Will Love 06 of 08 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 08 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 08 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 Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit