11 Warm Apple Dessert Recipes for Cozy Fall Nights

Nothing says fall like warm apples bubbling in the oven. These 11 desserts are best served warm — with melting ice cream, of course.

Below you’ll find 11 reader-favorite recipes, each with a photo, ingredients, and step-by-step instructions. Save your favorites and enjoy!

1. Classic Apple Crisp

Buttery oat crumble over cinnamon-spiced baked apples.

Ingredients

• 6 apples, sliced
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/2 cup butter, cold
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 375°F.
2. Toss the apples with half the cinnamon and spread in a dish.
3. Rub the butter into the oats, flour, sugar, and remaining cinnamon.
4. Sprinkle the crumble over the apples.
5. Bake 35-40 minutes until bubbly.

2. Warm Apple Pie

Flaky double-crust pie with a gooey cinnamon apple filling.

Ingredients

• 1 package pie dough
• 5 apples, sliced
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 tbsp flour
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp butter

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 425°F.
2. Line a pie plate with one dough round.
3. Toss the apples with sugar, flour, and cinnamon; fill the crust.
4. Dot with butter and top with the second crust; crimp and vent.
5. Bake 45-50 minutes until golden.

3. Baked Apples with Oat Streusel

Whole baked apples stuffed with brown sugar oat streusel.

Ingredients

• 4 large apples
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup rolled oats
• 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 4 tbsp butter

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 375°F.
2. Core the apples, leaving the bottoms intact.
3. Mix the sugar, oats, walnuts, and cinnamon.
4. Fill each apple and top with a pat of butter.
5. Bake 30-35 minutes until tender.

4. Apple Fritter Bites

Bite-size fritters with caramelized apple and vanilla glaze.

Ingredients

• 1 can biscuit dough
• 4 apples, diced
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 3 tbsp milk

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 375°F.
2. Toss the apples with brown sugar and cinnamon.
3. Flatten each biscuit, fill with apples, and pinch shut.
4. Bake 15-18 minutes until golden.
5. Drizzle with powdered sugar glaze.

5. Apple Galette

Rustic free-form tart with layered apples and apricot glaze.

Ingredients

• 1 package puff pastry
• 3 apples, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup apricot jam
• 2 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 400°F.
2. Roll the puff pastry into a 12-inch circle.
3. Arrange the apple slices in overlapping circles, leaving a 2-inch border.
4. Fold the border over the apples.
5. Brush with warmed jam; bake 30 minutes.

6. Warm Caramel Apple Cider

Spiced cider with caramel and whipped cream.

Ingredients

• 4 cups apple cider
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• whipped cream
• caramel drizzle

Instructions

1. Simmer the cider, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg 10 minutes.
2. Ladle into mugs.
3. Top with whipped cream.
4. Drizzle with caramel.
5. Serve warm.

7. Caramel Apple Dump Cake

Three-ingredient dump cake with gooey apple and caramel.

Ingredients

• 1 box spice cake mix
• 1 can apple pie filling
• 3 eggs
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 cup caramel sauce

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Spread the pie filling in a greased 9×13 dish.
3. Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly on top.
4. Drizzle with oil.
5. Bake 40 minutes; serve with caramel.

8. Maple Roasted Apple Halves

Caramelized apple halves roasted in maple butter.

Ingredients

• 6 apples, halved and cored
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• vanilla ice cream

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 400°F.
2. Place the apple halves cut-side up in a dish.
3. Drizzle with maple syrup and dot with butter.
4. Sprinkle with cinnamon.
5. Roast 25 minutes; serve with ice cream.

9. Apple Dumpling Rolls

Crescent rolls wrapped around apple filling with cinnamon sugar.

Ingredients

• 1 package crescent dough
• 1 can apple pie filling
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter, melted

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 375°F.
2. Separate the crescent triangles.
3. Spoon apple filling onto each and roll up.
4. Brush with butter and sprinkle cinnamon sugar.
5. Bake 14-16 minutes until golden.

10. Warm Apple Pudding Cake

Old-fashioned pudding cake loaded with apples and brown sugar sauce.

Ingredients

• 4 cups diced apples
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 eggs
• 1.5 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Beat the butter, sugar, and eggs.
3. Fold in the flour, baking soda, and apples.
4. Bake in a greased dish 35 minutes.
5. Serve warm with cream.

11. Crispy Apple Wonton Cups

Golden wonton cups filled with cinnamon apples.

Ingredients

• 1 package wonton wrappers
• 2 apples, finely diced
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• oil for frying
• powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 375°F.
2. Press wonton wrappers into a muffin tin.
3. Bake 8 minutes until crisp.
4. Toss the apples with sugar and cinnamon; cook 5 minutes.
5. Fill the cups and dust with powdered sugar.

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