Easy Apple Recipes

If you love fall baking, keep this section bookmarked. These apple recipes cover everything from classic pie to easy toppings and quick breads.

63. Classic Apple Pie

A flaky crust and cinnamon-spiced apple filling make this a timeless fall favorite.

• Ingredients: apples, pie crust, cinnamon, sugar, lemon juice
• How to make it: Toss apples with sugar, spices, and lemon, fill the crust, add the top crust, and bake until golden.
• Prep time: 30 minutes
• Cook time: 50 minutes
• Difficulty: Moderate
• Best for: Holidays and fall gatherings
• Storage: Cover and store at room temperature for up to 2 days.
• Easy swap: Add sliced pears.

64. Baked Cinnamon Apples

A simple five-ingredient dessert that’s also delicious spooned over oatmeal, pancakes, or ice cream.

• Ingredients: apples, butter, brown sugar, cinnamon
• How to make it: Slice apples, toss with butter and sugar, and bake until soft and caramelized.
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 25 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Desserts and breakfast toppings
• Storage: Refrigerate up to 5 days.
• Easy swap: Add chopped pecans.

65. Apple Crumble Bars

Buttery crumble, tender apples, and a simple base make these easy to pack and share.

• Ingredients: apples, oats, flour, brown sugar, butter
• How to make it: Press the base into a pan, add spiced apples and crumble topping, then bake.
• Prep time: 20 minutes
• Cook time: 40 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Bake sales and gatherings
• Storage: Store at room temperature for up to 3 days.
• Easy swap: Add walnuts.

66. Apple Cider Caramel Sauce

Reduced apple cider adds extra depth to this homemade caramel sauce.

• Ingredients: apple cider, brown sugar, butter, heavy cream
• How to make it: Reduce the cider, add sugar and butter, then slowly stir in cream.
• Prep time: 5 minutes
• Cook time: 25 minutes
• Difficulty: Moderate
• Best for: Ice cream and desserts
• Storage: Refrigerate up to 2 weeks.
• Easy swap: Add flaky sea salt.

67. Apple Cinnamon Bread

Moist quick bread packed with cinnamon and pieces of apple.

• Ingredients: flour, diced apple, cinnamon, brown sugar, eggs
• How to make it: Prepare the batter, fold in apples, and bake until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Cook time: 55 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Breakfast and gifting
• Storage: Freeze for up to 3 months.
• Easy swap: Add cinnamon streusel.

68. Slow Cooker Applesauce

A hands-off way to turn fresh apples into homemade applesauce.

• Ingredients: apples, cinnamon, lemon juice, sugar
• How to make it: Add chopped apples, cinnamon, lemon, and sugar to a slow cooker. Cook until soft, then mash.
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: About 4 hours
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Fall batch cooking
• Storage: Refrigerate up to 1 week or freeze.
• Easy swap: Leave it chunky.

Pumpkin Recipes

Pumpkin season is about more than pumpkin spice lattes. These recipes include breakfast bakes, cookies, soup, cheesecake bars, and other cozy ways to use pumpkin puree.

69. Pumpkin Bread

A moist, warmly spiced quick bread that’s perfect for breakfast or gifting.

• Ingredients: pumpkin puree, flour, pumpkin pie spice, eggs, oil
• How to make it: Mix wet and dry ingredients separately, combine, and bake until set.
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 60 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Fall breakfasts
• Storage: Freeze for up to 3 months.
• Easy swap: Add chocolate chips or walnuts.

70. Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Bakery-style pumpkin muffins with a cinnamon-sugar topping.

• Ingredients: pumpkin puree, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, brown sugar
• How to make it: Mix the batter, divide into muffin cups, top with cinnamon sugar, and bake.
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 20 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Fall meal prep
• Storage: Freeze for up to 3 months.
• Easy swap: Add a cream cheese center.

71. Pumpkin Whoopie Pies

Soft pumpkin cakes sandwiched around a sweet cream cheese filling.

• Ingredients: pumpkin puree, flour, brown sugar, cream cheese, powdered sugar
• How to make it: Bake small rounds of spiced pumpkin batter, cool, then sandwich with cream cheese filling.
• Prep time: 20 minutes
• Cook time: 15 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Fall gatherings
• Storage: Refrigerate filled whoopie pies for up to 4 days.
• Easy swap: Add maple to the filling.

72. Creamy Pumpkin Soup

A savory pumpkin recipe that’s warm, velvety, and perfect for a cool evening.

• Ingredients: pumpkin puree, vegetable broth, onion, cream, nutmeg
• How to make it: Sauté onion, add pumpkin and broth, simmer, blend, and finish with cream.
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 25 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Fall dinners
• Storage: Freeze up to 3 months.
• Easy swap: Add curry powder.

73. Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

A simple way to get pumpkin cheesecake flavor without using a springform pan.

• Ingredients: cream cheese, pumpkin puree, graham crackers, pumpkin pie spice
• How to make it: Prepare the crust, add the pumpkin cheesecake filling, and bake until just set.
• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Cook time: 40 minutes
• Chill time: 3 hours
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Thanksgiving
• Storage: Refrigerate up to 5 days.
• Easy swap: Add caramel drizzle.

74. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Soft, cakey cookies with pumpkin spice and plenty of chocolate chips.

• Ingredients: pumpkin puree, flour, chocolate chips, brown sugar, cinnamon
• How to make it: Mix the wet ingredients, fold in the dry ingredients and chocolate chips, then bake.
• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Cook time: 12 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Fall baking
• Storage: Store at room temperature for up to 4 days.
• Easy swap: Use white chocolate chips.

Easy Baking Recipes

These are the dependable homemade baking recipes worth keeping in your rotation, whether you’re a beginner baker or simply want something easy.

75. Classic Chocolate Chip Cookies

A reliable cookie recipe with crisp edges, soft centers, and plenty of chocolate.

• Ingredients: butter, brown sugar, flour, chocolate chips, vanilla
• How to make it: Cream butter and sugar, add the remaining ingredients, then bake until golden around the edges.
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 12 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Any occasion
• Storage: Freeze cookie dough portions for up to 3 months.
• Easy swap: Finish with flaky sea salt.

76. Banana Bread

The easiest answer to a bunch of overripe bananas sitting on the counter.

• Ingredients: ripe bananas, flour, butter, brown sugar, eggs
• How to make it: Mash bananas, mix with wet ingredients, fold in dry ingredients, and bake.
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 55 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Breakfast and snacking
• Storage: Freeze sliced bread for up to 3 months.
• Easy swap: Add walnuts or chocolate chips.

77. Homemade Dinner Rolls

Soft, fluffy dinner rolls make even a simple meal feel a little more special.

• Ingredients: flour, yeast, milk, butter, sugar
• How to make it: Make the dough, knead, let it rise, shape into rolls, and bake until golden.
• Prep time: 20 minutes
• Cook time: 20 minutes
• Difficulty: Moderate
• Best for: Holiday dinners
• Storage: Freeze baked rolls and reheat wrapped in foil.
• Easy swap: Brush with garlic butter.

78. Soft Sugar Cookies

Tender cookies that are easy to decorate for birthdays, holidays, or just because.

• Ingredients: butter, sugar, flour, vanilla, baking powder
• How to make it: Cream butter and sugar, add dry ingredients, chill, roll, and bake.
• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Chill time: 1 hour
• Cook time: 10 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Holiday cookie trays
• Storage: Store unfrosted cookies for up to a week.
• Easy swap: Add almond extract.

79. Buttermilk Biscuits

Flaky, tender biscuits made with cold butter and buttermilk.

• Ingredients: flour, cold butter, buttermilk, baking powder
• How to make it: Cut cold butter into flour, add buttermilk, shape the dough, cut biscuits, and bake.
• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Cook time: 15 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Breakfast or dinner
• Storage: Freeze unbaked biscuits and bake from frozen.
• Easy swap: Add cheddar and chives.

80. Cinnamon Rolls

Soft rolls filled with cinnamon sugar and finished with cream cheese icing.

• Ingredients: flour, yeast, butter, cinnamon, cream cheese icing
• How to make it: Prepare the dough, roll it out, spread with cinnamon filling, slice, and bake.
• Prep time: 25 minutes
• Cook time: 25 minutes
• Difficulty: Moderate
• Best for: Weekend breakfasts
• Storage: Assemble the night before and refrigerate.
• Easy swap: Add chopped pecans.

81. Blondies

Chewy brown-sugar bars with chocolate chips are one of the easiest homemade desserts to bake.

• Ingredients: brown sugar, butter, flour, vanilla, chocolate chips
• How to make it: Mix the melted butter and sugar, add the remaining ingredients, then bake until set.
• Prep time: 10 minutes
• Cook time: 25 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Easy desserts
• Storage: Store at room temperature for up to 5 days.
• Easy swap: Add white chocolate and macadamia nuts.

82. Homemade Pizza Dough

Make Friday pizza night at home with this simple yeast dough.

• Ingredients: flour, yeast, olive oil, warm water, salt
• How to make it: Mix and knead the dough, let it rise until doubled, then stretch and top as desired.
• Prep time: 15 minutes
• Rise time: 1 hour
• Difficulty: Easy
• Best for: Homemade pizza nights
• Storage: Freeze portioned dough for up to 3 months.
• Easy swap: Add garlic and herbs.