16 Fantastic Apple Pie Recipes to Make This Fall

Make a warm, comforting apple pie after you visit the orchard or farmers market this autumn.

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Apple Flambé Pie
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Nothing screams fall like apple pie — the warm, sweet, flaky results of apple-picking season — and in this roundup of apple pie recipes, we're giving it the love it deserves. Whether you're looking for a dessert with our Classic Pie Crust or a new take on ice cream sandwiches, this collection has something unique and seasonal for every apple pie lover.

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Dutch Apple Pie

Dutch Apple Pie

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A golden, walnut-studded streusel tops a filling of cinnamon-spiced apples and a simple homemade crust in this apple pie from F&W's former senior Test Kitchen editor Grace Parisi.

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Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

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In her no-frills, double-crust apple pie recipe, baker A.J. Perry creates a traditional dessert that exudes sweet-tart apples in a perfectly buttery shell. A touch of lemon enhances every gently spiced bite.

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Apple Cheddar Rye Pie

Apple Cheddar Rye Pie
Gerard + Belevender

Cheddar cheese and rye flour add sharpness and nuttiness to classic apple pie. A little savory and a little sweet, this pie is wholly delicious.

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Apple Flambé Pie

Apple Flambé Pie

Victor Protasio / Food Stylist Torie Cox /Prop Stylist Claire Spollen

Dried and fresh apples meet complex and aromatic spices like fennel, cinnamon, and cloves to enhance the crisp fall flavors of apple pie. Use a prepared flaky pie crust as the classic base, or shoot for the moon with our sweet-meets-salty pretzel-waffle cone crust.

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Dried Apple Hand Pies

super flaky apple hand pies
Victor Protasio

Dried apple slices are rehydrated with spiced cider, fresh lemon, and vanilla bean, turning into a saucy, caramelized autumnal filling for these beautifully browned hand pies.

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Brown Bag Apple Pie

Brown Bag Apple Pie

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During the Great Depression in Joan Nalley Buchanan's small hometown of Thomaston, Georgia, her grandmother learned to make apple pie in a brown bag. The paper grocery bag traps in all the moisture, creating the perfect conditions for tender apples nestled in a crisp, golden crust.

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Double-Crust Apple Pie

Double-Crust Apple Pie
© Tina Rupp

If there ever were a no-fail apple pie recipe, this would be the one. From former F&W editor Grace Parisi, this quintessential double-crust apple pie delivers juicy, sweet-tart apples all tucked inside an iconic crust.

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Apple Pie Bars

Apple Pie Bars
© Quentin Bacon

As a handheld version of a streusel-topped apple pie, this apple pie bar recipe features a crumbly, nutty topping and a crisp, buttery crust.

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Mountain Rose Apple Pie

Mountain Rose Apple Pie
© Con Poulos

Pastry chef Rebecca Masson of Houston's Fluff Bake Bar uses prized Mountain Rose apples in her dense apple pie featuring a sweet and crisp oat crumble topping.

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Salted Caramel Apple Pie

Salted Caramel Apple Pie
© Abby Hocking

In this stunning apple pie, homemade caramel sauce is drizzled over spice-rubbed apples; the beautiful lattice topping is brushed with egg wash and sprinkled with salt and demerara sugar for that just-caramelized finishing touch.

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Deep-Dish All-American Cinnamon Apple Pie

Deep-Dish All-American Cinnamon Apple Pie
Greg DuPree

Pastry legend Rose Levy Beranbaum brings us this beloved cinnamon apple pie. Fresh apple juices, warm spices, and butter cook down to make a sumptuous syrup that gets layered among circles of apple slices.

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Deep-Dish Caramel Apple Pie

Deep-Dish Caramel Apple Pie
© Abby Hocking

This deep-dish apple pie from former F&W Test Kitchen editor Kay Chun is loaded with textures, flavors, and aromas. Stacked cinnamon apple slices are topped first with homemade caramel and then with a brown sugar streusel.

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Apple Pie à la Mode Ice Cream Sandwiches

Apple Pie a la Mode Ice Cream Sandwiches
Eva Kolenko

As an homage to her grandmothers, Top Chef winner and host Kristen Kish designed this dessert to represent both apple pie and snickerdoodles. An aromatic apple filling is swirled into vanilla ice cream, then the mixture gets sandwiched between two homemade cookies.

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Double-Crust Apple-Apricot Pie

Double-Crust Apple-Apricot Pie
© John Kernick

Author, pastry chef, and teacher Alice Medrich brings unexpected notes of honey and citrus to apple pie with her addition of dried apricots and orange zest.

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Puff Pastry Apple Pie

Puff Pastry Apple Pie
Photo by Jennifer Causey / Food Styling by Ali Ramee / Prop Styling by Audrey Davis

With just four ingredients, this apple pie recipe employs store-bought puff pastry to make the golden, crisp crust. A filling of sugared apples creates a delicious canvas for adding your favorite spices as desired.

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Cumin and Jaggery Glazed Apple Pie

Cumin-and-Jaggery-Glazed Apple Pie
Marcus Nilsson

A glaze of butter, jaggery, and cumin adds a striking finish to this apple pie created by cookbook author and chef Asha Gomez. Cream cheese makes an unexpected yet much-appreciated appearance in the flaky homemade crust.

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