Apple Recipes

Whether they’re in crumbles, pies or muffins, nothing signals the start of autumn like the aroma of apples cooking in something delicious.

We’re big apple fans in our house, so we can’t wait to try out some new recipes (and stuff our faces with crumble).

Here are some of our favourites, plus a few more we’re hoping to try out.

Apple Butter

This isn’t like butter at all, but more of a thick, cinnamony, caramalised sauce. It’s delicious stirred into porridge or yoghurt or eaten straight off a spoon. You could spread it onto toast, use it as a dip, top pancakes or waffles with it…. whatever takes your fancy. We like this recipe from Skinnytaste.

• 6 large apples (use sweet apples, not traditional cooking apples)
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/8 tsp. allspice
• 1/8 tsp. nutmeg

Peel, core and finely chop the apples, then place in a slow cooker. Add the other ingredients on top and mix well. Cover and cook on high for five hours or low for ten hours, stirring once. Use an immersion blender to puree the mixture, then cook on high, uncovered, for another two hours. Keep in the fridge!

Apple Crisps

Perfect to have in the oven on a rainy autumnal day for a afternoon snack. Your whole house will smell delicious! Recipe from Healthy Little Foodies.

• 3 apples
• Ground cinnamon

Thinly slice the apples (be careful!!!), remove the pips and place the apple slices onto two lined baking trays. Sprinkle with cinnamon if you like – or leave them plain, they will still be delicious – then bake at 110 degrees c or 225 degrees f. Turn after one hour, and bake for one hour more.

Sticky Toffee Apple Pudding

We haven’t tried this yet, but the name says it all. Definitely on our list for this year. You can get the recipe here.

Chocolate Toffee Apple Slices

These slice-sized treats from My Fussy Easter are perfect for children if you don’t want them to guzzle an entire toffee apple. They are served on sticks and you can jazz them up with sprinkles, sweets or coconut. We tried this last week and the results were delicious, they enjoyed licking out the bowls of chocolate too.

• 3 medium apples
• 100g chocolate (milk or dark)
• 2 Tbsp toffee or caramel sauce
• Sprinkles/desiccated coconut to decorate
• Lolly sticks

Method here.

Apple Pie Ice Cream

We tried this recently and it was delicious! The kids didn’t like the chunks of apple, but you could either blitz all the caramalised apples, or save it as an adults only treat.

We made it in a loaf cake tin and as it doesn’t need any churning you can put it straight into the freezer.

Apple compote:

• 2 medium Granny Smith apples (peeled, cored and cut into small pieces)
• 1 Tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 cup of dark brown sugar, packed

Ice cream base:

• Can of condensed milk
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. vanilla essence/extract
• 2 cups of double cream
• 3/4 cups of crunchy, oaty biscuits, crumbled

Method here.

Hot Apple Cider (non-alcoholic)

This is literally autumn in liquid form. It’s non-alcoholic, and screams autumn days.

You can find many recipes online, this one from Sally’s Baking Addiction calls for a mixture of sweet and tart apples. It worked great for us and the kids enjoyed it too, although they preferred it cold.

• 10 medium apples
• 1 orange
• 3 cinnamon sticks or 1 tablespoon of ground cinnamon
• 2 tsp. of ground cloves
• 1/2 cup of granulated sugar (adjust to your taste)

Quarter the apples, peel the orange and divide into segments. Put everything in a slow cooker and add just enough water to cover. Cook on low for 6-7 hours or 3 hours on high. Mash the fruit with a spoon then simmer for another hour. Strain through a sieve then pour into glasses. Garnish with a cinnamon stick!

Classic Apple Chutney

We haven’t tried this yet, but this apple chutney from BBC Good Food sounds like it would be the perfect addition to a cheese board.

• 1.5 kg cooking apples, peeled and diced
• 750g light muscovado sugar
• 500g raisins
• 2 medium onions, finely chopped
• 2 tsp. mustard seeds
• 2 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 tsp. salt
• 700ml cider vinegar

Method here.

What’s your favourite apple recipe? Let us know in the Calderdale Mumbler Chat Group.  Looking for more autumnal & Halloween content? Find great days out ideas, Halloween crafts, trick or treating alternatives, Calderdale’s Neighbourhood Pumpkin Trail and more.