BH&G Best Apple Recipes

In this all-new issue of Best Apple Recipes, you’ll find delightful new ways to use up your favorite orchard fruit. For a taste of the sweet side, dive into pies, cakes, cookies, desserts, and so much more. When you’re on the hunt for savory recipes, check out these irresistible soups, pastas, sandwiches, and chicken dishes. If you want to dry your apple slices for a long shelf life, your air fryer is just the tool for the job. Plus find all the best ways to get apple butter, apple sauce, apple cider, and apple liqueurs into your baking and cooking.

Better Homes and Gardens - Special Issues

Hello, Apples • With more than 100 apple varieties grown commercially in the United States, navigating the different kinds can be a little mind-boggling. But we’re here to help! Check out the newest names on the market, find the best varieties for cooking and baking, plus learn how to make your own apple pie spice.

Apples for Breakfast • When you get your apple fix first thing in the morning, it’s bound to be a good day. Go sweet, savory, or a combo of both!

4 New Ways With Hot Apple Cider • Bring on the cold weather! This warming fall beverage takes on new layers of deliciousness when you add a heavy-handed pour of wine, tea, pomegranate juice, and more.

Applesauce Love • Store-bought applesauce is all well and good, but nothing beats a batch of homemade. Cook up a potful (it’s easier than you think!), then use it in cookies, cheesecake, or scones.

Perfectly Preserved • Extend the autumn season by preserving your freshly picked apple haul in pie filling, jelly, chutney, and more.

Apple Breads • Our secret for loaves, rolls, and muffins that always rise to the occasion? Add some just-picked fall apples (and a little spice!) to the mix.

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Soup's On • Give your cool-weather soups and stews a savory-sweet twist by tossing some of fall’s favorite fruit into the pot.

Savory Pairs: Pork + Apples • There’s an undeniable chemistry between pork and apples, so we brought the two together in dishes featuring our favorite cuts of pork: chops, tenderloin, even hot dogs.

Savory Pairs: Chicken + Apples • Stir-fries, sandwiches, wraps, and a whole roast bird—we used apples’ sweet nuances to bring fall flair to weeknight-ready chicken dinners.

Sideliners • Every special holiday main dish needs a good support staff. Let apples help fill that role by serving any (or all!) of these sweet-tangy sides.

Let's Eat Cake • Fall’s harvest of crisp, juicy apples is all the reason you need to celebrate. Go all in with a fancy bundt cake, or keep it simple with snackable squares.

Bake a Batch • An apple a day still counts if it’s baked into cookies and bars, right? We think so. Here are 5 sweet ways to get in your apple quota every day.

Caramel Apple Twist • Update classic caramel apples by adding a little tamarind and spice. In these fun treats, four flavors—sweet, salty, sour, and bitter—play together in apple-icious harmony.

Bring On Dessert • The sweet scent of warm, apple-studded treats is a rite of passage in the fall. Make it happen with dumplings, shortcake, fritters, and more.

Apples in Pastry • When apples met pastry, an epic love story began. Try this meant-to-be combo in a multitude of forms—classic pies, two-bite empanadas, tarte tatin, and more.

Poached Apples • We love when amazingly simple desserts are also amazingly delicious. When your favorite fall fruit hits its peak, infuse it with warm spices, wine, tangy citrus, and more.

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