Apple Bottom Dreams: 13 Juicy Recipes to Spice Up Your Fall

Get out your boots (with the fur) for the best time of the year: apple season! These apple recipes highlight and honor this delicious, crispy and succulent fruit, so you can celebrate all season long with an apple (recipe) a day. Whether you spend a day apple picking or peruse the supermarket for different varieties, these food and drink recipes bring the best of what apples have to offer right to your kitchen.

Two glasses of apple cider with apple slices and cinnamon sticks, surrounded by whole apples and a red cloth, on a white wooden surface—perfect for showcasing exquisite apple recipes.
Homemade Apple Cider. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Spiced Apple Syrup

Ingredients for apple simple syrup sitting around a jar of completed syrup.
Spiced Apple Syrup. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Made with fresh apples, cinnamon and cloves, this flavorful Spiced Apple Syrup effortlessly enhances everything it touches. Add it to your drinks to bring the delicious essence of apples to every sip, or drizzle it over your favorite fall treats like pancakes, French toast, apple pie or ice cream.
Get the Recipe: Spiced Apple Syrup

Apple Cider Sangria

An inviting glass of apple cider sangria placed near rosemary and cinnamon sticks.
Apple Cider Sangria. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Make your gatherings extra inviting with a pitcher of cozy and refreshing Apple Cider Sangria. Blending white wine, brandy, apple cider, ginger beer and spices, this crowd-pleasing drink captures the essence of apples and the fall season.
Get the Recipe: Apple Cider Sangria

Apple Cider Pulled Pork Tacos

A white tray of apple cider pulled pork tacos.
Apple Cider Pulled Pork Tacos. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Apples work in savory recipes so nicely. These Apple Cider Pulled Pork Tacos will show you how! They are an easy meal to make during the week with a crock pot or slow cooker, flavoring the pork with spices and apple cider. Serve on tortillas with apple matchsticks, dried cranberries, arugula and honey for a delicious dinner.
Get the Recipe: Apple Cider Pulled Pork Tacos

Homemade Apple Cider

A cup of apple cider with cinnamon sticks and apples.
Homemade Apple Cider. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Make your own homemade Apple Cider on the stovetop with real apples, spices and a hint of citrus. It’ll warm you right up. Bonus: Your kitchen will smell delightful all day, so keep it simmering when you have guests over.
Get the Recipe: Homemade Apple Cider

Apple Cider Mocktail

Two cocktails garnished with apple slices, rosemary, star anise, and cinnamon sticks, in glasses with sugared rims. An apple and additional cinnamon sticks are beside the drinks.
Apple Cider Mocktail. Photo credit: Feast + West.

This cozy Apple Cider Mocktail is just perfect for fall and the holiday season! Mix it up to sip on apple pie in a cup — without the alcohol. It’s bright with a touch of ginger and citrus and you’ll want to sip it all season long.
Get the Recipe: Apple Cider Mocktail

Washington Apple Cocktail

Two coupe glasses of a red cocktail with apple slices, next to sliced apples on a wooden board, against a white background.
Washington Apple Cocktail. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Meet the Washington Apple Cocktail, which just might be your new favorite fall drink. Made with smooth Canadian whisky, tangy sour apple liqueur and a splash of tart cranberry juice, it tastes like grown-up apple juice in sophisticated cocktail form.
Get the Recipe: Washington Apple Cocktail

Apple Pecan Salad

A salad with apples, walnuts and cranberries.
Apple Pecan Salad. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Serve up an Apple Pecan Salad with a zesty apple cider dressing for the perfect fall salad, great for lunches and dinner parties alike. Apples, goat cheese, pecans and dried cranberries sit atop a bed of greens and are drizzled with a sweet-and-sour dressing made with apple cider and fresh lemon juice.
Get the Recipe: Apple Pecan Salad

Caramel Apple Mimosa

Ingredients for a caramel apple mimosa sit surrounding the finished cocktail on a white background.
Caramel Apple Mimosa. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Celebrate apple season with a sweet and delicious Caramel Apple Mimosa. These brunch cocktails combine the rich and comforting taste of apple cider along with caramel vodka, a caramel drizzle and bubbly champagne, creating a decadent and seasonal mimosa treat.
Get the Recipe: Caramel Apple Mimosa

Apple Cider Jello Shots

Apple cider jello shots with cinnamon sugar rims on a white tray.
Apple Cider Jello Shots. Photo credit: Feast + West.

These Apple Cider Jello Shots are so cozy and delicious for fall. They’re perfect for all your fall gatherings, from tailgates and game-watching parties to Thanksgiving and Friendsgiving.
Get the Recipe: Apple Cider Jello Shots

Apple Martini

A glass of green apple juice with slices of apples, perfect for an Appletini.
Apple Martini. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Shake up apple season in a glass with this 1990s-style Green Apple Martini, AKA the Appletini. This festive green cocktail exudes style and apple flavor.
Get the Recipe: Apple Martini

Apple Crisp Macchiato

A glass of Apple Crisp Macchiato on a coaster surrounded by apples.
Apple Crisp Macchiato. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Bring the coffee shop to your house by making a festive Apple Crisp Macchiato drink at home — hot or iced — with your favorite milk and homemade spiced apple syrup.
Get the Recipe: Apple Crisp Macchiato

Apple Cider Margaritas

An apple margarita with an apple and cinnamon stick garnish and a cinnamon sugar rim.
Apple Cider Margaritas. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Take your taco nights up a notch with spiced Apple Cider Margaritas. Crafted with tequila, maple syrup, lime juice, fresh apple cider and a rim of cinnamon sugar, these sweet cocktails are refreshing yet warm and inviting at once.
Get the Recipe: Apple Cider Margaritas

Apple Pie Old-Fashioned Cocktail

A rocks glass with large square ice cube and golden liquid is garnished with a cinnamon stick and apple slice. Around it on a white background sit apples, cinnamon sticks and sprigs of red berries
Apple Pie Old-Fashioned Cocktail. Photo credit: Feast + West.

Made with a spiced apple simple syrup, apple cider and your favorite bourbon, this Apple Pie Old-Fashioned has all the comfort of apple pie. Full of fall flavors, this one is perfect for any cocktail hour this season.
Get the Recipe: Apple Pie Old-Fashioned Cocktail

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