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.
Spiced Apple Syrup
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.
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Apple Cider Sangria
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.
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Apple Cider Pulled Pork Tacos
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.
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Homemade Apple Cider
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.
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Apple Cider Mocktail
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.
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Washington Apple Cocktail
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.
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Apple Pecan Salad
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.
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Caramel Apple Mimosa
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.
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Apple Cider Jello Shots
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.
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Apple Martini
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.
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Apple Crisp Macchiato
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.
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Apple Cider Margaritas
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.
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Apple Pie Old-Fashioned Cocktail
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.
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