Food Desserts & Baking 10 Favorite Apple Pie and Tart Recipes By Midwest Living editors Midwest Living editors Midwest Living's experienced editors create best-in-class travel, lifestyle, food, home and garden content you won't find anywhere else. We're loudly, proudly Midwestern, and we're passionate about helping our audience explore and create through award-winning storytelling. Midwest Living's Editorial Guidelines Updated on August 10, 2023 Trending Videos Apple pie, caramel apple pie, cider-spiked apple tarts—our recipes offer plenty of choices for tucking juicy fall apples into tender, flaky pastry. 01 of 10 Crumb-Topped Apple Pie Trio Crisp on top, sweetly tender inside, this quintessential fall dessert blends tart and sweet apples—Granny Smith, Jonagold and Braeburn—with sugar and cinnamon under a brown-sugar and walnut crumb topping. Make Your Best Pie Ever View Recipe 02 of 10 Apple Sage Gouda Pie The sage and cheese flavors in this pie are very subtle, savory enough to make the pie stand out without distracting from its sweet apple essence. The recipe comes from the Sister Pie cookbook, by Detroiter Lisa Ludwinski. View Recipe 03 of 10 Freestyle Apple Tarts This recipe from Iowa's Rapid Creek Cidery restaurant may look daunting, but it's actually five very simple parts that are may easily made ahead. View Recipe 04 of 10 Caramel Apple Pie Caramel-dipped apples inspired Wisconsin baker Caroline Imig to create this dessert. A mantle of flour-sugar-butter crumbs bakes crisp over sliced crisp-tart Cortland apples. Each serving gets a spoonful of caramel topping and a sprinkling of toasted nuts. View Recipe 05 of 10 Spiced Apple Tarte Tatin This easy, French-style upside-down apple tart relies on frozen puff pastry. The spice flavor comes from Chinese five-spice powder, a widely available blend with flavors of clove, black pepper and star anise. Our Best Fall Apple Desserts View Recipe 06 of 10 Apple-Cranberry Walnut Pie Sweet apples balance the tang of cranberries in this fall favorite. Best Fall Pie Recipes View Recipe 07 of 10 Apple-Pear Praline Pie This picture-perfect pie requires more than a flaky crust. "The key to this pie is the apples you use," says Mary Schrier of Cumberland, Iowa, who got this recipe from an old, handwritten family recipe book. She suggests not using Red Delicious apples. Instead, make this with Granny Smith, Jonathan or sweet-tart heirloom apples. View Recipe 08 of 10 Cider-Spiked Apple and Pecan Tart Apples are gently cooked in butter, then arranged in a prebaked crust and brushed with jelly. The result is an edible work of art. View Recipe 09 of 10 Single-Serving Caramel Apples Joan Wagner of Overland Park, Kansas, considers these single-serving apple pies her easy-entertaining recipe. "You can make these up to six hours ahead and cover them with plastic wrap, so the puff pastry doesn't dry out," she says. "The desserts can bake while your coffee is brewing." View Recipe 10 of 10 Apple Butter-Pumpkin Pie The classic pumpkin pie gets even better with the addition of apple butter, which gives extra sweetness and a slightly softer texture to the dessert. A streusel topping adds a bit of crunch. View Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit