10 Apple Pie Recipes For Every Occasion

Old-Fashioned Apple Pie — Photo:
Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Missie Neville Crawford; Food Styling: Torie Cox

Make your best-ever homemade apple pie using one of our tried-and-true Southern recipes. From classic to creative, we have a pie for every baker needing a staple apple pie recipe. For a quick, crowd-pleasing dessert, whip up an easy apple pie using a cast-iron skillet and refrigerated pie crust. Or, take your pie up a notch by making a flaky homemade pie crust from scratch. And remember: no slice of warm, homemade apple pie is complete without creamy, fresh, homemade ice cream.

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Easy Skillet Apple Pie

Making an apple pie has never been so easy. Toss apples, cinnamon, and brown sugar and spoon over a refrigerated pie crust in the cast-iron skillet. Top with another crust and bake.

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Granny Smith Apple Pie

Roasted Granny Smith apples are the wow factor in this seemingly humble pie. Don't be fooled by its typical apple pie appearance. This version's deep, caramelized flavor is second to none.

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Apple Slab Pie

Leave a whole crowd in awe with this subtly tart bar-esque dessert. The crunchy crumble topping, spice blend, and mix of apples ensure you won't need to give up flavor for quantity.

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Old-Fashioned Apple Pie

As its name implies, this double-crusted dessert will remind you of traditional Thanksgiving apple pie. This nostalgic recipe is the product of an attempt to recreate a Southern grandma's long-lost recipe, and boy, are we thankful for this restoration. Thinly sliced Granny Smith or McIntosh apples fit perfectly in this buttery, flakey crust.

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Apple Pie Cake

Mash-up apple pie dessert is a sure-fire crowd-pleaser. Rather than fussing with a pie crust, this recipe surrounds delicious apple pie filling with tender white cake. Chopped toasted pecans top this dessert for extra texture and flavoring.

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Fried Apple Pies

These handheld goodies make enjoying fall flavors easier than ever. Each pocket of sweet and tart apple filling is coated in a crunchy, lick-your-lips cinnamon sugar crust. Crimp the edges for a classic pie aesthetic.

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Apple Chess Pie

What could be better than a Southern classic and Thanksgiving staple? A combination of both! Thinly-sliced Granny Smith apples and a custard-like filling give this pie its distinctive appearance and crisp texture.

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Cranberry Apple Pie

Fear not the tartness of cranberries with the help of apple butter and brown sugar in this flavor-filled desert. Despite the juicy berry's reputation, this pie is far from sour and elegantly captures the essence of autumn.

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Caramel Apple Blondie Pie

Buttery-rich layers of tender cake and caramelized apples add up to one sweet combo. The secret to the crisp, flaky crust? Baking in a cast-iron skillet on a lower oven rack.

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Apple Rose Tart

While we think that all apple pies are stunning, none are quite as well suited to impress as this beauty. Honeycrisp apple slices are flavored and softened with lemon juice, cinnamon, cardamom, and sugar to form a gorgeous rose design. Give the apple slices time to sit in the lemon juice mixture. Softer apples are easier to use.

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