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8 recipes for apple picking season from PBS Food

A glamor shot of an apple hand pie sitting on top of another hand pie, on a plate next to an apple.

September 29, 2025 Tara Lovdahl

Don your flannel, grab your basket and fill it with apples. It’s time to bake and cook incredible dishes packed with pectin.

Explore these eight recipes from PBS Food to up your apple game this year!

An apple and olive oil cake adorned with powdered sugar, with a missing a piece.

This apple olive oil cake is perfect for snacking, and the recipe is very straightforward. (Recipe Credit: Adrianna Adarme of Fresh Tastes.)

A glamor shot of an apple hand pie sitting on top of another hand pie, on a plate next to an apple.

With apples tossed in sugar, butter and cinnamon, these easy apple hand pies come together in less than 30 minutes. (Recipe Credit: Marc Matsumoto of Fresh Tastes.)

A stunning overhead view of a celery and apple salad.

This celery and apple salad with toasted almonds and a simple vinaigrette is the perfect transitional dish between winter and spring. (Recipe Credit: Adrianna Adarme of Fresh Tastes.)

A glamor shot of a cinnamon swirl sheet pan bake next to a cup of coffee.

Make Martha Stewart’s Cinnamon-Swirl Apple Slab Pie from the “Apples” episode of Martha Bakes.

A glamor shot of a decorative apple pie, surrounded by apples, and a logo, "John Bunker's Apple Pie" next to it.

Apple pie is a great way to appreciate the incredible variety and diversity of this glorious fruit. This apple pie recipe is courtesy of John Bunker, “The Apple Whisperer.”

A close up glamor shot of a stack of pancakes, complete with butter and syrup.

Borrowing a technique from carrot cake, these apple-spiced walnut pancakes will get you in the mood for fall. (Recipe Credit: Adrianna Adarme of Fresh Tastes.)

A stack of old-fashioned applejacks bunched together on their side, in a small sheet pan.

This classic Southern dessert is a wonderful use of seasonal apples by chef Vivian Howard.

A close up of toffee apple doughnuts.

Richard’s toffee apple doughnuts recipe appears in the Advanced Dough episode of The Great British Baking Show.

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