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Whether you’re trying to use up your fall haul after a trip to the orchard or want to get creative with that lone apple in your kitchen—you’ll find that this sweet and delicious fruit is perfect for perking up everything from sandwiches and salads to breakfasts and baked goods.
Our Best Ideas for Using Up Apples
When you imagine a bushel basket brimming with shiny red apples, the next thing that comes to mind is probably a freshly baked apple pie, warm from the oven. Or glass jars filled with homemade cider or applesauce. And, while we certainly love a day in the orchard picking apples for baking, homemade desserts are far from the only use for this hardy fruit. With the right recipes, you’ll find that apples add just the right amount of sweetness to salads, sandwiches and chicken dinners, too. And that’s only the beginning! No matter which of these recipes you choose, we’re sure that these dishes are destined to become the apple of your eye—starting with this fall dinner. A duo of sliced apples and apple cider makes it the one-pot dish you’ll keep coming back to all season long. Either Honeycrisp or Pink Lady apples work well in this recipe—they hold their shape nicely while cooking and are the perfect mix of sweet and tart.