Deep Fried Apple Fritters

Apple fritters warm from the fryer are the perfect little autumn treats!

Whether dusted with confectioners’ sugar or dipped in a warm glaze these old-fashioned drop doughnuts will melt in your mouth. And find their way into your heart like they have mine. [Read more...]

Baked Peanut Butter Apple Oatmeal

Baked oatmeal is a special treat for breakfast and perfectly acceptable to eat at any and all hours of the day including for dessert!

Cubes of apple laced with peanut butter dominate every bite of this thick and creamy oatmeal with crunchy walnuts and warm notes of brown sugar and cinnamon. [Read more...]

Caramel Apple Layer Cake w/ Cream Cheese Frosting

I’m madly in love with this caramel apple cake! Don’t judge. It could be worse.

You don’t stand a chance against its wily charms with fresh apples, caramel sauce baked right into the batter, cinnamon cream cheese frosting and yet more gooey caramel gracing the top.

You may find yourself gazing longingly at it with adoring eyes, lashes fluttering and heart beating faster. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Like a true caramel apple, the cake is moist and sticky sweet on the inside with a subtle apple flavor that is insanely delicious. I’m convinced apples and caramel, so magnificent a pair, were made for each other. The cinnamon-drenched cream cheese frosting cuts right through the cloying sweetness with its tangy flavor giving it the balance it needs. [Read more...]

Old-Fashioned Apple Crumb Pie with Cranberries

The start of apple season is marked by the beckoning aroma of apples saturating the market air causing my mind to conjure up images of pie. Where some see a tasty piece of juicy fruit to eat out of hand I imagine all the possible desserts that can be baked. I do it to every single piece of fruit to enter my house. Without fail. It’s a sickness. [Read more...]