30 of our best apple dessert recipes

In Australia, apple season is at its best from late summer and through to autumn; it’s fortunate, because that’s right when we seek a little extra indulgence.

Beyond the all-time classic apple pie (find our go-to recipe below), we love Royal Galas, Granny Smiths, is ideal, and pink ladies baked into bubbling crumbles, folded intro strudels, and caramelised and layered into flaky puff-pastry tarts.

These are Gourmet Traveller‘s favourite apple desserts to bake at home.

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Tarte Tatin

Tarte Tatin

Cutler & Co’s apple terrine with burnt-butter ice-cream, oat crumb and butterscotch sauce

Cutler & Co’s apple terrine with burnt-butter ice-cream, oat crumb and butterscotch sauce

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Apple strudel

Apple strudel

Apple-caramel sponge pudding

Apple-caramel sponge pudding

Photo: Alicia Taylor
(Credits: Alicia Taylor)

Apple tart with Pedro Ximénez and quince syrup

Apple tart with Pedro Ximénez and quince syrup

Brigitte Hafner’s apfel kuchen

Brigitte Hafner’s apfel kuchen

Spiced Fuji apple crumble with dulce de leche ice-cream

Spiced Fuji apple crumble with dulce de leche ice-cream

A round, crusty apple pie with a slice taken out of it, sitting on a light-blue linen tablecloth, with golden forks and a tumbler of amber-hued liquid to the side — Classic apple pie
(Credits: Phillip Castleton)

Classic apple pie

Classic apple pie

Tarte fine aux pommes

Tarte fine aux pommes

Spiced apple lattice pie with ginger semifreddo

Golden, flaky goodness, made to bring cosy comfort during the cooler months.

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Mille mele (thousand-layer apple tart)

Mille mele (thousand-layer apple tart)

Apple and and berry pudding in a rectangle dish, with a scoop taken out of it, sitting on a green napkin, with a plate of vanilla ice-cream in the top-left — (Credits: Ben Dearnley)

Apple and berry budino

Apple and berry budino

Mère Roux’s apple tartlet

Mère Roux’s apple tartlet

Overhead shot of a crusty apple pie with a bit spoonful taken out of the right hand side. — Miso caramel apple pie
(Credits: James Moffatt)

Miso caramel apple pie

Miso caramel apple pie

Apple Anzac pie

Apple Anzac pie

Apple and candied ginger self-saucing pudding

Apple and candied ginger self-saucing pudding

Ricotta hotcakes with apple and honey

Ricotta hotcakes with apple and honey

Apple-vanilla teacake with thick vanilla custard

Apple-vanilla teacake with thick vanilla custard

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Polenta, apple and ricotta fritters

Polenta, apple and ricotta fritters

A flat apple tart, with the top-left corner sliced off, on baking paper and a metal tray. — (Credits: Ben Dearnley)

Squished apple tart

Squished apple tart

Charred apple and custard pie on wire cooling platter. — (Credits: Brett Stevens)

Charred apple custard pie

Fire cooking transfers to desserts with the help of a blow torch. Prep in advance up to the final step then brûlée table side, keeping the flame moving.

Rhubarb and apple pie with warm cinnamon custard

Rhubarb and apple pie with warm cinnamon custard

Doughnuts with apple compote and custard

Doughnuts with apple compote and custard

Ester’s baked apples with burnt cream

Ester’s baked apples with burnt cream

Rhubarb, apple and cinnamon cobbler

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A steamed round apple pudding, drizzled with warm apricot jam, on a round plate with a silver fork on the right. — (Credits: Teny Aghamalian)

Apple Charlotte

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Apple tart with Pedro Ximénez and quince syrup

This quick and easy apple tart is the perfect midweek sweet treat.

A golden crostata with a pastry lattice top brushed with sugar. The filling is deep red from blackberries, apples and ginger, and a single slice has been cut out. — Photo: James Moffatt
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A perfectly flaky crust and tart filling makes this blackberry and apple crostata recipe an Italian dessert worth the effort.

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Ultra-thin apple slices precisely arranged atop a puff pastry base equal simple, buttery perfection.

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Tarte Tatin

Cutler & Co’s apple terrine with burnt-butter ice-cream, oat crumb and butterscotch sauce

Apple strudel

Apple-caramel sponge pudding

Apple tart with Pedro Ximénez and quince syrup

Brigitte Hafner’s apfel kuchen

Spiced Fuji apple crumble with dulce de leche ice-cream

Classic apple pie

Tarte fine aux pommes

Mille mele (thousand-layer apple tart)

Apple and berry budino

Mère Roux’s apple tartlet

Miso caramel apple pie

Apple Anzac pie

Apple and candied ginger self-saucing pudding

Ricotta hotcakes with apple and honey

Apple-vanilla teacake with thick vanilla custard

Polenta, apple and ricotta fritters

Squished apple tart

Rhubarb and apple pie with warm cinnamon custard

Doughnuts with apple compote and custard

Ester’s baked apples with burnt cream

Rhubarb, apple and cinnamon cobbler

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