11 Apple Cookies and Bars We’re Making This Fall
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021
Step aside, apple pie! These apple cookies and bars are on the top of our list this season.
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Apple Caramel Cheesecake Bars
The streusel topping that comes with this recipe for apple cream cheese bars is absolutely irresistible. If you can’t resist a “taste test” before you serve them, just arrange each apple bar on a platter and no one will know a piece is missing from the pan! —Katherine White, Henderson, Nevada
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Caramel-Apple Shortbread Cookies
There is nothing like seeing my friends almost melt to the floor when they bite into something I made. These cookies never fail to elicit oohs and aahs. —Amber Taylor, Lenoir City, TennesseeFind even more fall cookies to bake this season!
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Red Apple Butter Bars
Fall means apple-picking time, and we love using the fresh fruit to bake up these bars. The streusel on top makes them even better. —Nancy Foust, Stoneboro, Pennsylvania
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Apple Peanut Butter Cookies
These apple peanut butter cookies are great for fall. They’re crisp on the outside and soft inside. —Marjorie Benson, New Castle, Pennsylvania
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Apple-Peanut Blondies
My family and I love apples any time of year, but in the fall, they are always crisp, juicy and absolutely perfect! I found a blondie recipe similar to this and did a bit of tweaking to make it my own. —Julie Peterson, Crofton, Maryland
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Apple Doodles
This apple doodle recipe originally started as an apple cake. But I worked it into a recipe for cookies and have been making them this way ever since. It's a nice way to feature fall's delicious produce. —Cecilia Lorraine Ruiz, Sunnyvale, California
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Caramel Apple Bars
These bars make an excellent fall dessert. We like to warm individual servings in the microwave and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. It quickly became a family favorite; maybe it'll become one of your family's, too. —Carol Stuber, Osawatomie, Kansas
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Fruity Cereal Bars
With dried apples and cranberries, these crispy cereal bars are perfect for snacks or brown-bag lunches. —Giovanna Kranenberg, Cambridge, Minnesota
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Oatmeal Caramel Apple Cookies
This recipe for caramel apple cookies is a fun twist on traditional oatmeal raisin. These treats are hard to resist! —Rachel Lewis, Danville, Virginia
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Apple Kuchen Bars
This recipe is about family, comfort and simplicity. My mom made this delicious sweet treat many a fall night and served it warm with some of her famous homemade ice cream. I like to make a double batch and pass on the love! —Elizabeth Monfort, Celina, Ohio
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Apple Streusel Bars
I made these delicious bars for a friend's birthday once and now he requests them every year! They have a tasty tartness with a cinnamony kick. Be sure to chop the apples into small cubes —if the apple pieces are too big the bars will fall apart. —Danielle Millwer, Tonawanda, New YorkOriginally Published: September 29, 2020
