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Apple Slab Pie with Crumb Topping
This apple slab pie bakes in a rimmed sheet pan with a buttery crust, cinnamon apples and a pecan-oat crumb, so one pan serves 20 or more.
KITCHENSIMPLICITY RECIPES
Autumn Recipes
Apple, pumpkin, maple and other fall recipes.
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Chicken Barley Soup
A homemade chicken soup with carrots, celery, fresh thyme and quick-cooking barley, finished with a few handfuls of baby spinach. On the table in under an hour.
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Crab Apple Cider
One of the easiest crab apple recipes: whole crab apples simmered with brown sugar, cinnamon sticks and allspice, then strained into a rosy, sweet-tart spiced cider you can serve hot or cold.
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Crisp Apple Slaw with Caramelized Cider Dressing
A make-ahead autumn slaw of sweet and tart apple matchsticks tossed in a caramel and cider vinegar dressing, finished with rum-soaked golden raisins.
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Fall Apples
A simple fall apple dessert: whole baking apples stuffed with a brown sugar, oat, walnut and cinnamon filling and baked until tender, plus tips for choosing and storing apples.
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Lighter Zuppa Toscana
A lighter take on Zuppa Toscana, the Italian-style sausage, potato and kale soup, finished with Greek yogurt instead of heavy cream and made with lean sausage and no bacon.
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Maple Pumpkin Pie with Brown Sugar Meringue
A spiced pumpkin custard sweetened with pure maple syrup, baked in a 9-inch crust and finished with a toasted brown sugar meringue. Dairy-free as written, with a crustless jar option for gluten-free guests.
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Maple Spiced Candied Nuts
An easy candied nuts recipe: mixed nuts tossed in pure maple syrup, kosher salt, cinnamon and cayenne, then oven-roasted at 300°F until glossy and crisp.
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Maple Walnut Apple Chips
Paper-thin Granny Smith slices glazed with maple syrup, dusted with chopped walnuts and cinnamon, and baked low and slow into crisp, sweet apple chips.
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Maple Walnut Cake
A tender, not-too-sweet 8-inch square snack cake sweetened with maple syrup and brown sugar and studded with chopped walnuts.
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Maple Walnut Oatmeal Cookies
Big, chewy oatmeal cookies with coconut, crunchy walnuts and maple syrup, made without eggs and baked low and slow until golden. Makes 12 jumbo cookies.
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Plum Apple Butter
A small-batch, spiced plum apple butter simmered on the stovetop until thick and deep purple, made for the refrigerator or freezer with no canning required.
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Pumpkin Chai Latte
A homemade pumpkin chai latte made by warming milk with pumpkin puree, maple syrup and chai spices, then steeping a black tea bag right in the pot. One mug in about 10 minutes.
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Puzzle Apples
A fun way to cut a whole apple into interlocking pieces that pull apart like a puzzle, perfect for lunch boxes and after-school snacks.
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Rustic Apple Crumble Tart
A free-form rustic apple tart with a flaky folded crust, cinnamon-spiced apple filling and a pecan-oat crumble topping, baked on a single sheet pan.
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Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
This slow cooker French onion soup caramelizes sweet onions right in the crock with butter, balsamic and brown sugar, simmers them with beer, beef stock and thyme, and finishes with Gruyere-topped baguette toasts.
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Three No-Bake Thanksgiving Appetizers
Three make-ahead, no-bake Thanksgiving appetizers: a bite-size pumpkin cheese ball dusted with paprika, smoked salmon pinwheels with honey-Dijon spread, and a creamy pumpkin pie dip.
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Vegetable Chowder
A creamy, comforting vegetable chowder loaded with broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini, corn and potatoes, with crispy bacon and fresh herbs, all made in one pot.