The Best Apple Breakfast Recipes

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When fall rolls around, it means it's apple season, and time for apple cider, apple baked goods, and eating freshly picked apples out-of-hand. You can also enjoy apples at breakfast, whether in quick bread or muffins or danish, as well as apple sauce, apple butter, and apple syrup. These recipes are a great way to bring a bit of autumn into your kitchen and add sweetness to your morning.

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Apple Pie Breakfast Cookies

The Spruce / Leah Maroney

These apple pie breakfast cookies are so easy to make and eat—you get all the heartiness of oatmeal but without the fuss of a bowl and spoon. Made of oats, warm spices, vanilla, maple syrup, and apples, these cookies are like having a warm bowl of oatmeal in a handheld treat. Drizzle them with a delicious glaze of confectioners' sugar and milk for a sweet finishing touch.
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Apple Pancakes

The Spruce / Andrea Livingston

Adding a bit of grated apple to homemade pancake batter is a nice way to enjoy your apple-picking haul, and maybe sneak some fruit into your kids' breakfast. The warm spice called for is nutmeg, but feel free to add or substitute cinnamon if you like. These pancakes are delicious with a drizzle of syrup, but for extra apple goodness top with a spoonful of cinnamon apples.
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Apple Cinnamon Muffins

The Spruce / Leah Maroney

Muffins are a quick and easy breakfast to take on the go or to add to a plate of eggs and fruit. This apple cinnamon muffin recipe creates amazingly moist and flavorful muffins, thanks to the sour cream. The diced apples contribute a nice texture and a sweet glaze makes the muffins ultra decadent. You can use any kind of apples that you like.
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Applesauce Bread

Kristina Vanni

Applesauce bread is a perfect make-ahead breakfast, and you can even freeze a loaf or two for later. The recipe uses applesauce, oats, walnuts, and whole wheat flour, while cinnamon and nutmeg give it a delicious seasonal spice. It is a healthy quick bread with a touch of sweetness, perfect for starting the day whether on its own or as part of a full breakfast.

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Hot Apple Fritters

The Spruce / Leah Maroney

Hot and crispy apple fritters are a fun morning treat similar to doughnuts. They are best served hot and fresh, so you do need to make them right before breakfast time. Chopped apples are mixed into a batter of flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, milk, and egg; you can dice the apples a little on the thicker side so that you get a nice piece with every bite. Finish off by rolling the warm fritters in confectioners' sugar.
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Crock Pot Applesauce With Brown Sugar

The Spruce

Homemade applesauce is a lovely, light breakfast whether served warm or cold. This recipe includes a hint of cinnamon and lemon, as well brown sugar for a bit of sweetness. Prepare the slow-cooked applesauce the night before and let it cook while you sleep so you can wake up to a warm bowl to enjoy as-is, or topped with muesli.
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Apple Danish

The Spruce / Leah Maroney

These apple danishes are so simple to make, yet seem fancy. A package of puff pastry, a little melted butter, sugar, and sliced apples are all you need to make these delicious, easy breakfast pastries; they are definitely best when made with apples that are in season. The ingredients are layered and then baked for 20 minutes, meaning this breakfast treat can even be prepared on a weekday.
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Apple Butter

The Spruce Eats / Teena Agnel

Breakfast does not get any easier than spreading some apple butter on toast, and when the apple butter is homemade, it will seem like a special treat. Apples are cooked in water, pushed through a sieve, and then combined with sugar and warm spices. The apple butter is then finished in either the slow cooker, microwave, or on the stovetop.

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Baked Apple Fritters

The Spruce / Ozoz Sokoh

Like a cross between a scone and a biscuit, these baked apple fritters are a nice addition to the breakfast table. A basic dough is cut into pieces, mixed with sugar, cinnamon, and chopped apple, and then scooped onto a cookie sheet and baked. Once puffed up and golden, they can be enjoyed plain or drizzled with a vanilla glaze.
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Apple Cider Syrup

Applesauce Pancakes With Apple Cider Syrup. Photo: Diana Rattray

Bring the taste of autumn to your pancakes, waffles, and French toast with this apple cider syrup, which combines butter, apple cider, brown sugar, and cinnamon. It's best to make this ahead of time as it will thicken as it sits; you can store it in a mason jar on the counter for up to one month, or freeze for up to a year to enjoy any time.
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Apple Cinnamon Overnight Oats

The Spruce / Ozoz Sokoh

Imagine waking up to a cup of oats scented with cinnamon and studded with chunks of apple. The recipe comes together quickly: simply mix all of the ingredients together, place in a jar, and refrigerate overnight. It is best to use old-fashioned rolled oats as they will produce the best texture. The addition of plain Greek yogurt creates a creamy texture and the maple syrup brings a touch of sweetness.
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Apple Cider Doughnuts

Diana Rattray

A favorite treat when apple picking, apple cider doughnuts are also easy enough to make at home to enjoy any time—especially for breakfast. The recipe begins by reducing apple cider until concentrated, which is then mixed into the cinnamon and nutmeg-scented doughnut batter. Once the doughnuts are shaped and fried, they're dipped in a cinnamon-sugar mixture. These treats are best enjoyed warm.

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Vegan Apple Banana Muffins

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Although muffins get a bad wrap for being unhealthy, these apple banana muffins are fat-free and feature the benefits of two kinds of fruit. They are also vegan, meaning everyone in the household can enjoy them. Calling for just flour, baking powder, cinnamon, sugar, apple juice, diced apple, and bananas, these muffins come together easily and are a great breakfast on the go.
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Cinnamon Apple Biscuits With Vanilla Glaze

Apple Cinnamon Biscuits. Photo: Diana Rattray

Apples pair with cinnamon in these tasty biscuits that include buttermilk, which makes for a tender crumb. The mixture is kneaded into a dough, cut into circles, and then brushed with cream and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar, if you prefer, before baking. The finished cinnamon apple biscuits are drizzled with a vanilla glaze before serving.
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Apple Dutch Baby Oven Pancakes

A Baked Apple Pancake. Photo: Diana Rattray

Dutch baby pancakes, also called German pancakes, are a great breakfast option when you don't have time to stand over the stove in the morning. The pancake batter is poured into a hot skillet and then baked in the oven until puffed up and golden. This recipe calls for placing sliced apples, that have been tossed with brown sugar and cinnamon, in the skillet before adding the batter, making for a breakfast dish with nice texture and warm fall flavors.
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Apple Bacon Muffins

Diana Rattray

As the saying goes, everything is better with bacon, and these muffins are no exception. Butter and brown sugar are creamed together, eggs are beaten in, and then the mixture is combined with the dry ingredients before cooked bacon and chopped apple are folded in. The sweetness of the apples is the perfect foil for the saltiness of the bacon and this breakfast treat will satisfy both sweet and savory cravings.