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Cans of apple pie filling are about to carry your whole season of fall baking. These canned apple pie filling recipes turn that pantry shortcut into easy apple desserts: crisps, cobblers, muffins, turnovers, and even air fryer “egg rolls.” If you are wondering now what to make with apple pie filling, start here.
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Easy Recipes Using Canned Apple Pie Filling
Apple Crisp With Apple Pie Filling
Two cans of filling under a buttery pecan crumble that bakes golden and sweet. The fruit goes jammy while the top stays crisp.
Apple Coffee Cake With Apple Pie Filling
Starting with a rich boxed cake mix, ribboned with a layer of apple pie filling and a thick cinnamon crumble.
Apple Pie Filling Muffins
Spice cake mix, eggs, and a can of filling (and that’s it for the batter) make eighteen soft , sweet muffins. An optional simple glaze goes on after they are cool.
Apple Cobbler With Apple Pie Filling
A kind of dump cake but none of the bland biscuit top you may call traditional. This is a flavorful apple cobbler with a butter cake mix crust and easy cans of fruit filling.
Air Fryer Apple Pie Filling Egg Rolls
Chopped canned fruit filling rolled into egg roll wrappers are brushed with butter, then rolled i(or sprinkled) in cinnamon sugar. No deep frying here; these are done in about 10 minutes and these hand pies are ready.
Apple Turnovers
Puff pastry squares folded over spiced apple filling and baked until flaky. A simple glaze goes on while they are still warm.
Apple Danish
Puff pastry, pie filling, and a drizzle of icing make a dozen bakery-style pastries. They come together on one sheet pan and are just as good the next morning as same day.
Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls
Two ingredients: canned cinnamon rolls and apple pie filling, baked in one pan. The rolls soak up the sweet apple filling, becoming a luscious cinnamon roll casserole that makes an entrance at any fall brunch.
Apple Pie Bread Pudding
Cube of tender brioche bread and apple filling bake in a simple egg custard until brown. Not too dense, and so good.
Apple Dump Cake
Just three ingredients make this the perfect weeknight dessert for a crowd: apple pie filling, cake mix, and butter. The edges are crisp while the middle stays gooey.
Apple Pie Filling Cookies
These soft, rich, cakey cookies are full of pockets of apple in every bite. Like a muffin top, but works just perfectly in any Christmas cookie exchange recipes.
Creamy Apple Pie Dip
A no-bake dip that stirs cream cheese and apple filling together in minutes. Serve it with graham crackers, vanilla wafers, or scoop it onto a bowl of ice cream.
Apple Cinnamon Biscuit Loaf
Refrigerated flaky biscuits layered with apple filling then you bake it into a pull-apart loaf. Every layer comes away sticky with cinnamon sugar and icing.
The bottom line
I know you’re thinking it, too; these recipes don’t really go about reinventing the wheel. In fact, you might even see some of the same staple ingredients in each recipe—canned apple pie filling, butter, and cake mix or puff pastry. But each recipe is creative, convenient, and delectable all the same.
And what makes them extra special in my book is their simplicity. And I did promise a kitchen hack, didn’t I? So have fun getting creative with canned apple pie filling—it’s a great base for dessert recipes!
