Fried Apples are warm, buttery, caramelized apples full of fall flavors and spices. In under 30 minutes, with only 4 simple ingredients, these Fried Apples will be melting in your mouth in no time. These make an amazing addition to waffles, desserts, or all on their own as a delicious side dish or dessert.
Reasons You’ll Love This
Warm and Comforting – If you’ve never had Fried Apples, this amazing dish is so warm, bubbly, flavorful and everything you could ever want.
Simple Ingredients – You only need 4 easy ingredients to make this. You may have them in your home right now!
Easy to Make – This really doesn’t take much work to make. Just slice your apples, throw your ingredients in the pan, cook down and serve!
Fall Flavors – If you love the fall, this is the perfect fall-flavored dish to make with some warm waffles, or eaten by themselves with some ice cream!
Apple Lovers – Maybe you went apple picking, or you have some leftover apples to use up and need something inviting and flavorful to make with them.
These are just like those delicious Cracker Barrel Fried Apples, except better because they can be made from the comfort of your own home! Easy, fresh and simple is the best way to describe these sweet cinnamon apples.
Ingredient Info
Let’s discuss how to make Fried Apples, as well as the ingredients that are needed. Please take note that below you will find discussion, expert tips, and answers to frequently asked questions about this recipe to help you recreate it in your kitchen. If you *just* want the recipe itself, scroll down. The full printable recipe itself, with exact measurements and instructions, is found at the bottom of this page.
- Granny Smith Apples – Highly recommend using apples like Granny Smith Apples or Honeycrisp apples. The textures of these apples are the best when cooked down, and they aren’t super sweet. You don’t want your apples overly sweet, especially since we’re adding sugar. Other great options are Pink Lady Apples, Golden Delicious, and Braeburn. Personally I do not like to use Red Delicious in recipes, as I find they get mealy and can put off a lot of liquid, which impacts the recipe.
- Cinnamon – Ground cinnamon is perfect! Make sure you’re using just cinnamon, and not cinnamon sugar. You don’t want to add too much sugar to this recipe. If you like a little extra flavor, you can try adding nutmeg, apple pie spice, or pumpkin pie spice!
- Butter – Unsalted butter is preferred for this recipe, I don’t recommend using salted butter.
- Brown Sugar – Light or dark brown sugar are both fine. You can use granulated sugar if you want, the flavor just may be a tad different, and won’t caramelize as much.
Step By Step Instructions
- Start by heating up a large skillet on the stove over a medium-low heat. To the skillet, add the butter and swirl around until completely melted. Next, add the brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Stir everything together until combined, and the sugar has dissolved.
- Next, add the peeled, cored and sliced apples to the skillet.
- Stir the apples around until they are coated in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Cook these apples down until tender, stirring occasionally. This takes about 10 minutes. Serve the Fried Apples once they reach your desired consistency. Enjoy!
Tips And Advice
Storage – You can store the leftover Fried Apples in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
You can reheat in the microwave for 30 second intervals until warm, or back on the skillet for a few minutes until heated through.
Apple tips
When slicing the apples, make sure you’re slicing them all the same size. If you have drastically different apple sizes, some will take longer to cook than others. I recommend sticking to 1/4-1/2 an inch thick for each slice.
If you’re peeling and slicing the apples more than 5 minutes ahead of cooking them, I recommend tossing the slices in a few teaspoons of lemon juice to avoid them browning really quickly.
Equipment
For these Fried Apples you’ll just need a skillet, and something to peel, core and slice your apples with!
FAQs
Depending on the thickness of the apple slices, and temperature of your stove, the cook time could be anywhere fro 7-10 minutes. I recommend cutting them to 1/4″ thick and cooking on a medium-low heat for 10 minutes.
Yes, you can if you like it this way. However, you may find that the peel will separate from the rest of the apple, or it won’t have the same consistency as the cooked center does.
Serves Well With
If you’re enjoying these Fried Apples the Southern way, you may want to pair them with a few of these fantastic sides and main dishes!
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Fried Apples
Equipment
- 1 skillet cast iron or regular
Ingredients
- 6 medium granny smith apples peeled, cored, and evenly sliced
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 stick
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon
Instructions
- Start by heating up a large skillet on the stove over a medium-low heat. To the skillet, add the butter and swirl around until completely melted. Next, add the brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Stir everything together until combined, and the sugar has dissolved.
- Next, add the peeled, cored and sliced apples to the skillet.
- Stir the apples around until they are coated in the cinnamon sugar mixture. Cook these apples down until tender, stirring occasionally. This takes about 10 minutes. Serve the fried apples once they reach your desired consistency. Enjoy!
Notes
Disclaimer
Nutrition information is estimated as a courtesy. If using for medical purposes, please verify information using your own nutritional calculator. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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