Apple Cider Doughnut Puffs may look like mini muffins, but they have a cakelike texture reminiscent of doughnut holes. These are sweetened with apple cider and coated in an addictive butter and cinnamon sugar topping.

Apple Streusel Coffeecake starts with a moist sour cream batter, then adds layers of soft, jam-y apples, crunchy brown sugar cinnamon streusel, and a drizzle of bourbon-spiked glaze.

No crumbly oat topping on this Old Fashioned Apple Crisp. Instead, a brown sugar, pecan-studded batter forms a cake-like cap that encloses the soft, cinnamon-scented apples underneath.

Like apple crisp, only better: layers of warm, cinnamon-y apples, melt-y vanilla ice cream, and crispy salty graham cracker crumbs…

Once you see how easy it is to make your own tart, rosy-pink, cinnamon-spiced applesauce, you’ll never buy another jar.

This apple pie breaks all the rules in a surprisingly delicious way, and the secret is in the apple you never thought to bake with.