We are pleased to offer you the following apple recipes, as well as several special recipe collections. We do require that if you use one of our recipes, you must send us a sample of your dish. (Just kidding!)

Please feel free to share these recipes with friends. If you are going to reprint them, we request that you cite the source of the recipe when one is noted at the end of the recipe – if no source is listed, then cite the "U.S. Apple Association" as your source.

Special collections:

• All-American Apple Recipes in 30 Minutes or Less: Time-pressed cooks are on the lookout for easy-to-make recipes for delicious, healthful meals that can be on the dinner table in 30 minutes or less. Here’s where you’ll find recipes with global flavors that are more than quick to make!

• Apple Recipes from Chef Alex Lopez: Try one of these delicioso Latin American-inspired apple recipes created by Chef Alexandra Lopez! Zesty Beef and Apple Empanadas with a cool apple dip are a tasty twist on traditional empanadas and Apple-Jicama Salad with Pepitas is a refreshing accompaniment. Try pairing the Apple, Chayote and Sweet Potato Hash with an egg for breakfast, lunch or dinner. And the Tamarind-Chipotle Glazed Pork Loin with Roasted Vegetables and Apples is the perfect meal on a cool night — finish with something sweet like Ginger Churros with Caramel Apples for dessert!

• 2005-2006 USApple Recipes: Looking for a tasty, enticing recipe? The following meal options are all convenient and easy ways for you and your family to enjoy apples and apple products. For any time of the day, this recipe collection is sure to include ideas for all occasions.

• H-apple-y Halloween Collection: Halloween is apple time too! Author Donata Maggipinto offers up some seasonal recipes and crafts for the whole family' s fun in her book Halloween Treats. (October 2003)

• Special Dad's Celebration Collection: Father's Day, Dad's birthday — or any day! — is a great time to show the special man in your life how important their good health is to you. We have put apples front and center in these recipes, of course! (June 2004)

• Eating Well Magazine's Low-Sugar Jam Recipes: Eating Well magazine's Andrea Chesman relies on apples to naturally gel and lightly sweeten her fruit jams. View her Summer 2003 article (PDF). Reprinted here with permission from Eating Well Magazine, The Magazine of Food & Health. (July 2003)

• "Around the World With Apples" Dinner Recipes: As all-American as they are, apples are just as delicious with an ethnic flare — For a fun and healthy gathering with friends, plan an "Around the World With Apples" dinner party featuring apples center of the plate in dishes from around the globe. (October 2002)

• Apple Brunch Collection: Welcome the weekend with a mid-morning brunch around the kitchen table, featuring apples and apple foods at the center of the plate. (October 2002)

• Mark Rosenstein recipe collection: The In Praise of Apples cookbook author pays homage to apples with a stunning menu featuring apples center of the plate at every course (March 2000)

• Olwen Woodier recipe collection: Gourmet apple recipes from The Apple Cookbook from breakfast pick-me-ups to after-dinner desserts, and everything in between (September 2002)

• USApple summer recipe collection: Looking for some fresh tastes this summer? Check out our sizzling Summer Apple Recipe Collection, including refreshing beverages, cool summer salads, apple grilling recipes, and some great apple desserts.