The perfect pie crust, simple and flavorsome applesauce & beautifully arranged sliced apples. Trained pastry chef version of a great classic.

With four easy ingredients, you only need 12 minutes for these healthy applesauce cookies. Chewy, delicious and a kid favorite!

Gluten-free and dairy-free muffins, but packed with protein to keep you satisfied all morning. Grab one and go!

Carrot cake isn’t just for spring! These pumpkin carrot cake muffins are perfectly outfitted for fall. (dairy-free)

Just THREE ingredients and 5 minutes to whip up these healthy no-bake applesauce brownies- low fat, grain-free, paleo and vegan!

McIntosh apples make the best applesauce.

Cinnamon Apple Snack Cake

It’s the first anniversary of The Merchant Baker blog and I’m celebrating with Spiced Applesauce Cake dripping with Buttermilk Caramel Sauce.

Baby’s first birthday carrot cake (with applesauce instead of sugar) smash cake with handmade fondant bunting.

The perfect fall bread made with peanut butter, applesauce, mashed banana, a hint of cinnamon, and a splash of vanilla.

This season you should be making your own applesauce and here is how you are going to do it!

Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze – an easy bundt cake made with applesauce, topped with a caramel glaze. Bonus points for neat slices.

This applesauce spice cake is unbelievably plush and moist, rich with spices and apple flavor and drizzled with a sweet brown butter glaze.

Homemade Strawberry Applesauce is a great way to amp up traditional applesauce!

Lightly-sweetened applesauce is flavored with brown sugar, cinnamon &  vanilla and is easily prepared using your crock pot!

Healthy Peanut Butter Apple Milkshakes — 100 calories per serving! (low fat, high protein)

This applesauce + apple spice bread is divine! Plus it’s healthier- tons of healthy ingredient swaps like Greek yogurt!

German Applesauce made the old-fashioned way with apples and a touch of lemon.

Super moist Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread with so much pumpkin and spice flavor. This is whole grain and uses coconut oil!

Gluten-Free Pluot Torte – A lightened torte made with coconut oil instead of butter. This is the perfect end of summer treat!

This gluten-free applesauce bundt snack cake is one of my very favorite fall baking recipes. It’s naturally sweetened with honey.

My husband had NO idea this was a healthier cake! NO flour, butter, and much lower sugar. So much flavor!