Apple Grilled Cheese is the perfect fall lunch! Smokey gouda cheese melted between tart granny smith apples is savory and delicious!
Now that fall is here, I have been whipping up lots of delicious ‘fall’ recipes. I was really excited to make this Apple Grilled Cheese with delicious smokey gouda cheese because not only is it reminiscent of fall, but because it is super simple and delicious.
Serve this with Air Fryer Butternut Squash or Instant Pot Roasted Red Pepper Soup and you have a delicious balanced meal!
I love making savory food, and this Apple Grilled Cheese is definitely that. When fall rolls around, I feel like food is so centered around apples, pumpkin, cinnamon, and sweet potatoes…as it should be. I just swoon over all of those things, and fall foods make me super happy.
Making this Apple Grilled Cheese couldn't be easier! Here's how:
How to make Apple Grilled Cheese:
**Scroll all the way down for full printable ingredients and directions**
- Heat up a heavy bottom skillet over medium heat.
- Make the sandwiches: One slice of bread, then top with 1.5 slices of cheese, apple slices, more cheese, and then the top slice of bread. Butter the top slice of bread.
- Lay the sandwiches with the buttered bread touching the skillet. Butter the top piece of bread. Place a sandwich press or heavy bottom skillet on top of the sandwiches to press them down. Cook for 3-4 minutes on first side, or until browned. Flip carefully and cook 2-3 minutes on the other side, allowing to brown (careful – second side usually cooks faster).
- Serve immediately!
Tips for making the BEST Apple Grilled Cheese:
- For this Apple Grilled Cheese sandwich I used a smoked gouda cheese, and it’s up to you if you use smoked or regular. I think it would be great with both, but the smoked gives it this bacon-y punch that’s really special.
- Pairing the cheese and apples is a no brainer (think cheese plate), but now you are sandwiching it between two crusty pieces of bread. Then grilling it up, you melt the cheese and it becomes perfection.
- Cook over a constant medium heat. This will allow the cheese to melt without burning the bread.
Fall recipes are the BEST! Here are some other delicious fall inspired recipes to try:
- Instant Pot Applesauce
- Crock Pot Caramel Apple Cider
- Chocolate Covered Pumpkin Cheesecake Truffles
- Apple Raisin Cinnamon Rolls
- One Pot Cheesy Pumpkin Pasta
- Caramel Apple Poke Cake (easy cake mix recipe)
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Apple Grilled Cheese is the perfect fall lunch! Smokey gouda cheese melted between tart granny smith apples is savory and delicious!
- 4 slices of fresh crusty bread I like sourdough!
- 1 granny smith apple peeled and sliced thinly
- 6 slices smoked or regular Gouda cheese
- butter
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Heat your skillet over medium heat. Assemble the sandwiches: bread, 1.5 slices cheese, apple slices, 1.5 slices cheese, then top bread. Repeat for second. Butter top slice of bread.
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Lay the sandwiches with the buttered bread touching the skillet. Butter the top piece of bread. Place a sandwich press or heavy bottom skillet on top of the sandwiches to press them down. Cook for 3-4 minutes on first side, or until browned. Flip carefully and cook 2-3 minutes on the other side, allowing to brown (careful – second side usually cooks faster).
Recipe Video
Makes 2 sandwiches
Amanda @SagelySweet says
Yummm! Apples are always in season where I live- orchards galore! Which is amazing. And smoked gouda is one of my favorite cheeses. Totally need to have this for lunch today 🙂
Allyson says
I hope you love it as much as I do!
Dawson Moore Greenland says
I have been making granny smith apple and smoked gouda grilled cheese forever. I made it on rye bread and spread one side with mango chutney and the other with dijon. It really gets a huge flavor boost and is no more trouble!!!
Allyson says
Yum, That sounds AMAZING!
Kendall says
Hi, Allyson. I made this today for my toddler (2) and myself for lunch. We both very much enjoyed it. I found this one on Pinterest but tagged a photo on instagram with your blog page hashtagged. Thanks again. Love your name too. That's my toddler's name but with one l and an I instead of a y.
Allyson says
Kendall, I am so happy y'all loved them! I love these grilled cheeses too, but my picky kids won't eat them 🙁 Can't wait to check it out on IG- thanks for letting me know! Oh, and good choice of name 😉
Krista says
APPLE Grilled Cheese! Omg! I am so making this!
Jen says
Love that you used smoked gouda for these sandwiches! The flavor combined with the tartness of the granny smith apples sounds delicious! The perfect fall sandwich.
Stacey @ Bake.Eat.Repeat. says
Apples in sandwiches are the best! This grilled cheese looks amazing!
Allyson says
Thank you! Apples really are the best!
Love Bakes Good Cakes says
Yum-o!! I'm adding this to next week's menu. I can't wait!!
Allyson says
Let me know how you like them, Jamie!
Dee says
What a brilliant idea! We're big grilled cheese lovers, so I can't wait to try this!
Allyson says
You'll love it!
Dorothy Reinhold says
I love the combination of the Gouda and apples. Perfect sandwich!
Allyson says
They meld together so perfectly!
Des @ Life's Ambrosia says
Hello fall grilled cheese perfection!!
Barbara Alfeo says
I absolutely love your recipe! I am writing vegetarian recipe round ups on my blog in 2018 (to encourage people to try meatless monday- everyone has to start somewhere) and would love to feature you. You can check out my blog (for beginner environmentalists) at sunshineguerrilla.com. Is it alright if I share this link to your recipe?
Allyson says
Barbara- thank you so much! You are welcome to share a link to the recipe, but please don't republish the recipe. Thanks!
vivian says
Very good sandwich. We usually dip our grilled cheese in ketchup, but I thought that would be kind of weird with the apple, so I made a mixture of mayo and barbecue sauce, about 3:2 and it was excellent with the cheese and apple. Thanks for a good recipe!
Jamie Sherman says
I have to try this soon!
Sara Welch says
What a delicious meal this was! Easily, a new family favorite recipe! Yum!
Amanda says
What an amazing idea. These look so tasty and perfect for fall!
annie says
I had something like this at a restaurant and loved it! Can't wait to make this at home!
Taylor says
Apples and gouda are such a yummy combo! Genius to make a grilled cheese with them. Yum!
Erin | Dinners,Dishes and Dessert says
This Apple Grilled Cheese couldn't look any more perfect!
Patricia @ Grab a Plate says
After a long day of errands, my husband and I *just made* grilled cheese for dinner! Your version here looks delicious! Which I would have seen this sooner -- next time 🙂
Eiko Kaneda says
I've recently started baking my own sourdough bread, and I've been looking for good recipes to eat sourdough bread with. Now I found your recipe! Granny smith, Gouda cheese and sourdough bread paired so well, and I really enjoyed the flavors. Thank you for the great recipe!
Allyson says
YUMMM!!!! Send me some fresh bread...just kidding but sounds AMAZING!
Elliot says
Wow it is amazing.Thanks for the nice review.
Suzy says
This is so good! The apple and cheese are so good together!
Julie says
This sounds amazing and I will make it this way. I just have a quick question. Do you think this would work well with a Brie cheese (rind removed obviously)?
Thank you! 🙂
Allyson says
Yes, I think so! Just make sure the brie isn't too thick or it won't melt! I am sure would be DELICIOUS!
Toni Dash says
My kids really loved it!! Such a huge hit!
Beth says
My daughter is going to love this recipe! Looks so delicious and yummy! I can't wait to make this!
Sara Welch says
This is everything a gourmet sandwich should be, and then some! Loved the apple addition; spot on recipe!
Catalina says
Oh my goodness! How inviting are these sandwiches! Love how cheesy they are!
Sue says
How would this pair using cinnamon ciabatta? (No raisins in the bread.) I can’t decide if it would be an amazing flavor collusion or a nice idea gone bad.
Allyson says
I think it would be delicious but with ciabatta it might be harder to get the cheese to melt since its thicker. I think it would be good with raisin bread though.
Quraisha Hasan says
Made 1 for the first time as a trial of flavors, so to speak....and made my 2nd the very next minute!!…the recipe is really good...thanks
Allyson says
Hahahah! This made me LOL, thank you!