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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!

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!

Apple Grilled Cheese is the perfect fall lunch! Smokey gouda cheese melted between tart granny smith apples is savory and delicious!

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! 
Apple Grilled Cheese is the perfect fall lunch! Smokey gouda cheese melted between tart granny smith apples is savory and delicious!

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. 

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5 from 14 votes
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Apple Grilled Cheese
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
8 mins
Total Time
13 mins
 

Apple Grilled Cheese is the perfect fall lunch! Smokey gouda cheese melted between tart granny smith apples is savory and delicious!

Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple grilled cheese
Servings: 2 sandwiches
Ingredients
  • 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
Instructions

  1. 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.

  2. 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).

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Recipe Notes

Makes 2 sandwiches

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  2. 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.

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    • 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 😉

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  4. 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.

    Reply

  10. 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?

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  11. vivian says

    5 stars
    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!

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  18. Patricia @ Grab a Plate says

    5 stars
    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 🙂

    Reply

  19. 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!

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  22. 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! 🙂

    Reply

  27. 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.

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    • 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.

      Reply

  28. Quraisha Hasan says

    5 stars
    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

    Reply

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