20 Things to do with Apples

"The morning of the first of September was crisp and golden as an apple."
-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

I love apples. The best apples are like biting into a perfect fall day, all crisp and cool and sweet. Mmm. Since fall will be over before we know it and with it apple season, I thought I'd pay homage to this lovely fruit before it's too late by listing 20 things to do with apples:

1. Make apple crisp
2. Make apple cake
3. Make baked apples
4. Make apple-head granny dolls
5. Make apple sauce
6. Make apple cider
7. Serve them with sausages
8. Cook them with pork chops
9. Waldorf salad
10. Cut them in half and use them like stamps
11. Bob for apples
12. Give one to a teacher
13. Make apple dumplings
14. Make apple tart
15. Make apple pizza
16. Put them in a quesadilla with some pepper jack cheese
17. Make apple butter
18. Eat them right off the tree
19. Make apple and Edam cupcakes
20. Throw an apple core at someone