Homemade apple vinaigrette is naturally sweet and tangy with a creamy texture. Enjoy this delicious dressing any time of year but especially on fall salads or over roasted root vegetables.

Looking for more vinaigrette recipes? Try my orange vinaigrette dressing, jalapeño lime vinaigrette, or honey ginger dressing.

What You’ll Love About This Recipe

Quick and easy – All you have to do is chuck all the ingredients in a blender and it comes together in minutes.
Simple ingredients – It’s made with minimal, wholesome ingredients but has tons of flavor.
Healthy – This homemade apple cider vinaigrette is healthier (no soybean oil) and the taste is exponentially better than anything you’ll find at the grocery store.

Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to make this apple dressing:

Apple – I recommend using a sweeter variety such as honey crisp, fuji, gala, ambrosia or golden delicious. I used Fuji.
Extra-virgin olive oil
Apple cider vinegar
Dijon mustard
Kosher salt – to taste.

How to Make Apple Vinaigrette: Step By Step

Here are some quick visual instructions. The full instructions and ingredient list will be in the printable recipe card below!

Blend. Add all the dressing ingredients to a blender. Blend until smooth and season to taste with kosher salt. If your apple is more tart, add one to two teaspoons of maple syrup or honey.

Helpful Tips

Use a blender, not a food processor. You’ll get a much smoother consistency using a high powered blender, plus it also helps emulsify the dressing.
Use fresh apple, not apple juice concentrate. The fresh apple takes the flavor to the next level.
Separation may occur once refrigerated, so just give it a stir or shake.

Quick Tip: When adding the dressing to a salad, only dress the amount you’re going to eat right away. Especially with delicate salad greens. Otherwise, they’ll get too soggy. If dressing a hearty salad, it can be dressed ahead of time.

Storage

Store the dressing in a mason jar in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

Make It Your Way: Substitutions & Variations

Please remember that recipes are just a starting point.

How can you make this apple vinaigrette dressing recipe using what you already have? Here are some ideas…

No apple cider vinegar? – use white wine vinegar.
Using a tart apple? – add one to two teaspoons of maple syrup or honey, to taste, to balance the flavor.

How to Use

This tangy salad dressing is quite versatile.

Enjoy it on a massaged kale salad or any bed of greens, butternut squash and feta salad, kale crunch salad – use in place of the maple dijon dressing, cabbage apple slaw, an autumn fruit salad, harvest bowl, etc.

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I hope you love this Apple Vinaigrette! If you make this recipe, please leave a comment & a star rating below. Thank you!