Imagine your perfect fall day. Can you picture it in your mind? To us, the perfect fall day would look like apple picking with our family, then returning home to bake a fresh apple pie in our log cabin. Sounds perfect- right? And lucky for us, there are a handful of apple orchards within driving distance of Branson. Some of the apple orchards even offer other fruits and vegetables. These are a few of our favorite apple orchards and where we go apple picking near Branson.
After you’ve had your perfect day picking apples with family or friends, we recommend returning home to your cabin and baking some apple inspired treats. These are a few of our personal favorite apple recipes. Be sure to pin the images below so you can use them later! Trust us, you will love them! {We also love this old fashioned apple crisp recipe & these gluten free apple cinnamon donut bites}
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Anyone else ready to grab a cozy sweater and all things pumpkin? We love the summer, but fall brings the start of our favorite season in Branson! We’ve done some research and rounded up all the BEST fall festivals in Branson this year! If you aren’t local, these festivals are worth the weekend or mid-week getaway. If you are local, make a bucket list and try to visit them all!
- Still water Resort Harvest Festival :: September 10 – September 30 Kick off the fall with hayrides through a pumpkin patch, great food, live music and giant inflatables.
- Branson’s 48th annual Autumn Daze Arts, Crafts & Music Festival :: September 15- September 17 This free, family-friendly event is filled with fall crafts for all!
- Cedar Fest at Big Cedar :: September 18 – October 31 The guided tram tour will take you to a pumpkin patch for pumpkin decorating, pottery painting, tie-dye, face painting, a balloon artist, outdoor activities, mechanical bull rides and more! Then as sun sets enjoy s’mores, movies, bonfires and singing jack-o-lanterns!
- Harvest Festival :: September 21 – October 29 You’re going to love Silver Dollar City’s annual Harvest Festival! They have everything from craft day and pumpkin activities. You’ll love this non-frightening fun for the whole family.
- Shepherd’s PumpkinFest :: September 23 – October 30 This fun pumpkin patch experience is open weekends and has pumpkin picking, scarecrow building, hayrides and more!
- McKenna’s Pumpkin Patch :: September 25 -October 31 Enjoy pumpkin piking, a big bale hay baze, bonfires, fall decor, a bounce pillow for kids, games, hay rides and so much more at Mckenna Family Farm!
- Sycamore Creek Ranch Fall Roundup :: September 30 – October 30 Come Friday-Sunday for a full Fall Roundup experience! The whole family will enjoy hot cocoa, gunny sack slides, horseback rides, a huge corn maze and so much more!
- Veterans Homecoming Week :: November 5 – November 11 Veterans are honored all year long, but Veterans Homecoming Week is an extra special celebration commemorating those who served.
We love fall. Don’t you? From apple picking to pumpkin patches, this season is filled with fun for the family. And Branson is within driving distance of all of it. Below are a few of the best pumpkin patches near Branson.
And if you want to bring a little bit of the pumpkin experience home, we highly recommend picking a few pumpkins {big or small} then coming home to make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. And in case you don’t already have the perfect recipe, we have you covered. This is our family secret recipe.Fun fact, the brown sugar makes all the difference in the world! I actually use 1/4 cup dark brown & 1/4 cup light brown, but any type of brown sugar will work!
