Are you craving desserts that Grandma used to make? These dessert recipes will give you a creative and innovative twist on your classic favorites. These retro desserts hold a special place in everyone's hearts, but make them extra fun with a modern twist, and find new ways to enjoy them!
Pecan Upside Down Cake
This exceptional pecan upside down cake is a perfect dessert. The excellent harmony of moist yogurt cake as the base and caramelized pecan topping! The cake can be made in any pan you have, even in a Bundt pan, to turn it into a festive Pecan Upside Down Bundt cake for any occasion!
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Apple Turnovers
Flaky puff pastry with warm apple pie filling inside? Sign me up. Apple turnovers are a fruity puff pastry recipe that anyone can make. Create your own personal apple pie with puff pastry that you can serve on its own or with whipped cream and a dusting of cinnamon.
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Cinnamon Apple Cake
This easy cinnamon apple cake is just what you need to bring your dessert table to life this fall! It has a moist cinnamon cake layer topped with fresh apples and sprinkled with cinnamon sugar for the perfect finishing touch. Serve it with a bowl of vanilla ice cream or a hot cup of coffee or tea as a sweet breakfast dessert!
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Pie Crust Cookies
Baked to golden brown perfection, these delicious buttery pie crust cookies are the best thing to happen to leftover pie dough! In this easy, 4-ingredient recipe, I am sharing two different ways to use leftover pie dough. It's the perfect recipe to make super tasty flaky cookies out of something that we normally toss out!
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Apple Bread Pudding
If you’ve been wondering what to do with that leftover bread sitting on the counter, this apple bread pudding is a delicious way to use it! Made with fresh apples, everyday bread, and warm cinnamon, this old-fashioned apple bread pudding recipe takes little effort yet packs plenty of sweet flavor. Serve it with your favorite toppings or a bowl of vanilla ice cream for a delightful and comforting fall dessert that will have the whole family running back for seconds!
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Sugar Donuts
Sweet, crunchy, and hard to resist, these homemade sugar donuts are the perfect mid-day treat alongside coffee or tea or as a post-dinner dessert. This easy sugar donuts recipe is a breeze, requiring only eight ingredients and 30 minutes of your time. You’ll be craving another the very moment you sink your teeth into one of them!
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Pecan Snowball Cookies
These sweet, crunchy, and buttery pecan snowball cookies are a delicious way to decorate your dessert table this holiday season! Also known as Mexican wedding cookies or Russian tea cookies, these snowy treats use just a handful of basic pantry staples to create a fun-shaped and eye-catching dessert that all ages will love.
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Peach Cobbler
Peach cobbler with pie crust is a classic dessert that combines juicy peaches with a flaky, buttery pie crust. This homemade peach cobbler recipe is the perfect way to make the most of peach season when the fruit is extra ripe and flavorful.
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Apple Crumb Cake
This moist and delicious apple crumb cake perfectly complements your breakfast or dessert table this season! Made with a cinnamon cake base and topped with a crunchy apple crumb topping and sweet apple glaze, it delivers a burst of warm fall flavor! Serve it with a cup of warm apple cider or hot chocolate.
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Sour Cream Cookies
You will fall in love with these yummy sour cream cookies with melt-in-your-mouth, almost cake-like texture! Fluffy, super soft, and topped with a rich buttercream frosting, they can be decorated to match any occasion. So get ready to delight your taste buds and impress your loved ones with this classic old-fashioned sour cream cookie recipe!
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Double Chocolate Muffins
Chocolate fanatics will love these irresistibly decadent double chocolate muffins. Made with a moist chocolate sponge, cocoa powder, and chocolate chips, they are packed with chocolatey flavor and a melt-in-your-mouth texture you won't forget. Once you try this recipe, you will never want to go back to store-bought muffins again!
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Clafoutis
Cherry Clafoutis, this classic French dessert, is the ultimate flan-like recipe that comes together really quickly and easily! It has a custard-like creamy texture and can be made with a great variety of fruits, e.g., berries, cherries, apples, etc. This is a rustic dessert with a homemade comfort food vibe and probably the easiest recipe on my blog!
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Chocolate Ganache Cake
Whether for a special occasion or an after-dinner dessert to satisfy the sweet tooth, this chocolate ganache cake is guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser that everyone will love. Made with silky chocolate ganache frosting and a single layer of moist chocolate sponge cake, this drool-worthy dessert is delectable to the taste buds and a breeze to make. It just may be the best chocolate cake recipe you'll find!
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Nutella Babka
Super delicious Nutella babka made of fluffy and buttery brioche dough that is twisted around the best homemade Nutella filling is probably one of the most delicious recipes on my blog, the one that always warms my heart!
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Peanut Butter Cake
If you have been searching for the ultimate peanut butter cake recipe that will be the talk of the town, look no further! This showstopper peanut butter cake is made with moist, fluffy sponge cakes and is topped with a smooth and creamy peanut butter cream cheese frosting. Equally old-fashioned and modern, this peanut butter cake is perfect for a special occasion or a casual afternoon snack.
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Brownies with Cream Cheese Frosting
If you're looking for a chocolatey addition to your dessert table, you have to try these melt-in-your-mouth brownies with cream cheese frosting! Ready in less than an hour, these moist, gooey brownies are baked to perfection and then topped with a creamy, yet not overly sweet, cream cheese frosting. Serve them alongside a bowl of vanilla ice cream for the perfect after-dinner dessert!
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Apple Cinnamon Roll
There's nothing quite like apple cinnamon rolls during the Fall. With this easy-to-make recipe using brioche dough, apples, and cream cheese icing, you'll be able to whip up your own mouthwatering apple pie cinnamon rolls at home in no time.
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Old-Fashioned Chess Pie
This classic Southern chess pie is irresistibly buttery and sweet. It’s made with a rich and thick custard filling baked in a flaky pie crust until golden brown on top. This easy-breezy recipe only takes 10 minutes to prepare and is sure to please! Get the recipe.
Old Fashioned Candied Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows
Old Fashioned Candied Sweet Potatoes with Marshmallows is one Southern recipe you should have on the Thanksgiving dinner table! Southern candied yams are as easy as 123. All ingredients are thrown into your favorite dish and cooked until golden brown. Get the recipe.
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Eclair Cake
Indulge in the delectable delight of an easy, no-bake dessert that the whole family will love – the Old-Fashioned Chocolate Eclair Cake! This crowd-pleasing recipe features layers of honey graham crackers, creamy vanilla Instant pudding, fluffy whipped topping, and luscious canned chocolate frosting. Get the recipe.
Grandma's Old Fashioned Custard Pie
It features a rich and creamy nutmeg-scented custard nestled inside a flaky crust. The Thanksgiving table wouldn't be complete without it! Get the recipe.
Blueberry Buckle
Blueberry buckle is a classic, and with good reason: it's tender, easy to make, and packed full of delicious blueberry goodness topped with a sweet, buttery streusel.
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Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars
With a chewy peanut butter oat base, creamy peanut butter center, and rich chocolate buttercream topping, these cafeteria-style peanut butter chocolate bars are the best and so simple to bake.
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