Thanksgiving desserts hit different than any other time of year. There's something special about the flavors and traditions that only come around once a year in November. These are the recipes worth waiting for, the ones that make the holiday feel complete. They're what you'll be thinking about while everyone else is still on the main course.
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!
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Apple Crumble Pie
This mouthwatering apple crumble pie is made with fresh apples, sweet apple crumble, and a flaky, buttery pie crust. It will be impossible not to return for seconds. Serve it with a bowl of vanilla ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream for the ultimate dessert!
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Apple Crumble Cheesecake
This apple crumble cheesecake is the perfect mixture of warm cinnamon apples, comforting crumble, and a rich, tangy cheesecake. Cheesecake fans who love the apple season will adore this dessert! It has the most amazing flavor and texture, and it's the perfect treat for Fall that works for any occasion.
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Apple Pie
A classic apple pie is a cozy Fall staple, designed to be enjoyed with family and friends throughout Fall and Thanksgiving. My apple pie recipe features a crisp and buttery pie crust, filled to the brim with a juicy homemade apple filling. Every bite is filled with nostalgia!
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Spiced Apple Cake
This spiced apple cake, full of deep apple flavors, is probably the easiest and most delicious apple cake recipe to try this fall. A super-moist brown sugar cake loaded with spices and apples, topped with a simple ginger apple compote, is the ultimate recipe to try this time of year.
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Pumpkin Hand Pies
With a creamy pumpkin filling and a buttery, flaky crust, these adorable pumpkin hand pies are a fun and easy addition to your fall dessert table. They are an easy and portable alternative to the traditional pumpkin pie.
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Apple Tarte Tatin
Apple tarte tatin is one of the most elegant French desserts out there. Soft and delicious caramelized apples sit on a bed of flaky, buttery puff pastry, ensuring every bite is packed with the best flavor and texture. It's a classic for a reason!
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Mini Pumpkin Bundt Cakes with Maple Glaze
These delicious mini pumpkin bundt cakes with maple glaze are the perfect quick and easy individual-size dessert to get your holiday season started this year! Packed with perfectly spiced pumpkin and topped with a divine buttery maple glaze, they are moist, tender, and yummy!
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Double Layer Pumpkin Pie
With a mousse-like consistency and crunchy graham cracker crust, this no-bake double-layer pumpkin pie will be your go-to dessert this fall. This divine dessert features a homemade biscuit crumb crust filled with layers of rich, light, and airy cream cheese and pumpkin pie fillings, topped with a lightly sweetened cream cheese decoration.
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Pumpkin Blondies
Super gooey and chewy pumpkin blondies loaded with warm pumpkin flavor and spices are the perfect sweet snack for fall! With pumpkin pie spice, chocolate chips, and hints of caramel butterscotch undertones, they might be your favorite easy snack this season!
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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Pie
Pie season is here, and this easy pumpkin cream cheese pie is a dessert dream. Rich and smooth pumpkin cheesecake, blended with the flavors of traditional pumpkin pie. The fall flavors with cream cheese recipe is so delicious, and the contrasting textures make it extra special and indulgent.
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Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Making pecan chocolate chip cookies is one of the easiest and most delicious ways to celebrate the flavors of fall! Loaded with pecans, cinnamon, brown butter, and brown sugar, these treats are wonderfully rich yet well-balanced in sweetness, thanks to the addition of sea salt.
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No-Bake Apple Pie
You will love this easy, no-bake apple pie with Graham cracker crust. This three-step recipe uses a simple 2-ingredient pie crust filled with delicious apples cooked to perfection in a mixture of butter and brown sugar. The entire Graham cracker crust apple pie only takes 30 minutes to make and is the perfect no-bake pie for fall!
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Pecan Brownies
This fudgy pecan brownie recipe might be your favorite brownie recipe all year round! It has the perfect combination of thick, fudgy, and gooey inside, with a crinkly, crispy top and an intense chocolate flavor, crunchy pecans, and a hint of cinnamon. It is rich yet very well-balanced in sweetness!
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No-Bake Pumpkin Pie
This no-bake pumpkin pie is rich, creamy, and decadent. It features a two-ingredient crust filled with a perfectly spiced pumpkin puree and cream cheese mixture, resulting in a mousse-like texture. The pie is then topped with mascarpone, making it an irresistible fall or winter dessert.
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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. You can serve it with a hot cup of coffee or tea as a sweet breakfast!
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Pumpkin Pie with Sweetened Condensed Milk
This delicious Pumpkin Pie with Sweetened Condensed Milk is the best fall dessert we can think of. Made with super buttery flaky crust, creamy custard-like filling, and yummy mascarpone frosting, this dessert is going to steal the show!
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Apple Pie Cupcakes
This delicious cupcake features a brown sugar, cinnamon cupcake base that is enhanced with fall spices, apple pie filling, and a delicate whipped mascarpone frosting! This recipe is much easier than a traditional apple pie, and perfect for beginner bakers.
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Pumpkin Brownies
These gooey pumpkin brownies take the season's best flavors and combine them to create an unforgettable combination! Made with creamy pumpkin puree sandwiched between fudgy brownie layers, they are the perfect fall treat for all ages.
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Pumpkin Custard Pie
This is, hands down, the best pumpkin custard pie recipe for fall. It features a flaky, buttery pie crust filled with silky, creamy, incredible, delicious pumpkin custard flavored with aromatic orange zest and nutmeg. This Pumpkin pie is made without evaporated milk, yet super rich, smooth, and full of fall flavors everyone loves!
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Pecan Upside Down Cake
This exceptional pecan upside-down cake is a perfect dessert for fall or Thanksgiving. It's an 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.
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No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
This smooth, creamy, and tangy pumpkin cheesecake with a crunchy Graham cracker crust and whipped cream cheese decoration is super delicious, but so much easier than it looks! It's perfect for fall and impressive enough even for Thanksgiving, but unbelievably simple!
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Apple Butter Thumbprint Cookies
These apple butter thumbprint cookies are easy to make and so delicious. They are filled with apple butter before baking and also rolled in cinnamon sugar, which adds a beautiful crunch. The apple butter and cinnamon sugar give them a wonderful apple pie spice flavor. You might even want to call them an apple butter snickerdoodle cookie!
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Apple Cobbler
This Apple Cobbler recipe is made with fresh apples sautéed in butter, cinnamon, brown sugar, and apple cider, and then baked with the perfect topping: sweet, crisp, and pairs perfectly with the fresh apples. This is the best apple cobbler recipe!
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Pumpkin Crumble Bars
It’s hip to be square, which is why these pumpkin crumble bars are the perfect fall dessert. Between the buttery press-in crust, custardy pumpkin pie filling, and nutty crumble topping, these perfectly portioned, pre-sliced treats are like three desserts in one!
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Apple Ginger Cake
Pretty as a picture, this apple ginger cake is everything you never knew you needed this fall. Golden, silky apples top the perfect, simple sponge cake. Fruit-topped cakes always look so beautiful! While this old-fashioned recipe looks incredibly impressive, it is so easy to make. A German apple cake inspires it, and it always makes an easy coffee cake or an afternoon snack.
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