You know that moment at Thanksgiving when everyone swears they're too full for dessert, and then they eat it anyway? These are the recipes that make that happen. They're good enough that people will find room even when they really shouldn't. You'll find flavors and textures that are just too tempting to pass up, no matter how much turkey someone ate.
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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Pear Puff Pastry Tarts
Made with fresh pears and a flaky, sweet puff pastry crust, these pear puff pastry tarts will be the talk among your family and friends! Using just six essential ingredients, this 10-step easy pear tart recipe is the perfect go-to when you need a simple yet eye-catching treat to impress your guests.
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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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Cinnamon Rolls with Apple Pie Filling
This apple cinnamon roll recipe is so simple and beginner-friendly. Whether you serve it as a breakfast or as a dessert in the afternoon, there's nothing quite like a sweet, soft, and fluffy cinnamon roll with apple pie filling. With this easy-to-make recipe, featuring sweet brioche dough, delicious apples, and cream cheese icing, you can create these mouthwatering apple pie cinnamon rolls in no time.
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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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Puff Pastry Pumpkin Turnovers
If you're looking for an easy and quick dessert then you will love, these puff pastry pumpkin turnovers! Crunchy and flaky on the outside and sweet and creamy on the inside, these warm pumpkin treats are super easy to make.
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Almond Pear Cake
This single-layer cake is loaded with almond flavor and juicy pears, and you'll be amazed at how easy it is! The cinnamon and orange zest-infused poached pears blend perfectly with a moist and delicious cake packed with almond, vanilla, and cardamom.
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Puff Pastry Apple Turnovers
Baked to golden-brown perfection, these delicious puff pastry apple turnovers are flaky and crunchy on the outside, yet creamy on the inside. They are filled with cinnamon-spiced sweet apples and are easier to make than apple pie.
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Pear Galette
This incredibly delicious fall pear galette is the perfect dessert to welcome the colder weather. It has a rich, buttery, rustic crust layered with perfectly spiced, tender poached pears. Finished with crunchy roasted walnuts, this easy dessert is a fall favorite.
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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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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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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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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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Pecan Pie Cheesecake
Pecan pie cheesecake brings together everything you love about cheesecake and pecan pie. The crisp graham cracker crust holds a creamy vanilla cheesecake filling topped with glossy caramel-coated pecans that add crunch and warmth. It’s a showstopping dessert that is the perfect treat for Fall and definitely deserves a spot at your holiday table, Thanksgiving, and beyond.
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Pear Tarte Tatin
This pear tarte tatin is a stunning take on the classic French upside-down tart, apple tarte tatin. Caramelized pears melt into a rich, buttery caramel sauce beneath layers of flaky puff pastry that bake to a perfect golden crust. It’s a timeless dessert that feels both rustic and refined.
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Walnut Babka
This walnut babka features a delicious, buttery yeasted brioche dough twisted around an excellent cinnamon-sugar walnut filling. Moist, fluffy, and crazy delicious, this nutty babka is a good idea any time of the year, particularly around the holidays. Making this walnut babka is really hassle-free and easy.
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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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Bailey's Apple Pie
This Bailey's apple pie recipe is the ultimate homemade apple pie with an Irish cream twist. A flaky, buttery pie crust is filled with a super delicious homemade apple pie filling infused with Baileys. This is the pie everyone has to make over the fall!
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German Chocolate Cupcakes
If you're searching for the ultimate German chocolate cupcakes recipe, this one ticks all the boxes! It's a handheld version of the classic cake, featuring moist chocolate cupcake sponges topped with decadent chocolate buttercream frosting and a rich pecan coconut frosting.
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Pumpkin Streusel Bread
When you thought your fall dessert table couldn’t get any better, this moist pumpkin streusel bread steals the show! With a moist pumpkin bread base, a crunchy streusel topping, and a sweet glaze, one slice will certainly not be enough!
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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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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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Apple Pie Choux Au Craquelin
This apple pie choux au craquelin (crispy cream puff) perfectly combines the flavors of American apple pie and French choux pastry. A showstopper dessert that will be the star of this fall! The crispy choux au craquelin perfectly bonds with the creamy homemade apple pie filling, while the whipped mascarpone on top balances the flavors.
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Pecan Snowball Cookies
These sweet, crunchy, 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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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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