Every family has a few Thanksgiving dishes that must be on the table each year, and dessert is no exception. Once everyone finds a favorite, they'll notice if it's missing the following year. If you're looking for something your family will love enough to request every Thanksgiving, these dessert recipes might start a new holiday tradition.
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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Mini Tiramisu Cups
These mini tiramisu cups are the perfect no-bake dessert for summer. They come together in 15 minutes using a few simple ingredients. Airy ladyfingers are layered between light mascarpone cream, rich espresso, and a touch of cocoa finish. Individual tiramisu parfaits that don't need to be shared!
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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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Butterscotch Pumpkin Bundt Cake
This butterscotch pumpkin bundt cake recipe features an airy and super moist pumpkin bundt cake loaded with pumpkin and your favorite fall spices. It is topped with the most delicious butterscotch sauce, which has a lovely buttery, brown sugar flavor profile. Easy and quick candied pecans are added for some extra crunchiness.
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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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Cinnamon Cupcakes
Fragrant and sweet cinnamon cupcakes with cream cheese frosting that adds just the right amount of rich, tangy goodness. They have a moist texture, a delicate spice flavor, and smooth, silky frosting on top that makes them even better.
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Brownie Pie
This fudgy brownie pie is a dream come true for brownie and pie lovers! It features a fudgy, gooey brownie set atop a buttery, flaky pie crust, offering the best of both worlds. Perfect for fall gatherings and celebrations.
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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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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 Galette
This easy apple galette has a buttery, flaky pie crust filled with tender cinnamon apples, finished with a drizzle of apple caramel made from the drained apple juices. Granny Smith apples for their tartness and structure, a cream-cheese dough that folds without cracking, long apple slices arranged in overlapping layers that hold their shape in the oven, and an apple caramel made from the drained filling juices that gets drizzled over the top at the end.
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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 a super buttery flaky crust, creamy custard-like filling, and yummy mascarpone frosting, this dessert is going to steal the show!
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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 Tiramisu
This festive pumpkin tiramisu is a no-bake fall dessert made with espresso-soaked ladyfingers, a silky spiced pumpkin pastry cream, and a light mascarpone cream, finished with a dusting of pumpkin spice. Every slice shows two beautiful layers: one pumpkin orange, one creamy white. It is perfect for Thanksgiving, Friendsgiving, or any fall dinner party.
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Pecan Tart Recipe with Vanilla Cream
This modern pecan tart recipe, paired with vanilla cream, is a stunning dessert. Less traditional than the classic American Pecan pie, but still featuring a multitude of flavors, this tart boasts a sweet pastry crust, a pecan filling, whole pecan nuts, a creamy caramel, and a delicate diplomat cream.
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Apple Upside Down Cake
Apple upside-down cake is an easy, one-bowl fall dessert. This apple cake features a layer of buttery, brown sugar-topped apples on a moist butter cake. Apple upside-down cake is the fall-flavored version of the classic. This cake combines all the best parts of the classic, buttery brown sugar topping and sweet, rich butter cake, with apples replacing the pineapple.
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Cranberry Tartlets
These are the prettiest mini cranberry tartlets! They have the most perfect silky cranberry curd filling ever! The curd is nestled in flaky, buttery tartlet cases that melt in the mouth. Your friends and family will think they’re from a pastry shop! Decorate these mini cranberry curd tarts with festive garnishes to make them extra special.
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Pumpkin Spice Macarons
Pumpkin spice macarons, made with pumpkin spice ganache and pumpkin spice confit in the center, are the perfect fall dessert. If you like pumpkin, then these macarons are for you. Macarons are the perfect dessert that can be made ahead of time and still taste delicious.
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Sweet Potato Cheesecake
Sweet potato cheesecake is far from basic. The creamy filling is paired with an iced oatmeal cookie crust, warm spiced sweet potato puree, and butter pecan sauce that can be poured over the top or served on the side.
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