Fall desserts are what make the season so memorable, and these recipes are the ones you will keep coming back to. Each bite is filled with cozy spices, sweet flavors, and that fresh-from-the-oven comfort everyone craves this time of year. These are the treats that deserve a permanent spot in your fall baking routine.
Pumpkin Custard Pie
This is hands down the best pumpkin custard pie recipe for Thanksgiving. 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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Pumpkin Blondies
Super gooey and chewy pumpkin blondies loaded with warm pumpkin flavor and spices are the perfect sweet snack for Fall or Thanksgiving! I love pumpkin season, and these easy pumpkin blondies with chocolate chips are a must-try for any pumpkin lovers out there. With pumpkin pie spice, chocolate chips, and hints of caramel butterscotch undertones, they might just be your favorite easy Thanksgiving snack this season!
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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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Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Frosting
This wonderful, moist, and easy Pumpkin Bread with cream cheese frosting is the perfect Fall cake to enjoy during the pumpkin season. Fluffy pumpkin loaf infused with aromatic Fall spices you love and frosted with an easy, 3 ingredients cream cheese icing that is very well balanced in sweetness (also made without butter!).
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No Bake Pumpkin Pie
This no bake pumpkin pie with Graham Cracker Crust is rich, creamy, and decadent. It features a 2-ingredient crust filled with a perfectly spiced pumpkin puree and cream cheese mixture that has the most perfect mousse-like texture. It's then decorated with a mascarpone topping, making an irresistible fall or winter dessert.
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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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Nutella Babka
This Nutella babka is totally addictive! Made from the fluffiest, most buttery brioche dough twisted around a decadent Nutella filling. It is a lovely, sweet bread that will equally fill your heart and body.
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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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Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies
These easy chocolate chip walnut cookies are a delicious way to give the nut lovers in your family a sweet treat. Semi-sweet dark chocolate chips, chopped walnuts, and a sprinkle of bright sea salt help balance the flavors, making this an indulgent cookie to enjoy during those darker evenings as we transition into fall and winter.
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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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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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German Chocolate Cake
This German chocolate cake recipe is the most delicious, moist, and flavourful cake ever! It features a super-moist chocolate cake with butterscotch frosting, loaded with pecans and coconut. Beyond how beautifully the flavors blend together, it is also a remarkably easy recipe to make without any special equipment.
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Baked Pumpkin Spice Donuts
You are going to fall in love with these super moist and delicious baked pumpkin spice donuts, which are the perfect start to a perfect morning! They are packed with pumpkin, spiced with all the best iconic fall flavors, and coated in a simple cinnamon sugar mixture that is absolutely yummy!
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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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Cinnamon Cupcakes
Fragrant and sweet cinnamon cupcakes with cream cheese frosting that adds just the right amount of rich, tangy goodness. They have the best moist texture, delicately flavored with spice, and the smooth and silky frosting on top makes them even better.
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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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Cinnamon Babka
Made with soft, buttery dough twisted in cinnamon sugar and glossed with light homemade sugar syrup, this cozy cinnamon babka is undoubtedly a crowd-pleaser! It is perfectly sweet and warmly spiced, making it an ideal treat for breakfast, an afternoon snack, or after dinner.
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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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Pumpkin Pecan Pie
This easy pumpkin pecan pie is a perfect blend of two fall desserts. It's made with maple syrup, a splash of bourbon (or whiskey), and is easy to make ahead for later!
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Apple Bottom Bourbon Pecan Cheesecake
With a tangy cream cheese filling, caramel-kissed apple layer, and a praline pecan topping, it’s got more layers than your family drama at Thanksgiving. The steps are detailed but totally manageable for confident bakers or beginners who read directions as if their lives depended on it. Yes, you’ll need a water bath and a little patience, but the payoff is worth every whisk and scrape of the bowl.
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Pumpkin Crisp
Pumpkin pie filling piled high with crunchy streusel topping makes up this perfectly spiced pumpkin crisp! It’s the perfect way to enjoy all the best flavors of pumpkin pie with a nutty, cinnamon-topped crunch. It’s simple to make in just 15 minutes. From there, the oven does all the work, filling your house with the most incredible pumpkin spice smells.
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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 Butter Pie
If you're not a fan of a classic pumpkin pie or just looking for something new for your Thanksgiving table this year, this easy apple butter pie recipe is the perfect dessert for you. It has the texture of pumpkin pie but all the flavor of apples and cinnamon. The apple butter adds a tangy apple flavor plus all the cinnamon spice flavor you love for Fall.
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Pumpkin Roll
If you’re looking for a pumpkin roll that is not dense, sticky, or too sweet, then this pumpkin roll recipe is your answer! The secret is simple. This pumpkin roll is made with a genoise cake, resulting in a light and fluffy cake roll that is neither too sweet nor too dry, unlike most other pumpkin roll recipes.
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Cranberry Pie With Woven Lattice Crust
Cranberry pie, made with fresh cranberries and a lattice top crust, is the perfect easy holiday dessert to whip up using only six ingredients. Tart cranberries are drenched in a cranberry filling infused with fresh orange juice, organic sugar, and vanilla extract, then scooped into a double-crust pie, resulting in a delicious cranberry pie that you’ll make again and again.
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