12 Cosy Winter Desserts You’ll Want to Bake All Season Long
Warm up this winter season with these delicious desserts that make the most of the seasonal ingredients. There is nothing better than delicious food to warm your heart when it gets extra cold. Delight in the best of the season and you’ll find yourself baking these treats more often!
Cranberry Orange Bread
Moist & delicious cranberry orange bread with orange glaze and a wonderful festive decoration is the ultimate holiday favorite! This is hands down the best cranberry bread recipe ever. It has aromatic orange zest and tart cranberries that can be the perfect easy breakfast or dessert during the holidays.
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Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
These moist hot chocolate cupcakes are the perfect winter dessert to help you get cozy by the fireplace! They’re made with a rich chocolate sponge base and fluffy vanilla Chantilly cream, then topped with melted chocolate and a toasted marshmallow for the perfect finishing touch.
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Apple Dutch Baby
This mouthwatering apple dutch baby pancake puts a fall twist on the traditional buttery Dutch baby with fresh apples and warm cinnamon! The crisp, buttery pancake and sweet caramelized apple compote make it a heavenly treat. The whole family will love it!
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Oatmeal Craisin Cookies
This oatmeal craisin cookies recipe is the ultimate soft and chewy cookie treat to make over the holidays and beyond! Making these healthy oatmeal cranberry cookies is easy yet provides a luxurious cookie experience. The cookies are loaded with craisin, cinnamon, and brown sugar, making them wonderfully rich yet very well-balanced in sweetness.
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Nutella Babka
Imagine a delicious buttery chocolate hazelnut swirl in soft, pillowy brioche dough. This Nutella babka is totally addictive! It is a lovely, sweet bread that will equally fill your heart and body. The Nutella babka bread recipe can be made using different spices.
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Crème Brûlée Cookies
This easy creme brulee cookies recipe combines two dessert favorites to create an irresistible handheld treat! Gooey, soft sugar cookies are topped with a creamy pastry cream and then finished with a crispy caramelized sugar topping. It is a cookie lover’s dream come true!
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Pecan Upside Down Cake
This exceptional pecan upside down cake is a perfect dessert. 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 for Christmas!
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Nutella Twists
Nutella twists are a pantry staple you can use in so many delicious desserts. Puff pastry desserts with Nutella are unbelievably easy to make, too; consequently, I eat them a lot! Puff pastry twists are kid-friendly yet simultaneously adult-taste-approved. You’ll love them.
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Chocolate Brioche
For chocolate lovers who enjoy brioche bread’s tender, fluffy texture, this chocolate brioche gives you the best of both worlds! This easy chocolate brioche recipe takes classic brioche bread and fills it with swirls of creamy chocolate and cocoa powder before topping it with melted butter. Enjoy it for breakfast with a cup of coffee or for an after-dinner treat!
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Star Bread
For a festive treat to bring the family together during Christmas, you will want to have this easy star bread recipe handy! This delicious cinnamon bread is not just tasty but also eye-catching, with an impressive star shape, tender, buttery dough, and warm cinnamon sugar filling. It will surely be the highlight of the dessert table!
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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. It is a delightful and comforting fall dessert with the whole family asking for seconds!
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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 fall flavors we love! Luxurious chocolate chip cookies loaded with pecans, cinnamon, brown butter, and brown sugar make the cookies wonderfully rich yet very well-balanced in sweetness with added sea salt. These cookies are chewy on the outside and gooey on the inside, with deep chocolate and nutty flavors.
Go to the recipe: Brown Butter Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
