18 Cozy Desserts That Prove Fall is the Ultimate Baking Season
Fall is the perfect season for cranking up your oven, getting out your mixing bowls, and creating delicious desserts. Fall brings so many incredible flavors that we count down the days all year until we can finally indulge in them all! From pumpkin spice to apple cinnamon to gooey caramel, we love every fall flavor out there. If you feel the same way, then you need to try these 18 amazing dessert recipes that capture the best of the season. These recipes further prove that fall really is the best time of year for baking!
Crème Brûlée Cake
Your classic crème brûlée dessert just got even better with this irresistible vanilla crème brûlée cake! This eye-catching dessert is made with a light and spongy vanilla cake base, topped with a creamy homemade vanilla pastry cream, and then brought to life with a caramelized layer of crunchy burnt sugar. It will quickly become one of your favorites!
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Tiramisu Cookies
These delicious, coffee-flavored tiramisu cookies are the perfect after-dinner treat, dessert table addition, or compliment to your morning cup of coffee. A delightful twist on the classic Italian dessert, this easy tiramisu cookie recipe combines espresso powder and sweet mascarpone frosting topped with cocoa powder.
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Espresso Brownies
These espresso brownies are also incredibly easy to make, requiring only a few simple ingredients and less than an hour of your time. Not only do they smell amazing, but they also boast an intense espresso flavor. The addition of espresso powder takes the dark chocolate flavor to the next level, resulting in a rich and deep taste.
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Cinnamon Cupcakes
These moist cinnamon cupcakes with a swirl of bold cream cheese frosting offer a delightful blend of warm and tangy flavors. Simple to make, this dessert is a versatile and delicious treat that can be enjoyed any time of the year.
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Puff Pastry Apple Turnovers
Baked to golden brown perfection, these delicious puff pastry apple turnovers are perfectly flaky & crunchy on the outside and creamy on the inside, filled with cinnamon-spiced sweet apples.
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Oreo Cupcakes
Cookies and cream lovers unite because these Oreo Cupcakes will knock your socks off! This delicious recipe takes moist, chocolate sponge cupcakes, infuses them with crunchy Oreo cookie bits, and tops them with creamy Oreo buttercream frosting. Once you have one, it will be hard to resist having another!
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No Bake Apple Pie With Graham Cracker Crust
You will love this easy no bake apple pie with graham cracker crust for all year around! The 3-step recipe is made using a simple 2-ingredient pie crust filled with delicious apples cooked to perfection in a mixture of butter and brown sugar.
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No Bake Chocolate Pie
This no bake chocolate pie recipe is the ultimate combination of convenience and elegance! Featuring a rich and velvety chocolate ganache filling nestled within a heavenly Oreo cookie crust and crowned with fluffy Chantilly whipped cream, this delightful dessert is a true masterpiece perfect for any occasion and sure to impress any crowd!
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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 holiday 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! And because these donuts are baked and not fried, they are effectively cake donuts, which makes them a tad bit healthier and easier to make!
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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 for Thanksgiving!
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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. They are a must-try during Fall or even Thanksgiving!
Go to the recipe: Brown Butter Pecan Chocolate Chip Cookies
Pumpkin Streusel Bread
Just 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, crunchy streusel topping, and sweet glaze, one slice will certainly not be enough!
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Pecan Brownies
This fudgy pecan brownies recipe is a time saver for Thanksgiving that might just become your favorite brownie recipe all year round! This brownie with pecans is the perfect combination of thick, fudge, and gooey inside and crinkly, crispy top with intense chocolate taste, crunchy pecans, and a pinch of cinnamon. It is rich yet very well-balanced in sweetness! It is absolutely out of this world and the perfect chocolatey Thanksgiving dessert, but a good idea any other time of the year!
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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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Baked Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
These are the best baked cinnamon sugar doughnuts to make when you want light and fluffy doughnuts but without the hassle of deep frying. Whether you enjoy donuts with coffee, for breakfast, or as a delicious dessert, this is the recipe for you. Even though this is a baked donut recipe, they still have that light, fluffy texture and delicious flavor. Every bite is loaded with delicate cinnamon spice, but all the flavors are perfectly balanced.
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Puff Pastry Cinnamon Twists
These super flakey, sweet cinnamony, buttery puff pastry cinnamon twists are so simple to make and totally delicious! Store-bought puff pastry is brushed with rich butter and then sprinkled with a yummy mixture of cinnamon sugar before being twisted and popped into the oven to bake. This recipe is the kid-friendly, adult-approved, easy-peasy homemade sweet treat recipe you’ve been looking for!
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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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Double Layer Pumpkin Pie
With a mousse-like consistency and crunchy graham cracker crust, this no bake double layer pumpkin pie will knock your holiday socks off this year! This divine dessert comprises a homemade biscuit crumb crust filled with layers of yummy light, airy cream cheese and pumpkin pie fillings topped with a lightly sweetened cream cheese decoration. This layered pumpkin pie is refined and impressive but ridiculously easy to make!
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