25+ Best Fall Baking Recipes for Dessert Lovers
Fall is officially here, and that means it’s time to bake all the cozy things. I don’t know about you, but once the weather cools down and the leaves start turning, I practically live in my kitchen.
There’s something about the smell of cinnamon, brown sugar, and butter that just feels like a warm hug—especially after a long day of wrangling kids, homeschooling, or just trying to keep up with life.
Whether you’re baking for a fall gathering, a quiet Sunday afternoon, or just because your sweet tooth called, I’ve rounded up some of the most delicious fall desserts to try this season.
But first—here are a few fall baking tips I’ve learned the hard way over the years:
• Always let your butter and eggs come to room temp for fluffier cakes and cookies.
• Freshly grated nutmeg hits different. Trust me on this one.
• If your house doesn’t smell like a Yankee Candle factory when you’re done, you’re doing it wrong (kidding… sort of).
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Ready to dive in? Here are 25+ fall dessert recipes that’ll make your kitchen the coziest spot in the house.
1. Homemade Blackberry Pie
This blackberry pie recipe is sweet and tangy with fresh blackberry flavor.
2. Vegan Chocolate Apple Crisp
This healthy vegan chocolate apple crisp is the ultimate rich and decadent fall dessert.
It features fresh apples, rich chocolate, and the perfect crisp topping. This recipe is vegan, oil-free, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free.
3. Healthy Pumpkin Cookies
These healthy pumpkin cookies are light and cakey, but also just a little bit chewy, made with whole-grain oat flour you’d never guess they are healthy!
4. Pumpkin Pie Thumbprint Cookies
These adorable Pumpkin Pie Thumbprint Cookies look like mini pumpkin pies! They’re buttery, easy to make and perfect for fall.
5. Vegan Maple Candied Pecan Cookies
These Vegan Pecan Cookies are the ultimate holiday cookie. These cookies are full of pecan flavor, crunchy candied pecan bits, and complete with the perfect chewy center.
This recipe is vegan, oil-free, gluten-free, and refined sugar-free!
6. Paleo Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Warm paleo pumpkin cookies are bursting with mini chocolate chips in every bite!
These cookies are the perfect healthy holiday treat for pumpkin season!
7. Vegan Apple Muffins
These vegan apple muffins with applesauce and shredded apple are tender, fluffy, moist, delicately spiced, and require just 8 base ingredients!
Enjoy them mini or regular-sized and with several dietary and flavor variations!
8. Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
These Chewy Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies are packed with good old-fashioned oats and plenty of pumpkin.
Bonus: you’ll only have to use one bowl.
9. Pecan Streusel Pumpkin Pie
A crumbly mix of brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans bake atop an ultra-creamy pumpkin filling, bringing rich and delicious flavor to this Pecan Streusel Pumpkin Pie.
10. Cinnamon White Chocolate Blondies
A delightful recipe that combines the comforting flavors of cinnamon and white chocolate in a soft and chewy treat.
11. Cranberry Cheesecake
This festive no bake cranberry cheesecake combines a classic no bake cheesecake with a tangy cranberry sauce that’s perfect for the holidays.
Although this requires no baking like an original cheesecake, it’s the perfect fall treat!
12. Banana Bread With Pears And White Chocolate Chips
This healthy Banana Pear Bread is the perfect dessert to have after a tasty dinner, for a delicious breakfast or even a healthy snack alongside a cup of tea.
13. Pear Brownies
Brownies have conquered the world with their dense and chocolatey texture.
The good news is that you can now make them without a variety of fruit, pears included.
14. Pumpkin Poke Cake
Pumpkin Poke Cake combines a moist and flavorful pumpkin cake with deliciously gooey caramel, and tops it off with an irresistible cream cheese frosting.
15. Pumpkin Cookies
These delicious pumpkin cookies stay impossibly soft and tender for days.
They are fragrant with pumpkin pie spices and so quick and easy to make.
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16. Pumpkin Cupcakes
These Easy Pumpkin Cupcakes stay soft and moist for days.
All you need is two bowls and ten minutes to make this delicious, moist pumpkin cupcake recipe that is as easy as pie.
17. Coconut Milk Pumpkin Pie
Made from scratch using canned pumpkin puree and coconut milk, this pumpkin pie filling is nice and simple.
Vegan, dairy-free, no oil, no weird ingredients. Just pure pumpkin goodness!
18. Pumpkin Bars
These pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting is the ultimate fall treat!
Our pumpkin bar recipe creates soft and moist bars that are topped with a rich and silky-smooth homemade cream cheese frosting.
19. Spiced Apple Cupcakes
With our eight easy to follow steps, you’ll have a fresh batch of spiced apple cupcakes to impress your family and friends in no time!
20. Apple Galette
This is a wonderful dessert for a beginner or someone who is not so savvy around the kitchen, however, it’s so beautiful that it’s perfect for seasoned chefs as well.
21. Pumpkin Gingerbread
This Pumpkin Gingerbread is loaded with molasses, ginger, and cinnamon and is topped with a Maple Pecan Icing.
All the flavors of the holidays in one delicious dessert!
22. Chai Cake With Boiled Milk Frosting
Aromatic, delicate and moist, this show-stopping chai cake features three richly spiced layers wrapped in a chai-infused boiled milk frosting.
23. Pumpkin Loaf Cake
This easily made Pumpkin Loaf Cake is certain to become a family favorite.
The fragrant, warming spices in the cake perfectly complement the natural sweetness of the pumpkin.
24. Pumpkin Oatmeal Bars
With a crisp oatmeal base, a sweet, creamy center reminiscent of pumpkin pie and crumble topping, this is an easily made sweet snack that the whole family will enjoy.
25. Maple Pecan Bundt Cake
This Maple Pecan Bundt Cake consists of a sweet maple bundt cake filled with toasted pecans and topped with a maple cream cheese glaze – the perfect fall dessert!
26. Pumpkin Bundt Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Deliciously moist Pumpkin Bundt Cake, lightly spiced with luxurious cream cheese glaze on top – the perfect dessert (or even breakfast) for fall time!
Ready to Bake Something Sweet?
There’s nothing like a homemade fall dessert to bring everyone together and make your home feel extra warm and inviting. Whether you try one recipe or work your way through the whole list, I hope these fall baking ideas inspire you to slow down, savor the season, and treat yourself to something sweet.
If you end up baking one (or a few) of these, let me know in the comments or tag me on social—I’d love to see your creations! Happy fall, and happy baking!
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