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Autumn dessert ideas to fall for
- Fall, with its copper gold canvas of orange, yellow, and apricot hues, is a season of rich, warm colors. The same can be said for desserts associated with this time of the year. This is when to savor a tempting menu of delicious delights that include sweet potato pie, pumpkin cheesecake, and pecan nut brownies. These autumnal treats mirror the mood of the season, when it's time to cozy up and feast on your favorite confection. So, what guilty pleasures do you fall for? Click through and indulge!
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0 / 30 Fotos
Caramel apple pie
- This delightfully chewy treat is best made with honeycrisp or gala apples, with the caramel squeezing out even more sweetness. The pie's flaky crust adds texture while an optional scoop of vanilla ice cream will melt your heart.
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1 / 30 Fotos
Pumpkin bread
- Fall is also pumpkin season, so why not bake a loaf of pumpkin bread? Top it off with dried fruits, poppy seeds, and honey.
© Shutterstock
2 / 30 Fotos
Apple cider donuts
- It's worth waiting for fall to indulge in sweet homemade apple cider donuts sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. But hey, they're delicious any time of year.
© Shutterstock
3 / 30 Fotos
Pecan pie cheesecake
- Prepare an extra creamy base and sprinkle chopped pecans soaked in caramel to take your cheesecake to an insanely tempting new level.
© Shutterstock
4 / 30 Fotos
Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
- Add a dash of pumpkin spice to a smooth, creamy pumpkin puree. Mix into a heavenly chocolate chip dough for the makings of scrumptious bite-sized cookies.
© Shutterstock
5 / 30 Fotos
Sweet potato pie
- Mashed sweet potato is a much-loved dessert made in an open pie shell and usually crowned with a toasted marshmallow topping. It's traditionally served during the American holiday season, but fall is a good enough excuse to rustle up a serving or two.
© Shutterstock
6 / 30 Fotos
Caramel apples
- The Brits call theirs a toffee apple, a beloved autumn treat. In the United States, they are better known as caramel apples. Perhaps it's the dip that counts, anything from chopped peanuts to ground cinnamon.
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7 / 30 Fotos
Honey cake
- Use the best honey money can buy and preferably a floral variety, such as orange blossom, acacia, or wildflower, to create a real buzz around this dessert option.
© Shutterstock
8 / 30 Fotos
Pumpkin cheesecake
- The color alone—a warm and inviting copper orange—is enough to whet the appetite. But add a little caramel to pumpkin cheesecake and it's simply irresistible.
© Shutterstock
9 / 30 Fotos
Cranberry bliss bar
- Use dried cranberries together with chunks of white chocolate and a sweet orange cream cheese frosting to create a sensational cranberry bliss bar.
© Shutterstock
10 / 30 Fotos
Apple strudel
- A traditional Viennese dessert, strudel is commonly associated with apple. If you're putting one together at home, add cinnamon, lemon zest, and raisins for an authentic flavor. Present with a sprig of mint.
© Shutterstock
11 / 30 Fotos
Chocolate pumpkin cheesecake
- Chocolate, pumpkin, and cheesecake. And to get even more out of this treat, texture the top with pistachios... and more chocolate. Yummy!
© Shutterstock
12 / 30 Fotos
Apple galette
- It was France that provided the culinary world with the galette, a type of flat, round crusty cake. Add baked sliced apples and cinnamon to this inspired Gallic creation and bon appétit, big time!
© Shutterstock
13 / 30 Fotos
Pistachio baklava
- A classic dessert with its roots in Ottoman cuisine, sticky and rich baklava can be made using honey, walnuts, and cinnamon—the so-called Greek baklava—or sugar syrup, pistachios, and lemon juice, the traditional ingredients of a Turkish baklava. To avoid an argument, make both!
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14 / 30 Fotos
Tarte tatin
- Once again we can thank the French for this classic dessert option. If there is one pie that was made for the fall, it's tarte tatin—a layer of caramelized fruit (apricots work wonders) over caramel and topped with puff pastry. During baking, the pastry melds with the ingredients to produce a deliciously glazed lid. Sprinkle with chopped almonds before serving.
© Shutterstock
15 / 30 Fotos
Caramel apple tart
- Caramel is a wonderfully versatile confection. Try apple tart with puff pastry topped with sliced apples, walnuts, and brown sugar, smothered with a warm caramel sauce. Cut into squares, and enjoy!
© Shutterstock
16 / 30 Fotos
Churros
- This Spanish-Portuguese fried dough delight coated in cinnamon and sugar is a great leveler: everybody loves churros. For an autumn treat, set a handful round a tub of warm chocolate ganache and watch faces light up.
© Shutterstock
17 / 30 Fotos
Apple coffee cake
- Oddly, apple coffee cake has no coffee in it. Instead, it's a term used in the United States to describe a sweet cake that is intended to be eaten with a cup of coffee, or perhaps tea if you're English. Actually, a wedge of moist, soft apple coffee cake goes with just about anything!
© Shutterstock
18 / 30 Fotos
Snickerdoodle cookies
- Did you know that the term snickerdoodle is a corruption of the German word schneckennudel—a German pastry whose name literally translates as "snail noodle"? On the surface, they look like ordinary cookies. But these guys are rolled in sugar and cinnamon and are filled with cream of tartar.
© Shutterstock
19 / 30 Fotos
German apple cake
- A dense cake flavored with cinnamon and loaded with fresh apples, German apple cake—apfelkuchen— hails from Bavaria and the Austrian Tyrol and is a popular autumn sweetener. Serve it like they do, with cream and toasted chopped almonds.
© Shutterstock
20 / 30 Fotos
Pecan pie brownies
- Pecan pie alone is enough to set the culinary pulse racing. But add cocoa powder to the equation and watch seasoned chocoholics buckle at the knees.
© Shutterstock
21 / 30 Fotos
Pumpkin pie brownies
- Alternatively, swap pecan for pumpkin and witness those same chocoholics weep for joy.
© Shutterstock
22 / 30 Fotos
Apple pound cake
- Made from a recipe that dates back to the 1700s, pound cake gets its name because of how it's made: originally, the recipe called for one pound each of flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. Use crisp autumn apples for optimum taste.
© Shutterstock
23 / 30 Fotos
Tiramisu cake
- Okay, so tiramisu is a cake for all seasons. But this creamy, coffee-infused Italian dessert is a fall favorite for its dark cocoa tang and delicate smooth mascarpone cheese combo.
© Shutterstock
24 / 30 Fotos
Apple cookies
- More cookie ideas, with apple being the main ingredient. Use tart chopped apples tempered with plenty of cinnamon and sweet brown sugar and enjoy with a hot drink, a tangy apple cider perhaps?
© Shutterstock
25 / 30 Fotos
Invisible apple cake
- This cake is called invisible due to the fact that the very thinly sliced apples appear to dissolve in the mix. Baked to perfection, an invisible apple cake will "disappear" before your very eyes.
© Shutterstock
26 / 30 Fotos
Apple cinnamon muffins
- A tasty standby and so scrumptious, apple cinnamon muffins can be taken to the next level of irresistibility by turning in a crumble crown.
© Shutterstock
27 / 30 Fotos
Poached pears
- Sometimes less is more and can work equally well on a chilly fall evening. We're talking about poached pears garnished with a caramel reduction and spiced with cloves. Add a dash of brandy for a kick and serve optionally with ice cream or yogurt.
© Shutterstock
28 / 30 Fotos
Apple crumble
- In your quest to deliver to the table something different, it's easy to overlook one of the most iconic of fall desserts: humble apple crumble. This classic favorite always works, especially with a golden-brown topping. Sources: (Great British Chefs) (East Idaho News)
© Shutterstock
29 / 30 Fotos
Autumn dessert ideas to fall for
- Fall, with its copper gold canvas of orange, yellow, and apricot hues, is a season of rich, warm colors. The same can be said for desserts associated with this time of the year. This is when to savor a tempting menu of delicious delights that include sweet potato pie, pumpkin cheesecake, and pecan nut brownies. These autumnal treats mirror the mood of the season, when it's time to cozy up and feast on your favorite confection. So, what guilty pleasures do you fall for? Click through and indulge!
© Shutterstock
0 / 30 Fotos
Caramel apple pie
- This delightfully chewy treat is best made with honeycrisp or gala apples, with the caramel squeezing out even more sweetness. The pie's flaky crust adds texture while an optional scoop of vanilla ice cream will melt your heart.
© Shutterstock
1 / 30 Fotos
Pumpkin bread
- Fall is also pumpkin season, so why not bake a loaf of pumpkin bread? Top it off with dried fruits, poppy seeds, and honey.
© Shutterstock
2 / 30 Fotos
Apple cider donuts
- It's worth waiting for fall to indulge in sweet homemade apple cider donuts sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. But hey, they're delicious any time of year.
© Shutterstock
3 / 30 Fotos
Pecan pie cheesecake
- Prepare an extra creamy base and sprinkle chopped pecans soaked in caramel to take your cheesecake to an insanely tempting new level.
© Shutterstock
4 / 30 Fotos
Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies
- Add a dash of pumpkin spice to a smooth, creamy pumpkin puree. Mix into a heavenly chocolate chip dough for the makings of scrumptious bite-sized cookies.
© Shutterstock
5 / 30 Fotos
Sweet potato pie
- Mashed sweet potato is a much-loved dessert made in an open pie shell and usually crowned with a toasted marshmallow topping. It's traditionally served during the American holiday season, but fall is a good enough excuse to rustle up a serving or two.
© Shutterstock
6 / 30 Fotos
Caramel apples
- The Brits call theirs a toffee apple, a beloved autumn treat. In the United States, they are better known as caramel apples. Perhaps it's the dip that counts, anything from chopped peanuts to ground cinnamon.
© Shutterstock
7 / 30 Fotos
Honey cake
- Use the best honey money can buy and preferably a floral variety, such as orange blossom, acacia, or wildflower, to create a real buzz around this dessert option.
© Shutterstock
8 / 30 Fotos
Pumpkin cheesecake
- The color alone—a warm and inviting copper orange—is enough to whet the appetite. But add a little caramel to pumpkin cheesecake and it's simply irresistible.
© Shutterstock
9 / 30 Fotos
Cranberry bliss bar
- Use dried cranberries together with chunks of white chocolate and a sweet orange cream cheese frosting to create a sensational cranberry bliss bar.
© Shutterstock
10 / 30 Fotos
Apple strudel
- A traditional Viennese dessert, strudel is commonly associated with apple. If you're putting one together at home, add cinnamon, lemon zest, and raisins for an authentic flavor. Present with a sprig of mint.
© Shutterstock
11 / 30 Fotos
Chocolate pumpkin cheesecake
- Chocolate, pumpkin, and cheesecake. And to get even more out of this treat, texture the top with pistachios... and more chocolate. Yummy!
© Shutterstock
12 / 30 Fotos
Apple galette
- It was France that provided the culinary world with the galette, a type of flat, round crusty cake. Add baked sliced apples and cinnamon to this inspired Gallic creation and bon appétit, big time!
© Shutterstock
13 / 30 Fotos
Pistachio baklava
- A classic dessert with its roots in Ottoman cuisine, sticky and rich baklava can be made using honey, walnuts, and cinnamon—the so-called Greek baklava—or sugar syrup, pistachios, and lemon juice, the traditional ingredients of a Turkish baklava. To avoid an argument, make both!
© Shutterstock
14 / 30 Fotos
Tarte tatin
- Once again we can thank the French for this classic dessert option. If there is one pie that was made for the fall, it's tarte tatin—a layer of caramelized fruit (apricots work wonders) over caramel and topped with puff pastry. During baking, the pastry melds with the ingredients to produce a deliciously glazed lid. Sprinkle with chopped almonds before serving.
© Shutterstock
15 / 30 Fotos
Caramel apple tart
- Caramel is a wonderfully versatile confection. Try apple tart with puff pastry topped with sliced apples, walnuts, and brown sugar, smothered with a warm caramel sauce. Cut into squares, and enjoy!
© Shutterstock
16 / 30 Fotos
Churros
- This Spanish-Portuguese fried dough delight coated in cinnamon and sugar is a great leveler: everybody loves churros. For an autumn treat, set a handful round a tub of warm chocolate ganache and watch faces light up.
© Shutterstock
17 / 30 Fotos
Apple coffee cake
- Oddly, apple coffee cake has no coffee in it. Instead, it's a term used in the United States to describe a sweet cake that is intended to be eaten with a cup of coffee, or perhaps tea if you're English. Actually, a wedge of moist, soft apple coffee cake goes with just about anything!
© Shutterstock
18 / 30 Fotos
Snickerdoodle cookies
- Did you know that the term snickerdoodle is a corruption of the German word schneckennudel—a German pastry whose name literally translates as "snail noodle"? On the surface, they look like ordinary cookies. But these guys are rolled in sugar and cinnamon and are filled with cream of tartar.
© Shutterstock
19 / 30 Fotos
German apple cake
- A dense cake flavored with cinnamon and loaded with fresh apples, German apple cake—apfelkuchen— hails from Bavaria and the Austrian Tyrol and is a popular autumn sweetener. Serve it like they do, with cream and toasted chopped almonds.
© Shutterstock
20 / 30 Fotos
Pecan pie brownies
- Pecan pie alone is enough to set the culinary pulse racing. But add cocoa powder to the equation and watch seasoned chocoholics buckle at the knees.
© Shutterstock
21 / 30 Fotos
Pumpkin pie brownies
- Alternatively, swap pecan for pumpkin and witness those same chocoholics weep for joy.
© Shutterstock
22 / 30 Fotos
Apple pound cake
- Made from a recipe that dates back to the 1700s, pound cake gets its name because of how it's made: originally, the recipe called for one pound each of flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. Use crisp autumn apples for optimum taste.
© Shutterstock
23 / 30 Fotos
Tiramisu cake
- Okay, so tiramisu is a cake for all seasons. But this creamy, coffee-infused Italian dessert is a fall favorite for its dark cocoa tang and delicate smooth mascarpone cheese combo.
© Shutterstock
24 / 30 Fotos
Apple cookies
- More cookie ideas, with apple being the main ingredient. Use tart chopped apples tempered with plenty of cinnamon and sweet brown sugar and enjoy with a hot drink, a tangy apple cider perhaps?
© Shutterstock
25 / 30 Fotos
Invisible apple cake
- This cake is called invisible due to the fact that the very thinly sliced apples appear to dissolve in the mix. Baked to perfection, an invisible apple cake will "disappear" before your very eyes.
© Shutterstock
26 / 30 Fotos
Apple cinnamon muffins
- A tasty standby and so scrumptious, apple cinnamon muffins can be taken to the next level of irresistibility by turning in a crumble crown.
© Shutterstock
27 / 30 Fotos
Poached pears
- Sometimes less is more and can work equally well on a chilly fall evening. We're talking about poached pears garnished with a caramel reduction and spiced with cloves. Add a dash of brandy for a kick and serve optionally with ice cream or yogurt.
© Shutterstock
28 / 30 Fotos
Apple crumble
- In your quest to deliver to the table something different, it's easy to overlook one of the most iconic of fall desserts: humble apple crumble. This classic favorite always works, especially with a golden-brown topping. Sources: (Great British Chefs) (East Idaho News)
© Shutterstock
29 / 30 Fotos
Autumn dessert ideas to fall for
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