Looking for some delicious and simple fall desserts that are great for Thanksgiving, but getting stuck on classic pies and bars? These 25 Best Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes will give you the inspiration you need! From slow cooker apple dump cake and mini hand pies to gooey toffee cookies and caramel apple bread. These desserts are perfectly spiced and elegant yet simple enough to make for a crowd!
The holidays can be stressful enough, many of these can be made in advance making them perfect for busy weekends and holiday gatherings. My brown butter toffee cookies are always a favorite if you’re looking for a place to start! Find all of my dessert recipes or my Thanksgiving and holiday recipes here for more inspiration.
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Brown Butter Apple Dump Cake (Easy Crockpot Dessert)
This Brown Butter Apple Dump Cake is the ultimate cozy fall and holiday dessert. Made right in the crockpot with fresh apples, brown butter, warm spices, and a simple yellow cake mix. Perfect for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or anytime you’re craving an easy apple dessert, just dump and go, the slow cooker does all of the work. I highly recommend serving with ice cream!
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Pumpkin Spice Maple Brown Butter Monkey Bread Muffins
These Pumpkin Spice Monkey Bread Muffins with Maple Brown Butter are the perfect fall treat—warm, gooey, and packed with cozy pumpkin spice flavor. Each bite-sized muffin is made from biscuit dough tossed in spiced sugar, layered with pumpkin puree, and drizzled in rich maple brown butter sauce. They bake up golden and sticky-sweet, making them a fun pull-apart dessert or breakfast that everyone will love.
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Caramel Apple Cider Donut Bread with Maple Butter
This Caramel Apple Cider Donut Bread is fall baking at its best! With a soft and tender texture, swirled with homemade caramel and a cinnamon sugar crust. It tastes just like your favorite apple cider donuts but baked into a cozy loaf, and it’s finished with whipped maple butter!
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The Best Apple Cider Coffee Cake Cookies with Glaze
These Apple Cider Coffee Cake Cookies with Glaze are a bakery-style treat you can make right at home. The dough is made with a apple cider reduction, giving each bite a rich flavor, while a buttery cinnamon streusel is sprinkled over each cookies for that classic coffee cake texture. Finished with a spiced glaze drizzle, these cookies are the perfect fall dessert to enjoy with coffee or to share on a holiday cookie tray.
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Chewy Molasses Ginger Cookies (One-Bowl Recipe)
These Chewy Molasses Ginger Cookies are soft, spiced, and rolled in sugar for the perfect crackly top. Made in one bowl with ginger, cinnamon, clove, and molasses, they’re a simple cookie that feels festive and cozy for the holidays or any time you’re craving a classic treat.
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One-Bowl Maple Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodles
Soft, chewy, and spiced just right! These One-Bowl Maple Pumpkin Chai Snickerdoodles are the ultimate fall cookie. Pumpkin and maple keep them moist and flavorful, while chai spice and cinnamon sugar add cozy flavor. Quick to mix, no chill time, and ready in about 30 minutes.
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Creamy Pumpkin Pie Bars with Brown Butter Crust
These Brown Butter Pumpkin Pie Bars have everything you love about pumpkin pie, but better! A graham cracker base made with nutty brown butter, custardy pumpkin filling, and a oat streusel come together for the perfect mix of flavors and textures.
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Cinnamon Cake Snacking Cake with Maple Buttercream
Light and airy cinnamon cake topped with creamy maple buttercream.
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Oatmeal Cookie Sandwiches With Maple Ganache
Classic chewy oatmeal cookies sandwiched together with whipped maple ganache
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Cinnamon Walnut Sour Cream Coffee Cake Recipe
Light and airy coffee cake made with sour cream. Loaded with cinnamon and chopped walnuts. Topped with a crunchy cinnamon walnut streusel and a drizzle of maple glaze.
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Spiced Egg Nog Coffee Cake with Buttery Streusel Topping
This Eggnog Coffee Cake is soft, tender, and packed with holiday flavor! Creamy eggnog and sour cream keep the cake moist, while warm spices and a buttery brown sugar streusel add sweetness and crunch. It’s the perfect centerpiece for Christmas morning, a holiday brunch, or a cozy treat with your afternoon coffee.
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One-Bowl Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Bars
Classic chewy oatmeal cookie dough with a hint of cinnamon and studded with raisins.
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Snickerdoodle Sandwich Cookies with White Chocolate Ganache
Classic soft, chewy snickerdoodles sandwiched together with creamy whipped white chocolate ganache
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Easy Salted Caramel Cupcakes From Scratch
Caramel cupcakes topped with caramel buttercream and a caramel drizzle
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Brown Butter Brown Sugar Cookies with Toffee
These Brown Butter Brown Sugar Cookies with Toffee are rich, chewy, and full of buttery caramel flavor. Browned butter adds nutty depth, while chunks of homemade toffee melt into gooey pockets throughout each bite. Perfect for cookie swaps, holiday trays, or whenever you’re craving a bakery-style treat with a twist.
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One-Bowl Old-Fashioned Chewy Ginger Cookies
Soft, chewy, and full of warm spice, these one-bowl old-fashioned ginger cookies are rolled in sugar for a lightly crisp edge and bake up in minutes. Perfect for holidays or everyday baking!
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Salted Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies
Crunchy salted toffee and chocolate chunks in a chewy brown sugar base.
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Brown Butter Pumpkin Spice Cake with Penuche Frosting
Light and airy brown butter pumpkin cake layered with creamy frosting!
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Pumpkin Crumb Cake – Sweets by Elise
Indulge in this easy Pumpkin Crumb Cake! It’s bursting with warm spices and pumpkin flavor, topped with a buttery crumb, and perfect for Fall!
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American Apple Pie Recipe
What could be more American than a great apple pie recipe? This recipe packed is full of flavor and delicious down to the last bite.
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie (No Corn Syrup!)
The best chocolate chip pecan pie to bring to Thanksgiving, made with brown butter, maple syrup, honey, and pecans. This is an all-natural, no corn syrup recipe
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Cinnamon Swirl Snickerdoodle Blondies
Cinnamon Swirl Snickerdoodle Blondies: Perfect for Thanksgiving, or for packing up to fill this year’s holiday cookie boxes!
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Caramel Apple Cookie Truffles – Hoosier Homemade
What do you get when you combine caramel apple and sugar cookies? Well, Caramel Apple Cookie Truffles. Made with simple ingredients, these are perfect for any occasion.
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Pumpkin Pie Hand Pies — My Diary of Us
Pie crust and a simple pumpkin pie filling get baked with a cinnamon sugar coating for the ultimate pumpkin pie hand pies.
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Mini Apple Pies
There’s nothing better than classic apple pie, unless it’s having one all to yourself! These little individual pies are big on flavor, and their sweet, buttery pastry crusts bake to golden perfection.
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