Some of Our Favorite Fall Galette Recipes

By Southern Living
Miha Matei / Real Simple

Whether you’re a beginner or looking for something new to stir up this season, you just might fall head over heels for one of our favorite fall galettes. This free-form, flavorful, and low-maintenance dish is just like a pie, yet much more approachable. All that’s required is a pastry fold over the filling, and you’ll end up with an elaborate-looking warm treat that may actually be the easiest thing you make all autumn. The best part? You really can’t mess this up. You can chalk up any imperfections to the handmade, rustic ambiance of the dish. So, what are you waiting for? Grab a delicious sweet potato or an apple galette recipe, and you’ll have a new go-to fall dessert or favorite family dinner in no time.

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Cinnamon Apple Galette with Salted Maple Glaze

My Baking Addiction

Recipe: Cinnamon Apple Galette with Salted Maple Glaze

Once you drizzle the salted maple glaze atop this cinnamon autumn delight, there's not turning back. It's hard to resist recreating this easy treat every week during apple season.

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Sweet Potato Galette with Caramelized Shallots

How Sweet Eats

Recipe: Sweet Potato Galette with Caramelized Shallots

As filling as it is fantastic to look at, this versatile galette stuffed with goat cheese and caramelized shallots is a chameleon. It can play any role – from a main dish to a tasty side and even a hearty leftover breakfast treat.

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Butternut Squash, Bacon, and Parmesan Galette

White on Rice Couple

Recipe: Butternut Squash, Bacon and Parmesan

Bursting with rich fall colors and flavors, this galette is sure to be a seasonal sensation at any autumn gathering. 

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Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprout Galette with Goat Cheese

The Vintage Mixer

Recipe: Butternut Squash and Brussels Sprout Galette with Goat Cheese

Butternut squash and Brussels – does it get any better? If you mix these familiar fall flavors with goat cheese and herbs and wrap them in a buttery crust blanket, you just might discover baked, seasonal perfection.

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Curried Squash Galette

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Recipe: Curried Squash Galette

As fall fades to colder temperatures and winter squash fills your produce aisle, consider this delightful galette dish featuring a lightly spiced sweet-savory squash filling. 

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Apple Chicken Cheddar Galette

Honey and Birch

Recipe: Apple Chicken Cheddar Galette

Searching for a dinner table solution for your fall apple cravings? Look no further. This savory autumn supper recipes is one of the tastiest ways to eat the season’s best apples. Best yet, you can used leftover chicken to save on time.

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Salted Caramel Apple Galette

Sally’s Baking Addiction

Recipe: Salted Caramel Apple Galette

Honeycrip apples dripping in cinnamon and brown sugar combine with salted caramel goodness in this must-bake fall dessert that’s easier than pie.

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Parmesan Sage Crusted Butternut Squash Galette

How Sweet Eats

Recipe: Parmesan Sage Crusted Butternut Squash Galette

This medley of autumn flavor with cheese in the crust as well as the filling will leave your head spinning with each spoonful.

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Apple Galette with Vanilla Yogurt Drizzle

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Recipe: Apple Galette with Vanilla Yogurt Drizzle

Swapping low-fat yogurt for some for the butter in this heavenly baked fall delight will make you feel better about going back for seconds. 

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Apple Pumpkin Galette

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Recipe: Apple Pumpkin Galette

Savor fall flavor in this sweet, easy-as-pie dessert that packs in pumpkin and apples.

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Country Apple Galette

Jacques Pépin / Food & Wine

Recipe: Country Apple Galette

This free-form tart jam-packed with warm apple slices will satiate your fall cravings in just one bite.

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Roasted Vegetable Galette

David Prince / Food & Wine

Recipe: Roasted Vegetable Galette

A flakey, filling pie for dinner? Sign us up. This savory supper dish may look like a pizza, but it's even better. Peppered with perfectly roasted vegetables and wrapped in a easy, homemade pastry crust, you’re sure to crave this simple galette over and over again.

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Red Potato and Apple Galette

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Recipe: Red Potato and Apple Galette

Topped with overlapping apple and red potato slices, this elegant pastry is the perfect addition to your fall spread.

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How To Make An Apple Galette

Apples are bright and bountiful in the South during the fall, so we love to whip up recipes that feature this juicy, seasonal fruit. Chef Shun Li, Pastry Chef at the Windsor Court Hotel in New Orleans, perfected this apple galette with a flaky crust. It's a beautiful dessert recipe that'll impress your holiday guests – and it tastes extra delicious when topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Seasonal Fruit Galette

Apples (filling can be any seasonal fruit)

Galette Dough:
8 oz. cake flour
8 oz. all purpose flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 lb. butter
1 lb. cream cheese

Combine flours, salt, and sugar. Cut in butter and cream cheese. Bake at 325˚F until golden brown.

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Apple-Pear Galette

Miha Matei / Real Simple

Recipe: Apple-Pear Galette 

Filled with fresh slices of seasonal fruits, this sweet fall galette is an easy, make-ahead recipes for your next fall event. 

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