Food and Recipes Desserts The Best Fall Baking Recipes to Make This Season By Jenna Sims Jenna Sims Jenna is a Digital Editor for Southern Living and joined the team in 2014. She writes, produces, and assigns content with a focus on email growth and commerce content. She covers a range of topics in the lifestyle space from holiday gift guides to new product launches to tips for cooking with your air fryer. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on August 12, 2020 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Greg Dupree There are few things better on a crisp fall afternoon than filling your home with the scent of a freshly baked dessert. Fall's favorite ingredients like pumpkins, apples, and pecans are best enjoyed in the form of a homemade treat. From cakes to cookies to pies and more, there are plenty of ways to turn seasonal ingredients into a delicious baked dessert. Consider this list of recipes your official fall 2020 baking bucket list. Making your way through this list will help you sharpen up your baking skills before the upcoming holiday season and you may even learn a few new skills along the way. With a new season upon us, it's time to stock your pantry, preheat the oven, and get to baking. 01 of 15 Classic Apple Cobbler Stephen DeVries; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Classic Apple Cobbler You can't celebrate fall without making this old-fashioned dessert at least once. We recommend serving warm with vanilla ice cream on top. 02 of 15 Our Easiest Pumpkin Pie Ever Greg Dupree; Styling: Heather Chadduck Hillegas Recipe: Our Easiest Pumpkin Pie Ever Just because this recipe calls for seven ingredients and requires only 15 minutes of hands on time doesn't mean it's short on flavor. 03 of 15 Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Jennifer Causey Recipe: Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Browned butter is the not-so-secret ingredient to the best chocolate chip cookies ever. Adding a cup of toasted pecans make them the ultimate fall cookie. 04 of 15 Caramel Apple Cake Photo: Hector Sanchez Recipe: Caramel Apple Cake This impressive dessert calls for two pounds of apples. In our opinion, it's worth every bit of the effort it requires. 05 of 15 Pumpkin Bread Micah A. Leal Recipe: Pumpkin Bread If you want to make your pumpkin bread even sweeter, you can fold a handful of chocolate chips into the batter before baking. 06 of 15 Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Greg Dupree Recipe: Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Apple cake batter, cream cheese filling, and praline frosting are the perfect fall trio in this indulgent Bundt cake. 07 of 15 Pumpkin-Chocolate Brownies Greg DuPree Recipe: Pumpkin-Chocolate Brownies Brownies are given a fall makeover with the addition of pumpkin filling, but we promise there's still plenty of chocolate to go around. 08 of 15 Caramel Apple Coffee Cake Photo: Jennifer Davick Recipe: Caramel Apple Coffee Cake Once you learn how to make homemade caramel sauce for your coffee cake, you'll never buy store-bought again. 09 of 15 Apple Cider Doughnuts Micah A. Leal Recipe: Apple Cider Doughnuts Fall's favorite drink in doughnut form can be enjoyed for breakfast or dessert. 10 of 15 Pumpkin Spice Cookies Micah A. Leal Recipes: Pumpkin Spice Cookies Pumpkin spice and pure pumpkin give these cookies plenty of seasonal color and flavor. 11 of 15 Apple Bread Pudding Helen Norman Recipe: Apple Bread Pudding Cinnamon raisin bread adds an extra punch of flavor to this apple bread pudding. 12 of 15 Pumpkin Spice Magic Cake Victor Protasio; Prop Styling: Claire Spollen; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Pumpkin Spice Magic Cake The layers of this cake flip during the baking process, creating a little magic. 13 of 15 Apple Stack Cake Photo: Victor Protasi; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Apple Stack Cake Let this cake cure for a few days before serving to allow time for the flavors to fully combine. 14 of 15 Pumpkin-Pecan Cheesecake Jennifer Davick Recipe: Pumpkin-Pecan Cheesecake Think of this rich dessert as pumpkin pie, pecan pie, and cheesecake all in one. 15 of 15 Salted Caramel-Apple Hand Pies Hector Manuel Sanchez; Styling: Katie Jacobs Recipe: Salted Caramel-Apple Hand Pies Not only are hand pies delicious, but they're also portable, easy to make, and even easier to serve. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit