Food and Recipes Quick and Easy Dinner 14 Comforting Dessert Casseroles That Are Worth the Indulgence By Southern Living Editors Southern Living Editors Since 1966, the editors of Southern Living have been carrying out the mission of the brand: to bring enjoyment, fulfillment, and inspiration to our readers by celebrating life in the South. We inspire creativity in their homes, their kitchens, their gardens, and their personal style. We are a friend they can trust, a guide to the seasons, a helping hand during the holidays, and a relentless champion of the Southern way of life. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on November 22, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Antonis Achilleos Can you smell that cinnamon? What about those apples baking away? If you're looking for all the fall flavor packed into one delicious dessert casserole, you've come to the right place. Fall is the season to get cozy, and we've got just the thing to send you on your way to ultimate comfort: warm dessert casseroles. Whether it's the delicious aroma of bread pudding in the oven or your first bite of warm upside-down cake, you can realize your sweet dreams with these dessert casserole recipes. Every single one of these autumn-inspired desserts is made for indulging. From cinnamon rolls to cobbler to dumplings, we've found plenty of ways to serve up the best autumnal ingredients in casserole form, all with a sweet-tooth-inspired spin. Of course, we've got a Classic Apple Cobbler, and we're changing things up with a Banana Bread Cobbler. The best dessert to serve with chicken and dumplings? Easy Apple Dumplings, of course. We could never forget about the pecans—our Praline Bread Pudding has plenty. Dive into this recipe collection to discover your next fall baking project. 01 of 14 Apple Bread Pudding Helen Norman Recipe: Apple Bread Pudding Sure to please even the pickiest of dessert eaters, this apple bread pudding couldn't be a better addition to an autumn meal. You can serve this dessert family-style from a baking dish, or you can divide the pudding into individual servings with a 3-inch round cutter for an elegant, restaurant-worthy presentation. We recommend topping it all off with delicious, savory and sweet Sautéed Apples and a drizzle of Apple Brandy Crème Anglaise for a spectacular, memorable finish. It truly is a restaurant-worthy dessert, and we know that your family will be astonished to find out that it was whipped up in no time in the kitchen. 02 of 14 Slow-Cooker Cinnamon Roll Casserole Caitlin Bensel Recipe: Slow-Cooker Cinnamon Roll Casserole Let our Slow-Cooker Cinnamon Roll Casserole cook away while the amazing fragrance wafts from the kitchen, filling every square inch of the house. Wait until the neighbors catch a whiff. They'll be lining up in droves. 03 of 14 Apple Butter Cobbler with Drop Biscuits Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Apple Butter Cobbler with Drop Biscuits Our biscuit-topped cobbler is best made in a cast-iron skillet. Serve this decadent, fall-flavored casserole with a heaping scoop of vanilla ice cream. 04 of 14 Apple-Cherry Cobbler with Pinwheel Biscuits Photo: Jennifer Davick Recipe: Apple-Cherry Cobbler with Pinwheel Biscuits We call for frozen, pitted cherries so you can make this cobbler year-round, though the cinnamon and apples certainly make it an autumnal winner. 05 of 14 Pecan Pie Cobbler Micah A. Leal Recipe: Pecan Pie Cobbler This cake-like cobbler features pecan-pie flavor, but with a light and fluffy finish that will have everyone coming back for seconds. 06 of 14 Classic Apple Cobbler Photo: Stephen DeVries; Prop Styling: Kaye E. Clarke; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Classic Apple Cobbler You can bake this decadent apple cobbler in a square, 2-quart baking dish or individually in eight, 8-oz. ramekins. 07 of 14 Winter Blackberry Cobbler Iain Bagwell Recipe: Winter Blackberry Cobbler Picture it: Outside, there is an intense chill in the air, a hazy sky hangs overhead, and you've just come in from the cold. You unwrap your scarf and shed your coat. Your nose still tingles from the fall wind, and you're welcomed into the kitchen by the aroma of warm blackberry cobbler. This is a fantastic treat to delight your taste buds and warm you from the inside out. Take advantage of the abundance of packaged frozen blackberries in the colder months—they make this recipe so easy to prepare—and whip up this special treat for your family this season. 08 of 14 Easy Apple Dumplings Sheri Castle Recipe: Easy Apple Dumplings Remember those apple dumplings that Grandma used to make? Consider this recipe the next best thing. 09 of 14 Hot Buttered Rum Bread Pudding Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Kay E. Clarke; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Hot Buttered Rum Bread Pudding You can swap the alcohol for ¼ cup maple syrup—and, trust us, you won't miss a hint of fall flavor. 10 of 14 Praline Bread Pudding Hector Sanchez Styling: Buffy Hargett Miller Recipe: Praline Bread Pudding Finish each serving with decadent praline sauce, whipped cream, and a hot cup of coffee. It's utter perfection. 11 of 14 Banana Bread Cobbler Photo: Beth Dreiling Hontzas Recipe: Banana Bread Cobbler Let's not leave all the fall cobbler fun to the apples. This recipe combines two of our favorite Southern desserts: banana bread and delicious, warm cobbler. A lovely streusel topping finishes off the recipe, which is formed from a combination of sweet bread and sliced bananas, a winning combination in our book. Like most warm cobblers, it's best served à la mode, with a scoop of cold ice cream melting into the warm, gooey interior of the cobbler. It's a versatile dessert, and can be the best of comfort foods or the most dazzling of celebratory dinner desserts. There's an uplifting brightness to it, plus a cozy warmth of temperature and texture. 12 of 14 Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Pudding with Apple Brandy-Caramel Sauce Alison Miksch; Styling: Lydia Degaris Pursell Recipe: Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread Pudding with Apple Brandy-Caramel Sauce Our recipe starts with a loaf of Pumpkin-Honey-Beer Bread, but don't worry, you'll have one leftover for snacking on. 13 of 14 Spiced Caramel-Apple Bread Pudding Jennifer Davick; Styling: Mindi Shapiro Levine Recipe: Spiced Caramel-Apple Bread Pudding Apples, bread, cinnamon, cider, vanilla, and the most delicious Toasted Pecan-Caramel Sauce combine to create one out-of-this-world fall dessert casserole, also known as our Spiced Caramel-Apple Bread Pudding. 14 of 14 Cinnamon Roll Casserole Antonis Achilleos Recipe: Cinnamon Roll Casserole Listen, we know cinnamon rolls are technically breakfast fodder, but let us make a case for serving up a batch for dessert—with a cup of decaf to cut the sweetness, of course. 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