39 Favorite Fall Desserts

Pumpkin Squares with Cider Caramel Sauce

Pumpkin Pie-sicles

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Golden Sweet Cornbread

I found this recipe online but made a few changes for taste and texture. I made it with Vance's preschool class this week and served them warm with honey butter. They loved it!!!! Super fast and super easy.

1 c all purpose flour
1 c yellow corn meal
1/2 to 2/3 c sugar (depending on how sweet you like it!)
1 tsp salt
2 t baking powder
1 egg
1 c milk
1/3 c vegetable oil
1 Tbls melted butter
Optional: 2/3 c corn or creamed corn and/or 1/2 tsp vanilla

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray or lightly grease a 9 inch round cake pan or line muffin pan with 12 muffin papers.
2. In a large bowl, combine flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder. Stir in egg, milk, vegetable oil and butter until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
3. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes for 9 inch round cake pan, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Bake abt 16 minutes for muffins.

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

You know those pumpkin choco-chip cookies you make from a spice cake mix? Well, I hate those things. I was so glad to get a good home-made recipe. These cookies are amazing!

1 c vegetable oil
2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1 tsp mapleine
1 tsp salt
1 large can (29 oz) pureed pumpkin
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp allspice
5 c flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp baking powder
1 pkg MINI chocolate chips

Preheat oven 375 degrees.
Cream oil, sugar, vanilla, mapleine, and salt.
Add eggs and pumpkin.
Beat well until mixture is fluffy.
Mix in spices.
Add flour, baking soda, baking powder.
Blend until incorporated.
Add chocolate chips.
Dough will be a cake like consistency.
Spoon onto a lightly sprayed cookie sheet.

Bake on 375 for 13-15 minutes.
Remove from cookie sheet to cool.

This recipe make approx. 100 cookies. (I halved it and had plenty!) They freeze well.

Options: Add currents, raisins, craisins, chopped nuts, or white chocolate chips in place of chocolate chips. Try icing with a butter cream frosting and topping with chopped nuts.
(Recipe from Suzanne Price)

The end result????????

Harvest Pumpkin Bars

Bars
2 c all-purpose flour
2 c sugar
1 Tbps pumpkin pie spice
2 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 (15 oz) can solid pack pumpkin
3/4 c vegetable oil
4 eggs, beaten
Frosting
3 oz cream cheese, softened
6 Tbps butter, softened
1 tsp milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 c confectioners' sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl.
Stir in pumpkin, oil and eggs.
Spread in a greased 10x15 inch baking pan.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until edges pull away from the sides of the pan.
Cool in the pan on a wire rack.

Frosting- Combine cream cheese, butter, milk, vanilla, and confectioners sugar in a medium mixing bowl.
Beat on medium high speed until smooth, scraping the bowl constantly until of spreading consistency.
Spread over the baked layer.
Chill, covered, until serving time.
Cut into 48 bars.

A Pampered Chef recipe.

Banana, Zuccinni, or Pumpkin Bread

3 eggs
1 c butter
2 c sugar
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp cinnamon
2 c mashed bananas or shredded zucchini or pumpkin
*if making zucchini or pumpkin bread add 1 tsp Pumpkin Pie spice
3 c flour (I used 2 c regular flour and 1 c whole wheat)
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp baking powder
Optional: Chocolate chips!

Preheat oven to 325. Beat eggs, butter and sugar. Add vanilla and bananas (or whatever you are using). Add rest of ingredients. Bake in greased (and floured if desired) bread pans until golden brown and thoroughly cooked (mine took about 45-50 minutes).

Makes 2 loaves.

Caramel Apple Dip

The perfect fall treat! I make this every year and could eat it by the spoonful. The special ingredient is the small amount of cinnamon!

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
3/4 cup light corn syrup
1 can (14 oz) sweetened condensed milk

Heat the above ingredients over medium heat. Stir. Be patient and don't turn up your heat- you don't want it to burn on the bottom!

When above mixture is smooth and brown sugar has dissolved completely, remove from heat. Stir in the following in the slightly cooled caramel mixture:

1 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp cinnamon
pinch of salt

Pour into serving bowl. Serve with apple wedges.