Dessert, Baked Good Recipes

Crockpot pumpkin bread baked inside canning jars for cylindrical loaves. Pumpkin pie spice, brown sugar, currants, and a wet pumpkin batter. Edible gift idea.

Pumpkin chocolate chip bundt cake made with sweetened pumpkin pie filling and warm cinnamon, studded with semisweet chocolate chips. A one-bowl mix and pour into a tube pan, no special pans or steps needed.

Pumpkin-shaped peanut butter cookies decorated with orange juice frosting for Halloween. Easy cut-out cookies kids love decorating with candy corn faces.

Mini pumpkin pie cookie cups with a cream cheese pastry shell, spiced pumpkin filling with rum and vanilla, and a crunchy pecan-brown sugar topping.

Pumpkin pie cake layers a creamy pumpkin pie filling under a buttery yellow cake mix streusel topping with chopped nuts. Easier than pie, deeper than cake. Thanksgiving dessert that feeds a crowd.

Pumpkin pie tunnel cake with a hidden ribbon of pumpkin pie filling baked inside a buttermilk-bran bundt cake. Striking fall dessert with a creamy surprise center.

Pumpkin pound cake with warm spices, finished with orange glaze and homemade candied orange peel. Makes two 9x5 loaves, perfect for fall gifting or freezing.

Elegant pumpkin spice layer cake with whipped cream frosting and toasted pecans. Butter-based batter with buttermilk, ginger, and allspice. Bakery-style fall celebration cake.

Pumpkin raisin nut cookies made egg-free with pumpkin puree as the binder, spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger, and packed with raisins and chopped nuts.

Pumpkin ginger pie with crystallized ginger, brandy, bourbon, brown sugar, and warm spices in a flaky shell. A boozy, spicy twist on classic pumpkin pie topped with sweetened sour cream.

Chewy chocolate drop cookies made with melted semi-sweet chocolate, butter, and just half a cup of flour. Fudgy, brownie-like cookies that bake in under 10 minutes.

Date drop cookies studded with chopped dates and walnuts and warmly spiced with cinnamon and cloves. A drop-and-bake batter with no chilling or rolling, ready for the cookie jar in well under an hour.

Three-ingredient coconut macaroons with shredded coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and vanilla. Chewy, golden, and ready in under 25 minutes.

Quick peanut butter cookies from a yellow cake mix, peanut butter, egg, and water. Four ingredients, no mixer needed, with that classic fork-pressed crosshatch pattern.

Triple chocolate cake using cake mix and pudding mix for a fudgy, moist crumb topped with semi-sweet chocolate chips and crunchy walnuts.

Raisin and bran cookies bake up chewy with unprocessed bran, brown sugar, and warm cinnamon-nutmeg spice. Egg whites keep them lighter than the typical butter-yolk cookie.