Brown Butter Pecan Pie Cookie Bars
This brown butter pecan cookie bar from Barley & Sage will wow your guests! It’s a modern take on pecan pie and boy, is it delicious! These bars require you to make brown butter (which is easy, peasy) and that makes all the difference. The nuttiness from that browned butter kicks these bars up to a whole new level. Your guests will love them!
Pear Puff Pastry Dessert
We love the buttery, flaky goodness in puff pastry. This pear puff pastry dessert from Reluctant Entertainer only takes about 10 minutes of prep time. Serve it with vanilla ice cream and you’ve got a hit on your hands!
Easy Pumpkin Cream Trifle
This eye-popping trifle from All Recipes is layered with fabulous flavor. It calls for a spice cake mix, instant vanilla pudding, pumpkin puree, pie spice, cheesecake instant pudding and pie filling, whipped cream, toffee bits, and toasted pecans. All that adds up to a whole lot of delicious!
Mini Baklava
This mini marvel is a traditional dessert in Greece and the Middle East. This bite-sized version from Taste of Home will beautify your table and satisfy your taste buds. The flaky phyllo dough is a cinch to work with but looks and tastes like it took hours to make.
Mini Salted Caramel Pumpkin Cheesecakes
Salted. Caramel. Pumpkin. Cheesecakes. Could there be anything more magical than those four words? This recipe from Browned Butter Blondie starts with a spicy ginger snap crust, are filled with a smooth pumpkin cheesecake filling, and drizzled with homemade salted caramel. There’s nothing you won’t love about these dreamy cheesecakes!
Fireball Poke Cake
You can’t go wrong with a fireball cake – we’re in Texas after all! This recipe from The Soccer Mom Blog starts with a butter pecan box cake mix, but it’s infused with cinnamon whiskey so this isn’t your average cake! This recipe looks long but it’s easy to make. To simplify it even more, you can buy candied walnuts or pecans instead of making your own. While much of the alcohol is baked off in the oven, this showstopper is topped with fireball frosting, which isn’t baked at all. This one is strictly for adults only!
Easy Butterfinger Bundt Cake
If you love Butterfingers, this is the dessert for you. This easy-to-make Bundt cake from Mighty Mrs. uses two box white cake mixes, whipped cream cheese icing, and is loaded with crushed Butterfinger bits (a great way to use that leftover Halloween candy). This one’s so easy to make, we bet the kids can make it on their own!
Cranberry Drop Cookies
Any time you can work cranberries into a delicious, seasonal dessert, do it! These cranberry drop cookies from How Sweet Eats are a sight to behold! Made with dried cranberries and piled high with cream cheese frosting, they’re a beautiful addition to any Thanksgiving spread – and they’re so good! Add some sugar sprinkles on top if you’re feeling a little extra.
Rustic Caramel Apple Tart
An unfussy apple pie with caramel topping? Yes, please! This recipe from Taste of Home requires you just to fold the edge of a pie crust up around the edge of the filling and bake. Top it off with ready-made caramel sauce and watch it disappear!
Pumpkin Chai Crinkle Cookies
While pies usually steal the show at Thanksgiving, cookies are often underrated, but who doesn’t love cookies? These pumpkin chai crinkle cookies from How Sweet Eats are light and fluffy sophisticated stars to add to your sweets table this Thanksgiving.
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