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15 Thanksgiving-worthy dessert recipes, plus a fabulous tip for store-bought pie crust. Make them ahead and expect rave reviews!
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and we've gathered some of our very favorite holiday-worthy desserts to help you celebrate! We adore the classic pumpkin and pecan pies, but it's always fun to add something a little unexpected to the table.
If you're looking for inspiration, we've got you covered with irresistible cakes, tarts, pies, and more. And don't miss our favorite trick for making store-bought pie crust taste just like homemade. We'd love to hear, what are you baking this year?
Homemade Store-Bought Pie Crusts
If you don't have the time (or desire) to make a from-scratch pie crust we've some great tricks for making homemade store-bought pie crusts. Translated, that means so beautiful and delicious, no one will know!
Libby's Pumpkin Pie Tart (with an easy press-in crust)
This Libby's Pumpkin Pie Tart takes an old, beloved classic and updates it with a fabulous new twist. Dump traditional pie dough for a crisp, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth, press-in-the-pan shortbread crust.
Annie's Easy Apple Pie
This Easy Apple Pie makes a fabulous dessert for holidays, dinner parties and special occasions, but it can be thrown together quickly and with minimal effort. That makes it perfect for making an ordinary day quite extraordinary!
Ridiculously Easy Basque Sweet Potato Cheesecake
This fabulous Basque Sweet Potato Cheesecake comes together in minutes... give ingredients a whir in the blender, pour it into a pan, and bake, that's it! Ridiculously easy, ridiculously delicious!
Cranberry Pear Shortbread Tart
This delicious Cranberry Pear Shortbread Tart recipe boasts a buttery, one-bowl, same-dough crust and crumble topping and a sweet-tart cranberry pear jam filling!
Maple Pumpkin Pots de Crème
These make-ahead Maple Pumpkin Pots de Crème have an amazingly silky smooth texture. Each delicious bite is bursting with warm-spiced flavor - a beautiful, gourmet alternative to pie!
Sea-Salted Pumpkin Praline Tart
With a buttery press-in crust, a classic pumpkin pie filling and a sweet, crunchy pecan topping this Pumpkin Praline Tart is easier and better than pumpkin pie!
Salted Butterscotch Pots de Créme
Butterscotch Pots de Créme is an elegant, French-inspired, make-ahead dessert that always brings rave reviews. It's also crazy delicious!
Ridiculously Easy Butterscotch Glazed Pumpkin Bundt Cake
This Butterscotch Glazed Pumpkin Bundt Cake is moist, tender and bursting with warm-spiced pumpkin flavor! Add the fact that it comes together in a flash, with just one bowl and no mixer and you have a HUGE winner on your hands!
Easy French Apple Tart
This fabulous French Apple Tart employs a store-bought pie crust for easy convenience. With ribbons of cinnamony apples and sweet cream cheese plus a magic trick for a crisp crust, this dessert is beyond delicious!
Maple-Glazed Red Pear Galette
Need an impressive fall dessert - in a hurry? This beautiful Red Pear Galette recipe is easy - yet looks like it comes from a fine bake shop!
Easy Thanksgiving Shortbread Cookies
These one-bowl, no-mixer Thanksgiving Shortbread Cookies are perfect for snacks, gifts and entertaining. Each one is a work of art!
Ridiculously Easy Caramel Pecan Buttermilk Cake
This caramel pecan buttermilk cake might just be one of the easiest and most delicious cakes you'll ever make! The cake mixes up in less than 10 minutes and the fabulous pecan caramel topping won't even take that long!
Sweet Potato Pound Cake with Salted Caramel Icing
This one-bowl, no-mixer Sweet Potato Pound Cake is moist, tender and incredibly delicious! The sweet. buttery Salted Caramel Icing is the crème de la crème!=
Ridiculously Easy Pecan Pie Caramel Corn
This Ridiculously Easy, Microwave Pecan Pie Caramel Corn has all the flavor of the beloved Southern pie with sweet buttery caramel corn and crunchy glazed pecans!
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