45 Fall Dessert Recipes

From pumpkin spice to tender apples, here are 45 top fall dessert recipes loaded with the best cozy fall flavors – now 100% dairy-free, egg-free, and vegan!

From pumpkin spice to tender apples, here are 45 top fall dessert recipes loaded with the best cozy fall flavors – now 100% dairy-free, egg-free, and vegan!

Crockpot Ribs

These Crockpot Ribs are slow-cooked in Pepsi for incredible flavor, and finished in the oven with a rich molasses, apple cider vinegar, and chili sauce glaze. If you’re looking for ribs that are melt-in-your-mouth tender with a sweet and tangy glaze, t…

These Crockpot Ribs are slow-cooked in Pepsi for incredible flavor, and finished in the oven with a rich molasses, apple cider vinegar, and chili sauce glaze. If you’re looking for ribs that are melt-in-your-mouth tender with a sweet and tangy glaze, these Crockpot Ribs are the answer. The secret to their irresistible texture? Slow-cooking in…

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Easy Baked Beans

These baked beans are the perfect potluck or barbecue side dish! Baked beans, bacon, onions, peppers are mixed in a sweet and delicious sauce creating the perfect depth of flavor!

These baked beans are the perfect potluck or barbecue side dish! Baked beans, bacon, onions, peppers are mixed in a sweet and delicious sauce creating the perfect depth of flavor!

Baked Beans in the Slow Cooker

Baked Beans don’t have to be boring and from a can, Baked Beans in the Slow Cooker takes a classic recipe to a whole new level! The rich aroma, savory flavors, touch of sweetness and simplicity of using a crock pot make them irresistible. Perfect for all your summer cookouts! Why I Love This Recipe The Ingredients Variations and Substitutions How to…

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Baked Beans don’t have to be boring and from a can, Baked Beans in the Slow Cooker takes a classic recipe to a whole new level! The rich aroma, savory flavors, touch of sweetness and simplicity of using a crock pot make them irresistible. Perfect for all your summer cookouts!

Baked beans in a blue bowl with a spoon.

Why I Love This Recipe

  • Effortless Cooking: Just toss all your ingredients in a slow cooker and let it do the work for you! Especially if you’re making these during the summer, it’s so convenient to not have to stand over a hot stovetop!
  • Versatile: Perfect as a side dish for barbecues, potlucks, or even as a main course just like my Summer Pasta Salad recipe!
  • Make-Ahead Friendly: Make your baked beans in advance and enjoy later! The flavors only get better with time.
  • Full of Flavor: These baked beans are the perfect balance of sweet and saucy. My kids could eat beans for every meal. They’re obsessed. If yours are too, try these Pressure Cooker Pinto Beans or Slow Cooker Black Eyed Peas.
  • Vegetarian: This baked beans recipe is a hearty, delicious vegetarian option that everyone will love!

The Ingredients

Crock pot baked beans ingredients.
  • Small onion: You’ll sauté the onions before adding them to the slow cooker. They provide a savory base flavor for the beans.
  • Small white beans: The main ingredient! We use dried beans for this recipe and cook them low and slow. Any white or Great Northern bean variety will work fabulously in this.
  • Tomato paste: Instead of ketchup we use tomato paste to add that delicious tomatoey, tangy flavor.
  • Maple syrup: This adds a touch of natural, rich sweetness to the beans without being overly sweet.
  • Molasses: This ingredients adds a slightly smoky, complex sweetness.
  • Dijon mustard: Adds more tanginess with a little spicy note.
  • Vegetable broth and water: Cooking the beans in vegetable broth and water adds more flavor to the cooking liquid.

Variations and Substitutions

  • For a meatier option: Cook 4 pieces of chopped bacon with the onions for a meaty, smokier version of this recipe. You could also add cut up hot dogs in the last few minutes to cook through. 
  • Sweeteners: Swap maple syrup for light brown sugar or coconut sugar if you need.
  • More Heat: Add a pinch of cayenne pepper or a small diced jalapeño pepper (at your own risk!).
  • Chicken Broth: If you don’t need this recipe to be vegetarian, you can use chicken broth instead of vegetable broth.

How to Make Baked Beans in the Slow Cooker

Chopped onions sautéing  in pan.

Step 1: Heat the olive oil in a saute pan, add the onions and cook until soft, about 3-4 minutes.

Baked beans ingredients in a slow cooker.

Step 2: Transfer the onions to a crock pot, add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine.

Baked beans in a slow cooker.

Step 3: Cook on low for 8-10 hours or 6-8 hours on high or until the beans are tender.

Storing Tips

  • Refrigerate: You can store leftover baked beans in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
  • Freeze: To freeze baked beans, place cooled beans in a freezer-safe container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating.
  • Reheat: Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop. Add a splash of water or broth if they need to be loosened up a bit.

Serving Suggestions

Looking for delicious ideas to serve with your next big batch of baked beans? Here are some of my favorites:

FAQs

Can you make baked beans in a pressure cooker?

Yes! This baked beans recipe can be made in a pressure cooker really easily. Here’s how: lock the lid of your pressure cooker and cook for 60 minutes at high pressure. Once the cook time is finished, allow the pressure to naturally release for at least 10 minutes. Then, release the remaining pressure, remove the lid and serve.

Can I make crock pot baked beans in advance?

Absolutely! Store them in the refrigerator and reheat on the stovetop or in the microwave.

Baked beans on a plate served with a hot dog.

More Slow Cooker Recipes

Baked Beans tend to fly under the radar a bit at a potluck or barbecue, but this crockpot baked beans recipe will be the star of the show wherever you take it. If you make these, let me know what you think by leaving a rating and comment below!

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Baked Beans in the Slow Cooker

Baked Beans don't have to be boring and from a can, this version made in the crock pot takes a classic recipe to a whole new level!
Course Side
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Total Time 8 hours 5 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 388kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Heat the olive oil in a saute pan, add the onions and cook until soft, about 3-4 minutes.
  • Transfer the onions to a crock pot, add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
  • Cook on low for 8-10 hours or 6-8 hours on high or until the beans are tender. See notes for pressure cooker instructions.

Notes

Pressure Cooker Baked Bean Instructions: Lock the lid of your pressure cooker and cook for 60 minutes at high pressure. Once the cook time is finished, allow the pressure to naturally release for at least 10 minutes. Then, release the remaining pressure, remove the lid and serve.
For a meatier option: Cook 4 pieces of chopped bacon with the onions for a meaty, smokier version of this recipe. You could also add cut up hot dogs in the last few minutes to cook through. 
To Store: You can store leftover baked beans in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Freeze: To freeze baked beans, place cooled beans in a freezer-safe container and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight before reheating.
Reheat: Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop. Add a splash of water or broth if they need to be loosened up a bit.
 

Nutrition

Calories: 388kcal | Carbohydrates: 74g | Protein: 19g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 1.682mg | Potassium: 1.904mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 758IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 244mg | Iron: 10mg

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Ginger Molasses Rolo Cookies

I love Rolo candies. If you haven’t had Rolos, let me introduce you. They are rich chocolate caramel candies wrapped in a shiny foil wrapper. I love using them to make my chocolate Rolo cookies, they are a classic. I also use them to make Rolo pr…

I love Rolo candies. If you haven’t had Rolos, let me introduce you. They are rich chocolate caramel candies wrapped in a shiny foil wrapper. I love using them to make my chocolate Rolo cookies, they are a classic. I also use them to make Rolo pretzels. During the holiday months, I love making my…

Gingerbread Cookies

This recipe for Gingerbread Cookies makes plenty of soft, chewy, ginger-spiced molasses Christmas cookies that are perfect for decorating!

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I don’t know if anything can get me in the holiday mood more than baking (and decorating) a batch of Gingerbread Cookies. Their warm, spicy aroma just smells like Christmas, and decorating them is SO. MUCH. FUN. This recipe for gingerbread cookies will make plenty of soft, chewy, spiced cookies for you and your friends and family to decorate, so bookmark this Gingerbread Cookie recipe and make them this weekend. And don’t forget to take a photo and show us your creations on social media!

Decorated gingerbread cookies on a baking sheet surrounded by pinecones.

What Are Gingerbread Cookies?

Gingerbread cookies are a cookie made with rich molasses and plenty of warm spices, like ginger, cinnamon, and cloves. The gingerbread cookies are often cut into the shape of a man (aka gingerbread men), but can also be cut into a variety of holiday-themed shapes. Decorating gingerbread cookies is a popular holiday activity and my personal favorite!

Ingredients for Gingerbread Cookies

Gingerbread cookies have many of the same ingredients as most basic cookies but include a variety of rich and warm spices. Here’s what you’ll need to make gingerbread cookies:

  • Butter: Butter is the base for many cookies. It gives the cookies plenty of richness and creamy buttery flavor.
  • Brown Sugar: Brown sugar gives these cookies a deeply rich sweetness, and helps keep the cookies soft.
  • Molasses: Molasses sweetens the cookies, adds an amazingly deep flavor, and gives the cookies a rich brown color.
  • Egg: Egg helps give the cookies structure and helps them rise just a little bit while baking.
  • Vanilla: Vanilla adds to the warm flavor profile of the cookies.
  • Baking Soda: A small amount of baking soda helps the cookies rise so they are nice and soft.
  • Flour: All-purpose flour gives the cookies structure and bulk.
  • Spices: A mix of cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, and salt gives the gingerbread cookies tons of warm flavor in every bite! Cinnamon also helps deepen the cookie’s classic brown color.

How to Decorate Gingerbread Cookies

While you don’t have to decorate gingerbread cookies, I think that’s half the fun. I like to keep things simple with a basic powdered sugar icing. To make the icing, mix 1 cup powdered sugar with 1-2 Tbsp water, or just enough for it to form a thick icing. You can make multiple batches of the icing and color each one separately with a couple drops of food coloring, for even more decorating fun. Then just spoon the icing into a plastic bag, cut off just a sliver of the corner of the bag to create a piping tip, and then decorate away!

You can also add tons of other fun items to the gingerbread cookies, like sprinkles, red hot candies, peppermints, or any other type of small candy. These extras will take your gingerbread cookies to the next level!

Storing Gingerbread Cookies

Once cooled and decorated (and once the icing has dried), the gingerbread cookies can be stored in an air-tight container at room temperature for about one week. …But I’m sure they’ll all get eaten before then!

A plate full of decorated gingerbread cookies.
Decorated gingerbread cookies scattered on a white surface.
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Gingerbread Cookies

This recipe for Gingerbread Cookies makes plenty of soft, chewy, ginger-spiced molasses Christmas cookies that are perfect for decorating!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 16 minutes
Chill Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 46 minutes
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 178kcal

Ingredients

Icing (optional)

  • 1 cup powdered sugar $0.32
  • 1-2 Tbsp water $0.00

Instructions

  • Add the butter and brown sugar to a bowl and use a mixer to beat them together until light and creamy. Add the molasses, vanilla, and egg, and beat until creamy again.
  • In a separate large bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.
  • Add about ⅓ of the flour mixture to the butter and sugar mixture, then beat on low speed until incorporated. Repeat until all of the flour has been added to the batter. It should form a very soft cookie dough.
  • Transfer the cookie dough to a large piece of plastic, shape it into a ball, and wrap it tightly. Refrigerate for at least two hours, or up to one day.
  • When ready to make the cookies, preheat the oven to 350ºF. Divide the cookie dough in half to make it easier to work with (keep the other half in the refrigerator until ready to use). Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface until it's about ⅛-inch thick. Cut the dough into your desired shapes and place them on a parchment-lined baking sheet, at least one inch apart.
  • Bake the cookies for 8 minutes, or until slightly puffed in the center and they are just beginning to brown on the outer edges. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool completely.

Icing (optional)

  • While the cookies are cooling, place the powdered sugar in a bowl and add 1 Tbsp water. Stir to combine, then continue to add water, a very small amount at a time, until it forms a thick icing (about 1-2 Tbsp total).
  • Place the icing in a plastic bag and cut a very small piece off the corner to create a piping tip. Pipe the icing onto the cooled cookies in your favorite design!

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Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 178kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Sodium: 147mg | Fiber: 1g
Decorated gingerbread cookies scattered on a white surface.

How to Make Gingerbread Cookies – Step by Step Photos

Wet ingredients for gingerbread cookies in a mixing bowl.

Using a mixer, beat together 12 Tbsp (¾ cup) room-temperature salted butter and ¾ cup brown sugar until light and creamy. Add ½ cup molasses, one tsp vanilla extract, and one large egg, then beat until smooth again.

Dry ingredients for gingerbread cookies in a mixing bowl.

In a separate bowl, stir together 3 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 tsp cinnamon 1 Tbsp ginger, ½ tsp cloves, ½ tsp nutmeg, and ½ tsp salt.

Dry ingredients added to the butter and sugar mixture.

Add about ⅓ of the flour mixture to the butter and sugar, then beat on low speed until combined. Repeat until all of the flour and spices have been added to the cookie batter.

Finished cookie batter in the mixing bowl.

When all of the flour and spices have been added, you’ll have a very soft cookie batter.

Ball of cookie batter wrapped in plastic.

Place the cookie batter on a large sheet of plastic wrap, shape it into a ball, and wrap it tightly. Refrigerate the dough for at least two hours (it can stay refrigerated for up to a day).

Gingerbread cookie batter rolled out and being cut with a cookie cutter.

When you’re ready to make the cookies, preheat the oven to 350ºF. Divide the dough in half to make it easier to work with and place the other half in the refrigerator until ready to roll. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface until it’s about 1/8-inch thick, then cut into your desired shapes.

Cookies ready to bake on a baking sheet.

Place the cut cookies on a parchment-lined baking sheet with at least 1 inch between each cookie (they will expand a little). Gather up the dough scraps, roll again, and cut more until there is little or no dough left. Keep any unused dough in the refrigerator so it stays chilled.

Baked gingerbread cookies on the baking sheet.

Bake the cookies in the preheated 350ºF oven for 8 minutes, or until slightly puffed in the center and the outer edges are just beginning to brown. Remove them from the oven and allow them to cool.

Powdered sugar icing in a bowl being stirred.

While the cookies are cooling, prepare the simple powdered sugar glaze. Add 1 cup powdered sugar to a bowl and add 1 Tbsp water. Stir to combine. Continue to add water, a little at a time, until it forms a thick glaze (1-2 Tbsp total water).

Cookies being decorated with icing.

Spoon the icing into a plastic bag and cut off a very small piece of the corner to use as a piping tip, then have fun!

Overhead view of decorated gingerbread cookies on a baking sheet with pinecones on the sides.

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