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Thanksgiving Desserts

We have plenty of Thanksgiving dessert recipes for the pie lovers (and the pie averse), like apple pie, cheesecake, pumpkin pie, cookies and more. Discover more Thanksgiving ideas in our best Thanksgiving recipes collection.

A cast-iron skillet filled with apples, a crumble topping and five scoops of vanilla ice cream drizzled with caramel sit on a light gray countertop. — Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Eugene Jho.

Recipes

Skillet Caramel-Apple Crisp
Yossy Arefi
2429 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,429
1 hour
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Coffee Jelly With Salted Caramel Whipped Cream
Carolina Gelen
69 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
69
8 ¾ hours
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Cranberry Pudding
Carolina Gelen
43 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
43
5 ¼ hours
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Sticky Cranberry Gingerbread
Melissa Clark
3993 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,993
1½ hours plus cooling
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Rose Apple Tart
Yossy Arefi
1728 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,728
2½ to 3 hours, plus cooling
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Nutella Tres Leches Cake
Rick A. Martínez
198 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
198
8 hours 50 minutes
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Big Crème Brûlée
Clare de Boer
90 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
90
4 hours
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Easy
Chocolate Torte (Torta Caprese)
Samantha Seneviratne
137 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
137
1 hour 55 minutes
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Tall and Creamy Cheesecake
Emily Weinstein, Dorie Greenspan
3282 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,282
3 hours 30 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' refrigeration
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Apple Hand Pies
Samantha Seneviratne
46 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
46
4 hours
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Apple Galette
Samantha Seneviratne
347 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
347
2 hours, plus cooling
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Easy
Cranberry Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
6795 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
6,795
1 hour, plus cooling and chilling
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Gâteau Nana
Lisa Donovan, Melissa M. Martin
143 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
143
1¾ hours, plus cooling
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One-Bowl Molasses-Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
244 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
244
1 hour 35 minutes
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Easy
Pumpkin Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
1287 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,287
30 minutes
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Pumpkin Spice Honeycomb Cake
Carolina Gelen
24 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
24
2 ¼ hours, plus cooling
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Cranberry Ricotta Cheesecake
Genevieve Ko
147 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
147
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling and chilling
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Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Yossy Arefi
216 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
216
About 1½ hours
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Easy
Croissant Bread Pudding
Vallery Lomas
48 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
48
About 1 hour, plus at least 1 hours’ chilling and cooling
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Easy
Sour Cream Pound Cake
Vallery Lomas
89 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
89
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Sticky Toffee Loaf Cake
Sheela Prakash
47 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
47
1 hour 40 minutes
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Gingerbread Layer Cake With Mascarpone Cream
Samantha Seneviratne
162 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
162
3 hours 25 minutes
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Pumpkin Pecan Sheet Cake
Sohla El-Waylly
136 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
136
1¼ hours, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Roll
Samantha Seneviratne
188 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
188
1 hour 50 minutes
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Simple Cranberry-Pear Crisp
Yossy Arefi
115 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
115
70 minutes
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Easy
Cranberry Orange Muffins
Yossy Arefi
496 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
496
About 1 hour
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Easy
Brown Sugar Layer Cake With Cranberry Buttercream
Yossy Arefi
1772 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,772
2 hours plus cooling
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Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake Bites
Sue Li
27 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
27
2¼ hours
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Tahini Apple Tart
Andy Baraghani
469 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
469
2 hours 10 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Easy Chocolate Cake
Yossy Arefi
711 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
711
About 2 hours
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Baked Alaska
Lidey Heuck
103 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
103
About 7 hours 20 minutes
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Apple Tart
Samantha Seneviratne
179 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
179
2 hours, plus cooling
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Rice Pudding
Naz Deravian
497 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
497
55 minutes
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Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
934 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
934
35 minutes
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Easy
Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
1073 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,073
1 hour, plus 4 hours’ cooling
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Easy
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
Genevieve Ko
3716 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,716
40 minutes
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Easy
Dulce de Leche
Lidey Heuck
101 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
101
About 5 hours
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Easy
Peanut-Butter Fudge
Samantha Seneviratne
483 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
483
10 minutes plus 1½ hours chilling
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Easy
Peanut Butter Blossoms
The New York Times, the Gerrero family
7612 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,612
35 minutes
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Cherry Bread Pudding
Martha Rose Shulman
171 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
171
1 hour, plus 2 hours' refrigeration
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Healthy
Chocolate Ganache
Julia Moskin
767 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
767
5 minutes
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Easy
Baklava
Naz Deravian
154 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
154
2 hours and 30 minutes, plus at least 4 hours resting
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3537 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,537
1½ hours
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Cream Cheese Brownies
Samantha Seneviratne
285 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
285
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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Easy
Vanilla Cake
Lidey Heuck
329 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
329
1 hour and 50 minutes
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Apple Pie
Sam Sifton, Kierin Baldwin
6069 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
6,069
1 hour 30 minutes
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Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Millie Peartree
2382 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,382
1 hour 50 minutes
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Strawberry Cheesecake
Yossy Arefi
139 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
139
About 6 hours
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