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Caramel apple pie -

This delightfully chewy treat is best made with honeycrisp or gala apples, with the caramel squeezing out even more sweetness. The pie's flaky crust adds texture while an optional scoop of vanilla ice cream will melt your heart.

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Pumpkin bread -

Fall is also pumpkin season, so why not bake a loaf of pumpkin bread? Top it off with dried fruits, poppy seeds, and honey.

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Apple cider donuts -

It's worth waiting for fall to indulge in sweet homemade apple cider donuts sprinkled with cinnamon sugar. But hey, they're delicious any time of year.

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Pecan pie cheesecake -

Prepare an extra creamy base and sprinkle chopped pecans soaked in caramel to take your cheesecake to an insanely tempting new level.

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Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies -

Add a dash of pumpkin spice to a smooth, creamy pumpkin puree. Mix into a heavenly chocolate chip dough for the makings of scrumptious bite-sized cookies.

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Sweet potato pie -

Mashed sweet potato is a much-loved dessert made in an open pie shell and usually crowned with a toasted marshmallow topping. It's traditionally served during the American holiday season, but fall is a good enough excuse to rustle up a serving or two.

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Caramel apples -

The Brits call theirs a toffee apple, a beloved autumn treat. In the United States, they are better known as caramel apples. Perhaps it's the dip that counts, anything from chopped peanuts to ground cinnamon.

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Honey cake -

Use the best honey money can buy and preferably a floral variety, such as orange blossom, acacia, or wildflower, to create a real buzz around this dessert option.

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Pumpkin cheesecake -

The color alone—a warm and inviting copper orange—is enough to whet the appetite. But add a little caramel to pumpkin cheesecake and it's simply irresistible.

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Cranberry bliss bar -

Use dried cranberries together with chunks of white chocolate and a sweet orange cream cheese frosting to create a sensational cranberry bliss bar.

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Apple strudel -

A traditional Viennese dessert, strudel is commonly associated with apple. If you're putting one together at home, add cinnamon, lemon zest, and raisins for an authentic flavor. Present with a sprig of mint.

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Chocolate pumpkin cheesecake -

Chocolate, pumpkin, and cheesecake. And to get even more out of this treat, texture the top with  pistachios... and more chocolate. Yummy!

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Apple galette -

It was France that provided the culinary world with the galette, a type of flat, round crusty cake. Add baked sliced apples and cinnamon to this inspired Gallic creation and bon appétit, big time!

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Pistachio baklava -

A classic dessert with its roots in Ottoman cuisine, sticky and rich baklava can be made using honey, walnuts, and cinnamon—the so-called Greek baklava—or sugar syrup, pistachios, and lemon juice, the traditional ingredients of a Turkish baklava. To avoid an argument, make both!

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Tarte tatin -

Once again we can thank the French for this classic dessert option. If there is one pie that was made for the fall, it's tarte tatin—a layer of caramelized fruit (apricots work wonders) over caramel and topped with puff pastry. During baking, the pastry melds with the ingredients to produce a deliciously glazed lid. Sprinkle with chopped almonds before serving.

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Caramel apple tart -

Caramel is a wonderfully versatile confection. Try apple tart with puff pastry topped with sliced apples, walnuts, and brown sugar, smothered with a warm caramel sauce. Cut into squares, and enjoy!

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Cinnamon rolls -

Cinnamon rolls are a classic dessert, known for their soft, buttery dough swirled with a sweet cinnamon-sugar filling and topped with a rich glaze. Enjoy them warm for the ultimate treat!

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Churros -

This Spanish-Portuguese fried dough delight coated in cinnamon and sugar is a great leveler: everybody loves churros. For an autumn treat, set a handful round a tub of warm chocolate ganache and watch faces light up.

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Apple coffee cake -

Oddly, apple coffee cake has no coffee in it. Instead, it's a term used in the United States to describe a sweet cake that is intended to be eaten with a cup of coffee, or perhaps tea if you're English. Actually, a wedge of moist, soft apple coffee cake goes with just about anything! 

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Snickerdoodle cookies -

Did you know that the term snickerdoodle is a corruption of the German word schneckennudel—a German pastry whose name literally translates as "snail noodle"? On the surface, they look like ordinary cookies. But these guys are rolled in sugar and cinnamon and are filled with cream of tartar.

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German apple cake -

A dense cake flavored with cinnamon and loaded with fresh apples, German apple cake—apfelkuchen— hails from Bavaria and the Austrian Tyrol and is a popular autumn sweetener. Serve it like they do, with cream and toasted chopped almonds.

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Pecan pie brownies -

Pecan pie alone is enough to set the culinary pulse racing. But add cocoa powder to the equation and watch seasoned chocoholics buckle at the knees.

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Pumpkin pie brownies -

Alternatively, swap pecan for pumpkin and witness those same chocoholics weep for joy.

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Apple pound cake -

Made from a recipe that dates back to the 1700s, pound cake gets its name because of how it's made: originally, the recipe called for one pound each of flour, sugar, butter, and eggs. Use crisp autumn apples for optimum taste.

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Tiramisu cake -

Okay, so tiramisu is a cake for all seasons. But this creamy, coffee-infused Italian dessert is a fall favorite for its dark cocoa tang and delicate smooth mascarpone cheese combo.

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Apple cookies -

More cookie ideas, with apple being the main ingredient. Use tart chopped apples tempered with plenty of cinnamon and sweet brown sugar and enjoy with a hot drink, a tangy apple cider perhaps? 

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Invisible apple cake -

This cake is called invisible due to the fact that the very thinly sliced apples appear to dissolve in the mix. Baked to perfection, an invisible apple cake will "disappear" before your very eyes.

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Apple cinnamon muffins -

A tasty standby and so scrumptious, apple cinnamon muffins can be taken to the next level of irresistibility by turning in a crumble crown.

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Poached pears -

Sometimes less is more and can work equally well on a chilly fall evening. We're talking about poached pears garnished with a caramel reduction and spiced with cloves. Add a dash of brandy for a kick and serve optionally with ice cream or yogurt.

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Apple crumble -

In your quest to deliver to the table something different, it's easy to overlook one of the most iconic of fall desserts: humble apple crumble. This classic favorite always works, especially with a golden-brown topping. 

Sources: (Great British Chefs) (East Idaho News)

See also: Clever cookie and biscuit recipes for the adventurous home baker

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