Easy Fall Baking Recipes (2024)

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Pumpkin bread, apple crisp and more of our favorite treats for fall. More Editors’ Collections FAQs References

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Pumpkin bread, apple crisp and more of our favorite treats for fall.

Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread With Apple Cider Glaze Samantha Seneviratne 1 hour 10 minutes

Apple Crisp Genevieve Ko 1 1/4 hours

Easy

Brown-Butter Maple Muffins Yossy Arefi 50 minutes

Pumpkin Bread Samantha Seneviratne 1 1/2 hours

Easy

No-Bake Cookies Margaux Laskey 15 minutes

Pumpkin Maple Muffins Alison Roman 50 minutes

Spiced Pear Tart Margaux Laskey, Rachel Gaylord 2 hours, plus chilling and cooling

Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts Erin Jeanne McDowell About 35 minutes

Pumpkin Bundt Cake With Maple Brown-Butter Glaze Yossy Arefi 1 1/2 hours, plus cooling

Apple Cider Whoopie Pies Samantha Seneviratne About 55 minutes, plus chilling

Pumpkin Cream-Cheese Muffins Yossy Arefi 45 minutes

Roasted Pear Quick Bread Erin Jeanne McDowell About 1 1/2 hours, plus 1 hour's cooling

Pumpkin Cookies Samantha Seneviratne 45 minutes

Classic

Original Plum Torte Marian Burros 1 hour 15 minutes

Pumpkin Crumb Cake Yossy Arefi 1 hour

Iced Oatmeal Cookies Jerrelle Guy 35 minutes, plus cooling

Pumpkin Bread With Chocolate Chip Streusel Melissa Clark 1 1/2 hours

Caramel Pear Crisp Samantha Seneviratne 1 hour 10 minutes

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FAQs

What is the number one rule of baking? ›

#1 Read through the recipe

Make sure to quickly skim the recipe before you start baking to understand the general flow and key steps. You can even make notes on the recipe or highlight key points to help you along.

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What is the most common thing to bake? ›

The most common baked item is bread but many other types of foods are baked as well.

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What is the secret to baking? ›

Don't over mix the ingredients.

In a lot of baking recipes you will see the phrase, “Do not over mix.” This is because once you add flour into your ingredients, mixing will encourage the gluten to develop and create a chewy texture.

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Is it easier to bake or cook? ›

Baking isn't necessarily harder than cooking. It really comes down to your preferences in the kitchen. If you enjoy precision and consistency, then you may find baking to be easier for you. But if you enjoy flexibility and creative freedom in your dishes, you might find that cooking comes more naturally to you.

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