Favorite Fall Recipes

As leaves change color and drift to the ground and cooler temperatures creep in, prepare for the season ahead with some hearty, tasty, seasonal recipes from our archives.

Favorite Fall Recipes

Double-Apple Walnut Bread

This Double-Apple Walnut Bread is the perfect bread for the fall season. Packed with fruit and walnuts, it just tastes like autumn!

Sweet Potato Pie 

Sweet potatoes for dessert? Yes, please! This simple-to-make sweet potato pie recipe will perfectly complement your holiday dinner.

Roasted Autumn Vegetables

Roasting your vegetables adds a wonderful depth of flavor and texture. Hearty root vegetables are especially phenomenal when roasted. All you really need is olive oil and seasoning, and voila!

Turnip Soufflé 

Serve warmed maple syrup alongside this soufflé to complement its delicate savory flavor or increase the spices to suit your taste.

Stuffed Acorn Squash

Stuffed Acorn Squash has become a fall staple: easy, original, delicious! It’s a dish everyone enjoys—and is happy to have again.

Apple Butter 

Fall is apple-picking season! Make your apple butter with this simple recipe. Apple butter is a delicious alternative to peanut butter and a great way to use fresh apples.

Squash Risotto 

Squash or sweet potato adds sweetness and texture to this delicious risotto dish.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts With Shallots and Bacon

Brussels sprouts, bacon, and shallots are some of the most delicious flavor combinations. Try it!

Pumpkin Cheesecake Pie 

Pumpkin pie combined with the creaminess of a cheesecake. Yum!

Autumn Garden Soup 

This hearty soup uses a little bit of everything and makes for a great belly warmer on a cool fall day.

Apple-Glazed Pork Tenderloin

The flavorful apple glaze on this simple main dish makes all the difference; finish with caramelized roasted vegetables.

Fresh Vegetable Medley With Spaghetti Squash

This vegetable dish tastes like a traditional spaghetti dish, but it is much lighter and healthier, bringing a colorful rainbow of vegetables to your kitchen table. 
 

Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo

This Chicken and Broccoli Alfredo recipe is perfect for a busy weeknight. It has everything—protein, vegetables, and a creamy taste everyone loves.

Carrot Puff

Even kids and adults who aren’t fans of cooked carrots like this puff’s smooth, light consistency.

German Potato Soup

With vegetables, noodles, and bacon, this German potato soup is a wonderfully simple and hearty meal on a cool night!

Persimmon Bread

These bright orange fruits are harvested in September and October. If you can’t find persimmons, substitute 1 cup of canned pumpkin.

Pecan-Crusted Sweet Potato Casserole

Anyone who likes to have dessert first will love this dish! It’s perfect as a side dish on a holiday (or any other day, really).

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds 

These crunchy, salty, roasted pumpkin seeds are simple to make—and hard not to eat in just one sitting!

Fresh Apple Crumble Bars

Yes, that’s apple crumble pie in a bar form! Made with fresh apples and a butter crumble, this is an easy treat for the fall season.

Curried Butternut Squash

This colorful butternut squash and rice recipe showcases the flavor of fall’s harvest in an easy yet deeply satisfying vegetarian (and vegan) meal.

Fall Harvest Squash Rolls

These fall harvest squash rolls are always a hit! People are surprised when they learn they’re made from squash.

Mulled Apple Cider

Hot apple cider fills the house with a delicious fragrance.

More Fall Recipes

There are just too many good fall recipes out there. Here are some of our runners-up:

Apples

• Perfect Apple Pie
• Apple Cider Bread or Muffins
• Apple Dumplings
• Chicken, Apple and Cheese Casserole
• Nebraska Apple Cake
• Apple and Blue Cheese Sandwiches

Winter Squash

• Butternut Squash With Penne and Sausage
• Curried Apple Squash Soup
• Butternut Squash Spice Cake

Pumpkins

• Pumpkin Pickles
• Pumpkin Biscuits
• Ginger Thai Pumpkin Bisque
• Pumpkin Satin Cheesecake 
• Blue Ribbon Pumpkin Pie
• Pumpkin Harvest Soup

Sweet Potatoes

• Maple Mashed Sweet Potatoes
• Sweet Potato and Sausage Casserole
• Pork and Sweet Potato Stir Fry
• Sweet Potato, Lentil, and Coconut Curry
• Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Brussels Sprouts

• Cream of Brussels Sprouts Soup
• Brussel Sprouts With Bacon and Orange

Pears and Cranberries

• Cranberry Pear Dessert
• Open-Face Pear Fig Pie
• Apple and Cranberry Puffed Pancake
• Apple Cranberry Crisp
• Cranberry Sauce
• Cranberry Pie

Beets

• Beet Salad With Beet Greens and Feta
• Beautiful Beet Soup
• Beet Cake With Creamed Cheese Frosting
• Beet Chips

Parsnips and Carrots

• Honey-glazed parsnips and Carrots
• Parsnip and Carrot Tart
• Carrot Cupcakes
• Carrot Pecan Pie
• Best Ever Carrot Cake

What’s your favorite fall recipe or ingredient? Tell us in the comments below.