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Easy Thanksgiving Desserts

If the idea of making and rolling out pie dough makes you want to cry, here are over 30 easy Thanksgiving desserts like banana bread, cranberry lemon bars, no-bake cookies and pecan pie truffles that will impress everyone at the table, no tears required.

Cranberries and Cream — Kerri Brewer for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Barrett Washburne.

Recipes

Cranberries and Cream
Ali Slagle
109 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
109
10 minutes
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easy
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
Flan
Rick Martínez
378 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
378
1 hour 35 minutes, plus chilling overnight
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Apple Cake
Yossy Arefi
441 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
441
About 1 hour 10 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Cranberry Lemon Bars
Genevieve Ko
6771 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
6,771
1 hour, plus cooling and chilling
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Spice Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Yossy Arefi
208 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
208
About 1 1/2 hours
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easy
Sour Cream Pound Cake
Vallery Lomas
77 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
77
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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Apple-Blueberry Crisp With Panko-Pistachio Topping
Andy Baraghani
217 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
217
1 1/2 hours
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easy
Apple Bread
Yossy Arefi
240 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
240
About 1 ½ hours, plus cooling
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easy
Apple Crisp
Genevieve Ko
3202 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,202
1 1/4 hours
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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies
Yossy Arefi
857 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
857
About 30 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Easy Banana Bread
Lidey Heuck
1319 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,319
1 hour 25 minutes
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No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake
Yossy Arefi
186 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
186
35 minutes, plus at least 4 hours' chilling
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Maple-Pecan Galette With Fresh Ginger
Melissa Clark
605 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
605
1 hour, plus chilling and cooling
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Pumpkin Spice Latte Cake With Coffee Frosting
Julia Moskin, Tieghan Gerard
143 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
143
1 1/4 hours
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easy
Pumpkin Crumb Cake
Yossy Arefi
1761 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,761
1 hour
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Pecan Pie Truffles
Tara Parker-Pope, “VegNews Holiday Cookie Collection”
3659 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,659
About 30 minutes, plus 2 hours' freezing
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Pumpkin-Butterscotch Custard With Spiced Whipped Cream
Melissa Clark
588 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
588
1 hour, plus at least 6 hours’ cooling and chilling
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Sticky Cranberry Gingerbread
Melissa Clark
3985 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,985
1 1/2 hours plus cooling
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Apple Crumble
Samantha Seneviratne
5765 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,765
About 1 hour 10 minutes
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Lemon Squares
Dena Kleiman, Susan Mahnke Peery
2177 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,177
1 hour
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Kentucky Butter Cake
Margaux Laskey, Nell Lewis
2592 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,592
1 hour 15 minutes
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Skillet Caramel-Apple Crisp
Yossy Arefi
2424 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,424
1 hour
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Pecan Pie Brownies
Melissa Clark
950 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
950
1 1/4 hours
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Orange Cranberry Loaf
Samantha Seneviratne
604 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
604
1 hour 25 minutes plus cooling
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easy
Chewy Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Jesse Szewczyk
2463 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,463
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Cookies
Samantha Seneviratne
2595 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,595
45 minutes
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Easy Peanut Butter Fudge
Lidey Heuck
343 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
343
15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours' chilling
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easy
Apple Sheet Cake With Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Yossy Arefi
1416 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,416
45 minutes, plus cooling
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Pumpkin Bread
Samantha Seneviratne
3533 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,533
1 1/2 hours
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Basque Cheesecake
Tanya Sichynsky, Marti Buckley
1805 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,805
1 hour 40 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Cinnamon Apple Quick Bread With Apple Cider Glaze
Samantha Seneviratne
2275 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,275
1 hour 10 minutes
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Chess Pie Squares
Margaux Laskey, Julia Reed
298 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
298
1 1/4 hours, plus cooling
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Teddie's Apple Cake
Amanda Hesser
3600 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,600
1 hour 30 minutes
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Apple Skillet Cake With Salted Caramel Frosting
Erin Jeanne McDowell
3165 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
3,165
1 hour, plus cooling
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Dump Cake
Naz Deravian
239 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
239
60 minutes
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easy
No-Bake Cookies
Margaux Laskey
1560 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,560
15 minutes
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easy
Carrot Loaf Cake With Tangy Lemon Glaze
Yossy Arefi
4876 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,876
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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Magnolia Bakery’s Banana Pudding
Priya Krishna, Magnolia Bakery
4556 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,556
30 minutes, plus at least 5 hours’ chilling
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Oat Milk Chocolate Pudding
Ali Slagle
5292 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
5,292
15 minutes
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easy
Strawberry Spoon Cake
Jerrelle Guy
12478 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
12,478
30 minutes, plus cooling
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easy
Easy Chocolate Fudge
Julia Moskin, Michael Chu
1104 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,104
15 minutes
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Pumpkin Chocolate-Chip Cookies
Yossy Arefi
1285 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,285
30 minutes
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Baked Lemon Pudding
David Tanis, JR Ryall
5086 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
5,086
1 hour
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Easy-as-Pie Apple Cake
Melissa Clark, "Food52 Baking"
3787 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,787
1 1/4 hours
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Dark Chocolate Pudding
Melissa Clark
1496 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,496
20 minutes, plus at least 4 hours’ chilling
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Skillet Chocolate Chip Cookie
Samantha Seneviratne
2117 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,117
45 minutes
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easy
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