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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.

Spicy Ginger Applesauce Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting — Christopher Testani for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Eugene Jho.

Recipes

Spicy Ginger Applesauce Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Yossy Arefi
576 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
576
1 hour, plus cooling
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Lisbon Chocolate Cake
Dorie Greenspan
4503 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
4,503
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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Galatoire’s Sweet Potato Cheesecake
R. W. Apple Jr.
721 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
721
1 1/4 hours, plus chilling
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Pumpkin Bundt Cake With Maple Brown-Butter Glaze
Yossy Arefi
2721 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,721
1 1/2 hours, plus cooling
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Honey-Apple Bread Pudding
Melissa Clark
564 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
564
1 1/2 hours
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New York Maple-Walnut Cheesecake
Matt Lee, Ted Lee
819 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
819
2 hours 30 minutes, plus chill time
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Pear Kuchen
Sam Sifton, Melissa Elsen, Emily Elsen
311 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
311
1 hour, plus 2 to 3 hours’ rising
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Cookies-and-Cream Pavlova
Eric Kim
701 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
701
2 ¾ hours
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Strawberry Jelly Cake
Vallery Lomas
315 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
315
1 1/2 hours
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Warm Sweet Potato-Apple Pone
Jerrelle Guy
517 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
517
45 minutes to 1 1/4 hours
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Simple Bread Pudding
Mark Bittman
7226 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
7,226
45 minutes
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easy
Alice Waters’s Cranberry Upside-Down Cake
R. W. Apple Jr.
1127 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,127
1 hour
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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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Apple Bourbon Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
3134 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
3,134
1 1/2 hours plus cooling time
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Iced Oatmeal Cookies
Jerrelle Guy
1735 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,735
35 minutes, plus cooling
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No-Bake Butterscotch Custards
Melissa Clark
1286 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,286
35 minutes, plus chilling
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Jamaican Sweet Potato Pudding
Priya Krishna, Hazel, Jessica Craig
178 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
178
1 3/4 hours
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Chocolate Cheesecake With Graham Cracker Crunch
Julia Moskin, the Saltry
1020 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,020
2 hours
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Edna Lewis’s Spiced Pears
Francis Lam, Edna Lewis
131 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
131
1 hour, plus 6 hours for cooling
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Banana Pudding
Sam Sifton
1287 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,287
1 hour
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Lemon-Almond Butter Cake
Regina Schrambling, Jody Adams
4250 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
4,250
2 hours 30 minutes, plus cooling time
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Instant Pot Rice Pudding
Melissa Clark
916 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
916
30 minutes, plus chilling
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Intense Chocolate Mousse Cake
Nigella Lawson
2567 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,567
1 hour 5 minutes
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Apple Gingersnap Crumble
Melissa Clark
577 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
577
About 1 hour, plus cooling
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Deluxe Cheesecake
Craig Claiborne
1762 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,762
2 hours
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classic
Sugarplum Gingerbread Cake
Tejal Rao, Genevieve Ko
318 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
318
30 minutes, plus baking/cooling
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Sholeh Zard (Persian Rice Pudding)
Priya Krishna, Sara Mardanbigi, Edgar Rico
652 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
652
1 1/2 hours
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Blotkake (Norwegian Cream Cake)
Julia Moskin, Maren Waxenberg
428 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
428
1 hour, plus cooling
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No-Bake Cheesecake With Caramelized Pineapple and Coconut
Yewande Komolafe
210 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
210
1 hour, plus chilling
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Persimmon Pudding
Ligaya Mishan, Alverta S. Hart
605 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
605
1 hour 40 minutes
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Dora Charles’s Lost-and-Found Lemon Poundcake
Kim Severson, Dora Charles
450 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
450
1 1/2 hours
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Citrusy Cheesecake
Alison Roman
1254 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,254
45 minutes, plus cooling and chilling
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Chocolate Guinness Cake
Nigella Lawson
10976 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
10,976
1 hour 15 minutes
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Giant Chocolate and Peanut Butter Cookie
Erin Jeanne McDowell
1040 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,040
50 minutes, plus chilling
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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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Old-Fashioned Butterscotch Pudding
Melissa Clark
1651 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
1,651
30 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Dolester Miles’ Coconut Pecan Cake
Kim Severson, Dolester Miles
2225 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
2,225
About 1 1/2 hours, plus chilling
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Fresh Ginger Cake
Amanda Hesser, David Lebovitz
1971 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,971
1 1/2 hours
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Ginger Chocolate Cake
Susan Spungen
262 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
262
1 1/4 hours, plus cooling
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Melomakarona (Greek Olive Oil-Honey Cookies)
Melissa Clark
319 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
319
50 minutes
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Bananas Foster Poundcake
Millie Peartree
474 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
474
1 3/4 hours
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Whiskey-Soaked Dark Chocolate Bundt Cake
Melissa Clark
1938 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
1,938
1 hour 30 minutes, plus cooling
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Sticky Toffee Pudding
Mark Bittman, Simon Hopkinson
2748 ratings with an average rating of 5 out of 5 stars
2,748
About 1 hour
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Dark Chocolate Mousse With Candied Ginger
David Tanis
206 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
206
20 minutes, plus 2 hours’ chilling
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Sweet Potato Bebinca
Mayukh Sen, Nik Sharma
850 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
850
2 1/2 hours, plus at least 6 hours' cooling
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Olive Oil-Walnut Cake With Pomegranate
David Tanis
578 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
578
1 1/2 hours
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Ginger Mango Cream Tart
Erin Jeanne McDowell
290 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
290
About 35 minutes, plus chilling
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Golden Ginger Cake
Alison Roman
774 ratings with an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars
774
1 hour
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