15 Cozy Fall Baking Recipes (Warm Spice Everything)

When the air turns crisp, the oven goes on. These 15 cozy fall baking recipes fill your kitchen with cinnamon, brown butter, and warm spice — from quick breads to showstopper cakes.

Below you’ll find 15 reader-favorite recipes, each with a photo, ingredients, and step-by-step instructions. Save your favorites and enjoy!

1. Classic Banana Bread

Moist, tender banana bread with a caramelized top.

Ingredients

• 3 ripe bananas
• 1/3 cup melted butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1.5 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Mash the bananas with the butter and sugar.
3. Beat in the egg.
4. Fold in the flour and baking soda.
5. Bake in a loaf pan 55 minutes.

2. Pumpkin Spice Muffins

Fluffy muffins loaded with pumpkin spice.

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups flour
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 375°F.
2. Whisk the pumpkin, sugar, oil, and eggs.
3. Fold in the flour and spice.
4. Fill muffin cups two-thirds full.
5. Bake 18-20 minutes.

3. Apple Cinnamon Scones

Buttery scones studded with cinnamon apples.

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups flour
• 1 cup butter, cold
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 apples, diced
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 cup milk

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 400°F.
2. Cut the butter into the flour and sugar.
3. Fold in the apples and cinnamon.
4. Pat into a circle; cut in wedges.
5. Brush with milk; bake 18 minutes.

4. Brown Butter Snickerdoodles

Chewy snickerdoodles with nutty brown butter.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 1.5 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2.5 cups flour
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• 1 cup oats

Instructions

1. Brown the butter; cool 10 minutes.
2. Beat with the brown sugar and eggs.
3. Fold in the flour, cinnamon, and oats.
4. Roll in cinnamon sugar.
5. Bake at 350°F for 11 minutes.

5. Cinnamon Swirl Quick Bread

Tender quick bread with a cinnamon sugar ribbon.

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1.5 cups milk
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Mix the dry ingredients.
3. Whisk the milk, butter, and egg; combine.
4. Layer batter with cinnamon sugar in the pan.
5. Bake 50 minutes.

6. Honey Cornbread

Golden cornbread sweetened with honey.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup cornmeal
• 1/2 cup honey
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 1 cup milk
• 2 eggs

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 400°F.
2. Mix the dry ingredients.
3. Whisk the honey, butter, milk, and eggs.
4. Combine until just mixed.
5. Bake in a greased pan 20 minutes.

7. Cinnamon Rolls

Gooey cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting.

Ingredients

• 1 package yeast
• 1 cup warm milk
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup butter
• 4 cups flour
• 2 tbsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Proof the yeast in warm milk with sugar.
2. Knead with butter and flour; rise 1 hour.
3. Roll out; spread with butter, sugar, and cinnamon.
4. Roll up and slice.
5. Bake at 350°F for 25 minutes; frost.

8. Fudgy Chocolate Loaf Cake

Dense, fudgy chocolate loaf for cozy afternoons.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1.5 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Melt the butter with the chocolate chips.
3. Beat in the sugar and eggs.
4. Fold in the flour and cocoa.
5. Bake 50 minutes.

9. Pumpkin Donut Muffins

Muffins that taste like cinnamon-sugar donuts.

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups flour
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp nutmeg

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Mix the wet ingredients.
3. Fold in the flour and nutmeg.
4. Bake 15 minutes.
5. Roll warm muffins in cinnamon sugar.

10. Pecan Sandies

Melt-in-your-mouth pecan shortbread cookies.

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup pecans
• 1 tsp vanilla
• extra powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Cream the butter and powdered sugar.
3. Mix in the flour, pecans, and vanilla.
4. Roll in balls.
5. Bake 15 minutes; roll in sugar.

11. Applesauce Spice Cake

Old-fashioned spice cake with maple glaze.

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups flour
• 1 cup applesauce
• 1/2 cup maple syrup
• 1/3 cup oil
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1 tsp baking soda

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Whisk the applesauce, maple, and oil.
3. Fold in the flour, cinnamon, and baking soda.
4. Bake 30 minutes.
5. Drizzle with maple glaze.

12. Zucchini Spice Bread

Moist spiced bread that hides a vegetable.

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup shredded zucchini
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup oil
• 2 eggs
• 2 tsp cinnamon

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Squeeze the zucchini dry.
3. Mix with the sugar, oil, and eggs.
4. Fold in the flour and cinnamon.
5. Bake 55 minutes.

13. Apple Crisp Dump Cake

Three-step dump cake with apple pie filling.

Ingredients

• 1 box yellow cake mix
• 1 can apple pie filling
• 1/2 cup butter, melted
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup oats

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Spread the pie filling in a dish.
3. Top with dry cake mix.
4. Drizzle with butter; sprinkle oats.
5. Bake 40 minutes.

14. Pecan Pie Bars

Buttery shortbread bars with gooey pecan topping.

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups flour
• 1 cup butter
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup pecans
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp salt

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Press the shortbread base into a pan; bake 15 minutes.
3. Simmer the topping ingredients 3 minutes.
4. Pour over the base.
5. Bake 20 more minutes.

15. Cranberry Orange Bread

Tart cranberries in a sweet orange loaf.

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 1.5 cups milk
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1 cup cranberries

Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 350°F.
2. Mix the dry ingredients.
3. Whisk the milk, oil, and egg.
4. Fold in the cranberries.
5. Bake 55 minutes.

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