The 10 best recipes for baking this autumn. Celebrate cinnamon and put all that pumpkin to good use with these seasonal favourites.
It goes without saying that this season is truly the best for baking.
Apples, pears, dates, plums, and pumpkins (and more) are at their best, and they all work well with sweetness and spices. Perhaps you’re in the mood for a sticky loaf cake, a fudgy brownie, a chewy cookie? Whatever it is you’re after, take a gander at the 10 best autumn baking recipes from me here at Maverick Baking, and tell me you’re not tempted!
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1 – Whisky Chocolate Brownies with Salted Whisky Caramel
Whisky Chocolate Brownies with Salted Whisky Caramel; velvety dark chocolate brownies drizzled with buttery salted caramel and spiked with Scotch whisky.
For those who love bold flavours and aren’t afraid to try something different. It might not be the first flavour combination that comes to mind as the leaves start to change colour, but it certainly fits. This recipe for Whisky Chocolate Brownies with Salted Whisky Caramel combines big tastes and gentle textures to create a dreamy dessert.
2 – Spiced Pumpkin Crumble Loaf
Spiced Pumpkin Crumble Loaf; sweet fluffy pumpkin cake with a crisp cinnamon crumble topping.
This recipe contains a generous amount of pumpkin, and you can taste every bit. Blended with dark brown sugar and cosy spices, it’s a seasonal dream. Whether you’re reading this on Halloween or days before Thanksgiving, you’re going to want to bookmark this little temptress.
3 – Pumpkin Spice Blondies with White Chocolate Buttons
Pumpkin Spice Blondies with White Chocolate Buttons; fudgy white chocolate blondies laced with pumpkin and cosy autumn spices.
If you haven’t done much Autumn baking yet, now is the time to pick up your whisk, because these are utterly divine. They a perfect afternoon snack or quick breakfast with a steaming mug of milky tea. Equally, they make an indulgent dessert or late-night snack when heated and eaten warm and gooey.
4 – Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies
Chocolate chip oatmeal cookies; soft and chewy oatmeal cookies, scented with cinnamon and vanilla, and studded with chocolate chunks.
These are chocolate chip oatmeal cookies worth every minute of your time. Golden cookies flecked with toasty rolled oats and punctuated with puddles of creamy milk chocolate. Sink your teeth into that rough-and-ready yet tender texture, and enjoy as it melts in your mouth. They’re the kind of cookie you can eat 2 at a time and not feel weighed down by.
5 – Salty Honey Cake
Salty Honey Cake; moist fluffy cake scented and glazed with floral honey and seasoned with flaky sea salt.
You won’t need any fancy equipment for this Salty Honey Cake. Just a big bowl, a spoon, and a standard round cake tin should be enough to bring these simple ingredients together into something delicious. Though you could easily turn this recipe into a loaf cake or into a traybake-style cake instead if you like.
6 – Chocolate Halloween Candy Cookie Bars
Chocolate Halloween Candy Cookie Bars; do you have a ton of leftover Halloween candy and chocolates lying around? Bake it into these soft and chewy chocolate cookie bars!
As I’m sure you can imagine, these are what every cheap chocolate aspires to be a part of. I threw leftover M&Ms, candy corn, Hershey’s kisses, and even the classic UK tin-foil-wrapped chocolate balls into the cookie bars. The result was glorious.
7 – Triple Chocolate Spooky Cookies
Triple Chocolate Spooky Cookies; Soft baked thick triple chocolate cookies with edible eyeballs, a perfect spooky Halloween treat for kids and grown-ups!
Whether you enjoy partying, trick or treating with the kids, or just a quiet night in, Halloween can be fun for everybody. These cookies are really fun to make, and even more fun to eat, kids and grown ups alike will LOVE these, no matter what you plan on doing.
8 – Spiced Salted Maple Loaf
Spiced Salted Maple Loaf; moist fluffy cake laced with cosy spices and sticky maple syrup, adorned with crunchy sea salt flakes.
Born in a lazy Friday afternoon baking session, and perfect as a lazy Saturday morning breakfast. Both sweet and warm at once, it contains a beautiful blend of cosy autumnal flavours. It is light and fluffy, while also deeply flavoured and satisfying.
9 – Hazelnut Pear Frangipane Tart
Hazelnut Pear Frangipane Tart; buttery shortcrust pastry with a deliciously bold hazelnut filling and sweet fresh pears.
Traditionally, pear frangipane tarts are typically made with almonds. Almonds are more readily available, but why make something everyone else has made a million times, eh? These recipes usually also call for poaching the pears, which is probably a good idea for peak softness but honestly who has the time? This blog has its title for a reason.
10 – Nutella Chocolate Pear Pudding
Nutella Chocolate Pear Pudding; soft sweet pears nestled under a warm, gooey, Nutella-laced baked chocolate batter.
Not to be confused with the American custard stuff; this is a proper hot British pudding. To be served straight from the oven and nestled generously into bowls. To be lavishly dressed in cold pouring cream or hot chocolate sauce. To be spooned eagerly into mouths when almost too hot. To melt into soft chocolate comfort.
BONUS! 11 – Classic Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake
Classic Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake; a simple dessert made with layers of moist chocolate cake and fluffy peanut butter frosting.
Much like the whisky brownies above, it may not be the first pairing of flavours that come to mind this season, but they truly do belong.
The combination of peanut and chocolate is a modern classic for a reason. Perhaps the best living example of the human desire to devour sweet and savoury together. Both such bold flavours when eaten independently, and yet so deliciously compliant with each other in the same mouthful. That salty earthiness from peanut butter perfectly mellowing out the bold richness of dark cocoa. Of course, chucking flour, butter, sugar, and eggs into the mix helps too.
Enjoy!
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