Autumn tart recipes

For anyone out there who wished you liked pumpkin pie but just don’t, meet your new favorite Thanksgiving dessert. If you’re a novice baker, this is one of the easiest desserts you could make (and for the overachievers, this is a great make-ahead).

This easy pumpkin tart features a buttery shortbread crust. The one bowl pumpkin filling is a breeze to make. For the finishing touch, the tart is decorated with melted white chocolate and chopped pecans. Yield: 9.5-inch tart or 10-inch tart

This bejeweled-looking cranberry frangipane tart combines sweet almond cream and juicy cranberries, all atop a toasty almond crust.

A savoury twist on the classic French apple tart, this makes an excellent lunch or supper with a simple green salad and some good sharp cheese (goat’s or other). If you don’t have the rightsized ovenproof frying pan, transfer the cooked shallots to a small greased pie dish or shallow cake tin before topping with the pastry.

Indulge in the ultimate fall dessert! This Caramel Pecan Tart, paired with Spiced Cider Whipped Cream, is a sweet celebration of the season. Click to discover the recipe and impress your guests!

You won't be able to resist this salted caramel bittersweet chocolate tart! It's so incredibly smooth and rich- and of course, topped with homemade salted caramel!

My Maple Frangipane Pecan Pie recipe is a delicious tart filled with a rich pecan frangipane flavored with vanilla bean, bourbon, and maple.

A twist on the old-fashioned All-American Pecan Pie. This Pecan Tart has all the classic hallmarks with a caramel-like pecan filling and all-butter flaky pastry but baked in a tart. It makes a fabulous make ahead dessert for Thanksgiving.

Plum Frangipane Tart has to be one of the tastiest tarts out there ... and it looks mighty pretty too! Buttery, flaky shortcrust tart shell is filled with sweet almond frangipane filling and then topped with the most beautifully coloured plum slices.

This incredible vegan chocolate pear frangipane tart is like a brownie pie, with crisp chocolate pastry, fudgy chocolate frangipane and jammy poached pears. It is incredible served with ice cream for an autumnal dessert. I