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If you’re looking for a few easy fall recipes to try, check out this list of more than 35 delicious fall dinner, dessert, and breakfast recipes! These are all simple, frugal, and delicious! (Don’t miss these 10 comforting fall soups, too!)

Easy Fall Breakfast Recipes

1. Pumpkin Pancakes

Looking for a delicious and easy pumpkin recipe that you can whip up in no time at all? Try these pumpkin pancakes! They are perfect for fall — just the right hint of pumpkin and spices without it being too much!

2. Pumpkin Bread

This delicious pumpkin bread recipe has a unique flavor twist and a white chocolate drizzle! 

3. Whole Wheat Pumpkin Waffles

These waffles are so easy to make, they are good for you, and they are just the right blend of hearty but not too dense.

4. Carrot Cake Waffles

They are healthy and nutritious, but they don’t taste like it. If you love carrot cake, you’ll love my spin on Carrot Cake Waffles! These waffles have a great texture and are extremely filling.

5. Pumpkin Donut Muffins

Pumpkin and doughnuts mixed together?? Yes, please! If you love muffins and you’re looking for a new recipe to try, put this one at the top of your list!

6. Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

This oatmeal is very simple to make, yet very filling. Best of all, it is packed with lots of nutrition — the perfect way to start off a crisp fall morning!

7. Morning Glory Muffins

These Morning Glory Muffins are super easy to make and are a great healthy breakfast recipe! Whip up a batch ahead of time to have on hand for a quick on-the-go breakfast idea!

8. Pumpkin Carrot Cake Muffins

They are super easy, healthy, and a great way to start the morning!

9. Apple Butter Muffins

These easy apple muffins are loaded with flavor, super easy to make, and freezer friendly!!

10. Sweet Potato Smoothie

The sweet potato in this smoothie recipe adds that extra “oomph,” not only boosting the nutritional qualities (hello, beta carotene!) but increasing the “fill factor” as well.

11. Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins have been a go-to recipe at our house for as long as I can remember! The best part? They are frugal AND freeze beautifully!

12. Banana Bread

Our family has made this banana bread recipe for years and we LOVE it! Plus, it freezes exceptionally well, which is always a plus in my book!

Frugal Fall Dessert Recipes

13. Puff Pastry Apple Turnovers

My sister recreated the delicious apple turnovers from Silver Dollar City (a favorite place for our whole family) and they are SO good! If you’re looking for go-to fall dessert recipes, add this one to your list right away!

14. Dipped Ginger Molasses Cookies

Though these are a yummy holiday treat, they’re also a great fall dessert recipe! This recipe takes the depth of ginger cookie flavor and pairs it with white chocolate. Delicious and beautiful!

15. Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting

These delicately flavored sweet-but-not-too-rich bars are easy to throw together! And the recipe makes a huge pan, so they are perfect for serving to company or taking to a party.

16. Pumpkin Pecan Chocolate Chip Muffins

These pumpkin pecan chocolate chip muffins are absolutely delicious — and perfect for anyone you know with a gluten or dairy allergy!

17. Upside-Down Praline Apple Pie

Just when you thought apple pie couldn’t get any better, it does! Not only does this pie look impressive, it tastes amazing, too.

18. Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Apple Dip

If you’re looking for super simple fall dessert recipes, this is one of those very forgiving, dump-and-go recipes that tastes amazing and really can’t be messed up! Perfect for dipping apples (or just eating with a spoon!).

19. Crockpot Apple Butter

This homemade apple butter is so easy and delicious — perfect for pancakes, or drizzled on ice cream. It’s also a really great gift idea for almost anyone.

20. Double Apple Scones with Caramel

These delicious scones are sophisticated enough to serve as a fancy, not-overly-sweet dessert, but simple enough for everyday. As an added bonus, they will make your house smell good for hours!

21. Chunky Cinnamon Applesauce

If you’re looking for something simple-yet-elegant to add to your Fall menu, you must give this recipe a try!

22. Homemade Crockpot Pear Sauce

This slow cooker pear sauce is SO easy to make and is such a unique and healthy dessert!

23. Apple Pie A La Mode

This Apple Pie recipe has been one of our family favorites for years. And it’s usually always part of our holiday celebrations. In fact, Thanksgiving or Christmas just wouldn’t seem right without this recipe!

24. Baked Apple Chips

This one is more of a snack than a dessert, but it still deserves to be mentioned! And they are so simple to make.

Family Favorite Fall Dinner Recipes

25. Baked Chicken

This baked chicken is so tender and juicy. It’s perfect for any time of the year!

26. Easy 5-Ingredient Shepherd’s Pie

This Easy Shepherd’s Pie Recipe is a great frugal weeknight dinner idea! It’s also versatile and is a great way to clean out your fridge, use up your leftovers, and fill up your family without breaking the bank!

27. Classic Grilled Chicken

If you like juicy, well-seasoned chicken, this recipe is for you. It is simple enough to appeal to children, while being classy enough to serve to company. Plus it uses bone-in chicken so it’s extra frugal!

28. Sheet Pan Veggies & Sausage

This recipe is so versatile, comforting, filling, and easy. Plus, I often find the ingredients on great sales or markdowns (which is why we make it so often!) so it’s very frugal, too. Feel free to experiment with fall veggies like butternut squash, beets, brussels sprouts, and more!

29. Easy Marinated Chicken

This recipe can’t beat it in simplicity — there’s only a few minutes of hands-on time to prepare this delicious chicken. And since salad dressing is often on sale for less than $1 per bottle, you probably have some of it in your stockpile most of the time.

30. Individual Chicken Pot Pies

Is there anything more comforting and warming than a traditional chicken pot pie? Yum!! And these are made into smaller individual servings so that you can freeze them and pull them out as-needed for lunches and dinners.

31. Italian Lemon Chicken

This chicken is super quick and easy to make, tastes delicious, and is free from almost all common allergens (even yeast)!

32. Pumpkin Crescent Rolls

These Pumpkin Crescent Rolls are SO soft, delicious, and perfect! You’ll make these time and time again. They pair perfectly with any fall dinner recipe!

33. Crispy Oven Fried Chicken

This Oven Fried Chicken recipe is a longtime family favorite and one that I grew up eating. It’s a healthier version of fried chicken without sacrificing flavor.

34. The Best Ever Mac & Cheese

Whip up a big batch of this ultimate comfort food to complete any of your fall dinner recipes. It only took me about 57 different Homemade Mac & Cheese recipes to finally find THE recipe, but it was worth it. This is the BEST mac & cheese recipe!

35. Honey Roasted Brussels Sprouts

This recipe made me fall in love with brussels sprouts. I truly can’t believe how amazing these are!! Even if you’ve sworn off brussels sprouts in the past, try this recipe!

36. Comforting Fall Soups

Soups make delicious fall dinner recipes! If you love soups, don’t miss this round-up of 10 comforting fall soups! Choose from taco soup, chicken & barley soup, chilis, potato soup, and more!

What are YOUR favorite recipes for fall? We’d love to hear!