Cozy Fall Baking Recipes

Chocolate Pecan Pie

We’re adding chocolate morsels to a traditional pecan pie, and topping it with whipped cream, chocolate, and a sprinkling of pecans. Make it as a cozy treat on a cool autumn afternoon or serve it as dessert during the holidays!

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes + time to cool

Yield: 1 pie

Ingredients:

• 1 Harris Teeter Frozen Pie Crust
• 1 cup Harris Teeter Light Corn Syrup
• ½ cup Harris Teeter Granulated Sugar
• ¼ cup Harris Teeter Salted Butter, melted
• 1 tsp. Harris Teeter Vanilla Extract
• 3 eggs, room temperature
• 1 cup Harris Teeter Semisweet Chocolate Chips
• 1 ½ cup chopped pecans
• Garnish: pecan halves, chocolate shavings, Harris Teeter Whipped Topping

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat corn syrup, sugar, butter, vanilla and eggs with a mixer on medium speed. Stir in the chocolate chips and pecans. Pour into the crust.
3. Bake for 1 hour, or until deep golden brown and the filling is set. Cool completely.
4. Slice and serve with Harris Teeter Whipped Topping, chocolate shavings, and pecan halves as desired.

Apple Cider Pound Cake

The flavor of fall in every bite. Pick your favorite apple cider – regular, hard cider or sparkling and make this moist and buttery pound cake. And the glaze? You’ll want to lick up the extra with your finger!

• Prep Time: 20 minutes
• Cook Time: 55 minutes
• Total Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
• Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients:

• ¾ cup Harris Teeter Salted Butter, room temperature
• 1 ½ cups Harris Teeter Granulated Sugar
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 ½ cups Harris Teeter All Purpose Flour
• ¼ tsp. Harris Teeter Baking Powder
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ½ cup Harris Teeter Apple Cider

Glaze:

• ¾ cup Harris Teeter Confectioner’s Sugar, 4 tsp. Harris Teeter Apple Cider

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Line the bottom of a loaf pan with parchment paper and spray with cooking spray.
2. Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl on high speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time beating well after each addition.
3. In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the dry ingredients alternately with the cider, beating well after each is added.
4. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 55 minutes to an hour, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for five minutes before transferring to a baking rack to cool completely.
5. In a small bowl whisk the glaze ingredients until smooth and pour over cooled cake, allowing it to drip down the sides.
6. Let the glaze set before slicing and serving.

Pumpkin Spice Latte Coffee Cake

Love everything about a pumpkin spice latte? Us too, which is why we’ve crafted this Pumpkin Spice Latte Coffee Cake. With pumpkin pie spice and espresso flavor in every bite, this is the perfect dessert of the fall season!

• Prep Time: 10 minutes
• Cook Time: 1 hour
• Total Time: 1 hour, 10 minutes
• Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 ½ cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup Simple Truth Organic Light Brown Sugar
• ¾ cup Harris Teeter Granulated Sugar
• ¾ cup Harris Teeter Vegetable Oil
• 1 ½ tsp. Pumpkin Pie Spice
• 1 tsp. salt
• ¾ cup Simple Truth Organic Pumpkin Puree
• ¾ cup milk
• ¼ cup brewed espresso (or really strong coffee)
• 1 egg, room temperature
• 1 tsp. Harris Teeter Baking Soda
• 1 tsp. Harris Teeter Baking Powder
• 1 cup finely chopped pecans
• 1 tsp. cinnamon

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a stand mixer, add flour, brown sugar, white sugar, vegetable oil, salt and pumpkin pie spice. Mix until well combined.
2. Remove 1 ½ cups of the mixture and reserve in a small bowl. Add the chopped pecans and cinnamon to this bowl and stir – this will be your topping.
3. To the mixture remaining in the stand mixer bowl, add the pumpkin puree, espresso, egg, baking soda and baking powder. Mix at low speed until well combined.
4. Pour the batter into a greased 9” springform pan. Sprinkle the batter on top, gently pressing the topping into the batter.
5. Bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool before slicing.