You can view my spiced pumpkin caramel sauce recipe web story here. Why You Need to Make This Pumpkin Caramel Sauce This sauce tastes like fall, y'all. It's deeply flavored and rich with pumpkin spice. You can either use a prepared pumpkin pie spice blend or use the individual spices to make it exactly to your liking. The recipe makes about 1 1/2 cups of sauce, and it's easily doubled if you need more. As I always do, I call for adding water to the sugar before caramelizing. ... continue reading...
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Savory Pumpkin Bread | A Beautiful Thanksgiving Bread
How This Bread Came About Sometimes I like to come up with a recipe out of whole cloth, and that's what I did with this pumpkin bread. Aside from coming up with the general flavor profile, I made this savory pumpkin bread up as I went along. Fortunately I took notes, because it's delicious. Since I wanted to use a bunch of butter for richness (the theme of Communion was abundance), the crumb is quite soft. What looks like rustic, crusty loaves on the outside are actually very ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Spiced Pepitas Recipe
What Makes These Guys So Great Unlike candying pumpkin seeds on the stove top, you don't really have to worry about burning these guys, so that's a definite bonus. Using an egg white as a binder is a sneaky way to get crispy seeds as well as to make all the deliciousness stick to your pepitas. You can vary the sweetness and saltiness to suit your taste, and of course you can use whatever kind of spice you want. The lovely balance of salt and sweet make these punkin seeds equally at ... continue reading...
The Best Soft Pumpkin Dinner Rolls | Perfect for Thanksgiving
Bread Matters I love a good, crusty bread. One you practically have to snap your head back away from in order to tear off a bite. I love to dip that kind of bread in oil. But when it comes to gravy--brown, turkey, chicken or beef gravy and not the Italian version of gravy--I want a soft roll. I want a squishy roll, and while we're at it, I want it to be rich, too. I want it to soak up gravy or let me make tiny sandwiches of parts of my meal. A bit of turkey. A bit of stuffing. ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Spice Caramel Corn Recipe
This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine. Really really good! It’s got the perfect amount of crunch for caramel popcorn infused with the Fall pumpkin flavor! Made it this morning for a Fall/Halloween snack and loved it!Reader Kristin Caramel Popcorn Is The Best Who doesn't love it, right? I used to make enormous quantities of caramel corn at the restaurant--we made it ... continue reading...
The Best Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes
What's So Great About This Recipe? If you're a fan of soft donuts, this recipe is for you. Here are some things I think you'll really like about these little guys: How to Make Pumpkin Spice Donut Holes As I said, this dough uses the straight dough method, which is the easiest method for making yeast breads and sweet breads. The ingredients are straightforward and are not hard to find (or make) Here's what you'll need: Ingredients Procedure The procedure is ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Babka with Pecan Streusel | No Refined Sugar
Inspiration for Pumpkin Babka My idea started with pumpkin. Initially, I was going to make pumpkin sweet rolls. Sort of like cinnamon rolls but pumpkiny. I've already done that with the espresso pumpkin sticky buns and sweet rolls, and then I remembered a gorgeous cake Denise from Chez Us posted, a Krantz Cake or Babka. This was her version of an Ottolenghi beauty, personalized with cherries and pistachios. I loved the look and resolved to make something similar happen as ... continue reading...
Roasted Pumpkin Focaccia with Herbs | Thanksgiving Focaccia
Savory Pumpkin Bread Usually when I think of baking with pumpkin, I gravitate to sweet pumpkin, like my maple pumpkin pudding or caramel pumpkin mousse. but then I thought: bread. And hard on the heels of that thought was this one: focaccia. I checked out a few pumpkin focaccia recipes, but the flavor profile was sweeter, with cinnamon and nutmeg and whatnot in them. I don't know about you, but I don't think sweet when I think of focaccia, so I went the savory herb route--a ready ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Rolls for Your Halloween Breakfast
What's the Difference Between a Cinnamon Roll and a Sticky Bun? In my experience, the difference is that cinnamon rolls are baked in a pan and then iced. Sticky buns are usually baked in a pan lined with nuts and buttery sugary goodness and then turned out after baking so the bottom becomes the top. I sort of made a hybrid pumpkin spice cinnamon roll/Halloween sticky bun recipe. I spread Pumpkin Spice Caramel Dip from sponsor Litehouse Foods into my pan, but I didn't use nuts. ... continue reading...
Caramel Pumpkin Mousse with Cocoa Nib Streusel
Watch my caramel pumpkin mousse web story here. Caramel Pumpkin Mousse I think I might create recipes backwards. Most folks will make something and then figure out what to call it. I tend to come up with a name and then figure out how to make it! The Beloved helped me come up with this name: Caramel Pumpkin Mousse with Cocoa Nib Streusel. Yum! The figuring out how part was actually pretty easy, and you get to benefit from my playing in the kitchen, because this mousse is super ... continue reading...
No-Churn Orange-Cardamom Pumpkin Ice Cream
Second, you'll want some sauce to go with it. Fortunately for you, I guest posted over on my friend Jane's blog, The Heritage Cook, and she is sharing both the ice cream and the sauce recipes over there. Go visit, and if you don't know Jane, you will soon love her. As a bonus, her blog is gluten-free and is a wonderful resource for people who must avoid gluten but who still want to eat delicious food. She also has a Gluten-Free Bread Machine Cookbook--her first!--coming out in December. ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Dulce de Leche Filling
Raising Money for Cancer Research September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and each year, OXO is involved in helping to raise money for research through "Oxonian" launched charity, Cookies for Kids' Cancer. Two years ago, I made decorated sugar cookies and told the story of my best friend's daughter who had been diagnosed with ALL at the age of five. Last year, I made Maple Apple Butter Polka Dot Cheesecake Bars to raise awareness about childhood melanoma and Polka ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Butterscotch Angel Food Pudding
This pumpkin butterscotch angel food pudding is fantastic. Rich with custard but light with angel food cake, this is a wonderful ending to a big Thanksgiving meal. Find more of my butterscotch recipes. As a food blogger, I appreciate that we like to get ahead of a trend. We live our lives 3 months in advance: Christmas cookies in late September, patriotic offerings in April, the latest roasted turkey might even show up in August in preparation for Thanksgiving. When people start pinning ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Butter Japanese Cheesecake | Pumpkin-Spiced Tangerine Curd | #tbtfood
I was intrigued by a light, airy cheesecake I saw on line last August. I commented on it, and the original baker, Casey Ching told me to let her know when I made it. I said that of course I would. And that was ages ago. Just because I didn't make light and airy Japanese Cheesecake immediately didn't mean that the idea wasn't percolating in the back of my mind. Every few months, I'd go back to that original post and give a happy sigh because I knew that one day, when I had the right ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Ice Cream with Pecan Swirl
I finally tried it and WOW!. It does taste like fall. I am currently having my own pumpkin-palooza in an effort to convert my pumpkin-hating husband. I think this might do the trick. Thanks!Reader Melinda Why Make This Recipe? In short, make this ice cream because it's delicious! Technically, this is a Sicilian gelato, which is a sweetened milk mixture thickened with cornstarch. The addition of a touch of cream cheese increases scoopability, and is a trick I learned from Jeni of ... continue reading...
Indian Corn Panna Cotta (Chocolate-Pumpkin-Dulce de Leche)
I want to . Panna Cotta. Cream lightly sweetened and flavored then stabilized with gelatin for a softly spoonable, and even unmoldable, delicate creamy treat. ... continue reading...
Maple Pumpkin Pudding
Pumpkin Pudding, At a Glance ✔️Skill Level: Beginner✔️Skills: Making stirred custard (linked), straining✔️Type: Individual dessert custard✔️Number of Ingredients: 11 for the pudding, 5 for the glazed nuts✔️Prep Time: 15 minutes✔️Cook Time: 15 minutes for the pudding, 15 for the nuts✔️Yield: 4 puddings (easily doubled)Related Recipes: How to Whip Cream by Hand, Spiced NutsJump Straight to the ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Caramel Latte Flan: The Most Interesting Flan in the World.
Pumpkin Profiteroles
So tiny and yummy, nobody could blame you for eating two. Or seven. I know the old blog has been very Pumpkin Heavy these days, so I think I will call this the last of the series. Until I do more. Okay? We had a get-together at Friend MaryLou's house a couple of Sundays ago, and the theme of the evening (we always have a theme) was Food You Can Eat With Your Hands. I made some lovely lamb meatballs with tzatziki sauce to be jabbed with a toothpick for ingestion, and for dessert, I made these ... continue reading...
Espresso Pumpkin Butter Sweet Rolls and Sticky Buns: Two, Two, Two Treats in One
In my career as a Human Being, I have had some interesting ideas: flour, water, sugar and pink food coloring to make a beverage for a tea party? Awesome! I've had some Terrible ideas: Gee, Greg (my younger brother), sorry I hit you very hard on your arm. Here, we'll put some baby powder on it so it will feel all better. Then you won't have to tell Mom and Dad when they get home. I've had ideas that are good in theory but always need more tweaking to elevate them to Amazing than I am willing to ... continue reading...
Pumpkin Cheesecake Brownies: When Road Kill is the Main Course, the Dessert Better Be Ready to Carry the Meal
So, friend Thomas asked me last week if I'd make something for him to take to his work's Thanksgiving Pot Luck Deal. I said sure, and asked him what he wanted me to make. His answer? Whatever. Something heart clogging and pastry-like. Gee--I guess I should be flattered that he thought of me in conjunction with that list of criteria. Anyway, I called friend Roberta, Thomas's espoused, and told her that her husband was useless. She concurred and then said she had no idea what he had in mind. I ... continue reading...
Chocolate Mousse, Elegant & Easy
Chocolate Mousse, at a Glance ✔️Skill Level: Intermediate✔️Skills (some are linked to technique posts): making custard, tempering eggs, whipping cream, folding✔️Type: Individual dessert✔️Number of Ingredients: 7✔️Prep Time: 10 minutes✔️Cook Time: 10 minutes✔️Yield: 10 1/2 cup servingsRelated Posts: Why Is My Chocolate Mousse Grainy?Jump Straight to the Recipe This recipe is a keeper! Delicious ... continue reading...
Apple Custard Pie (Slab Pie for a Crowd)
Watch my apple custard slab pie web story here. Why You Need to Make This Pie Slab pie is the answer when you want to make pie for a crowd. You can easily get 16 slices out of a 9" x 13" pie, or serve 12 slightly more generous sizes. The combination of the cookie-like nutty crust with the creamy custard and warmly spiced apples is really hard to resist. So stop resisting. If you already know you want to make this, please jump straight to the recipe. And when you do make it, I have a favor ... continue reading...
Chewy Ginger Cookies
See my best ginger cookies recipe web story here. Best Ginger Cookies Ever!I made the small batch recipe last night and they are SO good! My go-to recipe has always been a crunchy gingersnap, and I will still use it for crumb crusts, but these beat my recipe hands down for flavour. I like the softer texture too.Reader and Ginger Cookie Lover Beth Why You Need to Make These Cookies These cookies are for fans of chewy spice cookies that aren't too molasses-y. Since they have a mixture of ... continue reading...
The Best Bread Pudding
You can watch my best bread pudding recipe web story here. Why You Need to Make This Bread Pudding Subjectively (and even objectively), this really is the best bread pudding. The ratio of custard to bread is perfect so that it completely soaks into the bread without leaving any dry bits. Have you ever had a bread pudding where there is too much custard? So there is a layer of plain custard underneath the chunks of soaked bread? There is a time and a place for smooth custard (like my creme ... continue reading...
Palmier Recipe (Elephant Ears)
Watch my best palmier recipe web story here. What's a Palmier, Anyway? A palmier is a puff pastry-based cookie made by rolling either homemade puff pastry or storebought puff in sugar on both sides. Once the sugar is embedded in both sides of puff, it gets folded in such a way that, when baked, they puff out to look a bit like palm leaves or elephant ears. They aren't hard to fold, I promise. I'll show you how. They bake up crispy and light with a ton of flaky layers plus ... continue reading...
Puff Pastry Spiced Apple Turnovers
Watch my best apple turnovers web story here. Why You Need to Make These Apple Turnovers When you think apple turnovers, you may think of the fast food version. Those certainly have a nostalgic feel to them. But just because a food is mass-produced, there is no reason you cannot make your own with all the care and nuance you'd afford to a fancy baking project. What you'll find in this recipe: If all of that sounds like something you'd enjoy, these puff pastry apple turnovers ... continue reading...
The Best Chess Pie
Watch my best chess pie web story here. Why You Need to Make This Chess Pie Recipe Before developing this particular recipe, I took a look at 6-7 other highly-rated chess pie recipes. I took what I considered to be the best elements of each and combined them into an ingredient list that makes sense to me as a "desperation pie," basing my assumptions on what folks a hundred or a hundred and fifty years ago would have had on hand. The result is a creamy pie with a bit of ... continue reading...
Fluffy Caramel Frosting Recipe
Watch my caramel frosting web story here. Don't You Already Have a Caramel Frosting on the Site? Why, yes, I do. I developed my burnt caramel buttercream specifically to pair with the chocolate stout cake we used to serve at the restaurant. That buttercream is richer and less sweet than this one. While it is a perfect foil to the moist and deeply chocolatey cake, it's not really made to be eaten off a finger. I mean a spoon. Why You Need to Make This Caramel Frosting This caramel ... continue reading...
The Best Stabilized Whipped Cream
There Are Many Ways to Make Stabilized Whipped Cream A friend pointed me to a video that a guy recorded to test 8 different methods for stabilizing cream. He showed how cream stabilized with all the different methods held up in the fridge and at warm temperatures. I have a gelatin-stabilized fruit mousse on the site, which is basically just whipped cream flavored with fruit puree and stabilized with gelatin. So that counts. I've seen people use pudding mix, cream cheese, a high ... continue reading...
Pancakes for One: Because Sharing is Sometimes Overrated
Welcome, breakfast lovers who don’t want to share! Here you will learn the secrets of making self-rising flour pancakes for one. Namely, yourself.This no egg pancake recipe is scalable and you can make it to feed a crowd. The nice thing about this recipe is that the proportions are easy to remember and you can also vary it in many ways.Made with self-rising flour, vary them however you like by adding citrus zest, spices, blueberries, etc.If you do feel like sharing, ... continue reading...
Thanksgiving Shepherd’s Pie | Leftover Turkey Shepherd’s Pie
Watch my turkey shepherd's pie web story here. My husband just said this is the best part of thanksgiving weekend for him. Reader Trisha NOTE: This post contains a long story about my family. If you prefer, you can skip straight to the recipe. Thanksgiving with Uncle Ray One year, we took an early Thanksgiving meal down to Pinehurst to enjoy with Uncle Ray. My mom made some of the food, and I made some of the food, and we all ate in Uncle Ray's room at the nursing home. One ... continue reading...
Mom’s Oatmeal Raisin Bars
Why You Need to Make Mom's Oatmeal Raisin Bars If you love chewy fruity goodness and oatmeal cookies, this bar cookie is for you! An easy oatmeal dough, made without eggs, plus simmered dried fruits in a sticky, thick sweet syrup. Hard to resist! These bars are also very easy to make, plus they are just as tasty whether you add the cinnamon glaze or not. One thing I really appreciate about this recipe is the dough is divided: 2/3 gets pressed into the bottom of a 9" x 13" pan, and ... continue reading...
Halloween Sable Cookies Recipe | #HalloweenTreatsWeek
Why You Need to Make These Cookies With all of the overly-sweet candies available at Halloween, and often cookies decorated with overly-sweet Halloween candy, it's nice to offer something a bit more on the restrained side. Sable cookies, which are made from the same sweet, egg-enriched dough that you'd use for the base of a French tart, are sturdy yet crumbly and just-sweet-enough. The decoration is fairly understated with the orange swirl in the white dough, and the recipe is very easy ... continue reading...
Easy Monster Cake Recipe | #HalloweenTreatsWeek
Why You Need to Make This Cake A fun and easy Halloween cake is just a boxed mix, some sprinkles, and food coloring away! Color your batter in whatever colors you want, and decorate with whatever sprinkles you like. For whatever reason, "monster colors" seem to be green, purple, and black, so that's what my sprinkle mix is. I brought in some Halloween orange with the swirls in my cake. So make this guy when you're feeling crafty but don't have a Cricut machine. For when you want some ... continue reading...
King Cake Cheesecake | Cinnamon Cheesecake
Watch my King Cake Cheesecake Web Story here. Why Make This Recipe? First of all, it's cheesecake, so what's not to love? It's an easy recipe to memorize because it has an easy ratio: 1 block cream cheese, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 oz cream cheese (plus seasoning/flavorings Since it has an easy ratio, you can make a 6" cheesecake with 2 blocks, an 8" with 3 blocks, and a 9-10" cheesecake with 4 blocks of cream cheese. The batter is rich and thick and bakes up beautifully in a ... continue reading...
Chocolate Honey Bun Recipe
Watch my heart-shaped chocolate honey buns recipe web story here. Why You'll Love This Recipe If you're a fan of a gas station honey bun, you will adore this version, friends! Not only does the recipe use liquid honey in the dough, but it's also in the filling, the thin glaze, and the chocolate glaze. Honey in every bite! And if honey buns are generally not chocolatey enough for you, this recipe has got you covered! You get rich chocolate flavor from cocoa powder in the sticky ... continue reading...
Pain au Lait Tangzhong Bread Recipe
This is my favorite white bread recipe. Such a good flavor and texture. Worth all of the wait time during the kneading process!Pinner Laura Why Make Tangzhong Bread If you are a fan of soft, springy sandwich bread, I’m pretty sure you can’t beat the Tangzhong method. If you're looking for hearty, chewy bread, this ain't it, but seriously, you may never encounter a softer or sweeter white bread. When I need a bread, butter, and sugar sandwich, this is the bread I use. The ... continue reading...
Honey Peanut Brittle Recipe
Watch my best peanut brittle web story here. ✔️Skill Level: Intermediate✔️Skills: Cooking Sugar, stirring a very hot mixture, pouring candy onto Silpat✔️Type: Candy✔️Number of Ingredients: 7✔️Prep Time: 5 minutes✔️Cook Time: 15 minutes✔️Yield: 2 pounds of peanut brittleJump Straight to the Recipe POC recipes are so clearly written and include such helpful tips - I'm so glad to have found you. ... continue reading...
The Best Candied Nuts | Cinnamon Glazed Nuts Copycat
Watch my candied nuts web story here. Absolutely delicious! I used less spice, as I didn't want a distinct cinnamon-y taste in this dish, but this recipe is so versatile the flavor is easily adjusted. And, it's terrific for our lactose intolerant friends, as many nut recipes use butter. Yay, Jenni!Reader Ruth Why You Have to Make These Nuts! Candied nuts are the best. Many recipes have you add egg white, sugar, and spices and then bake the nuts. I have made them that way, and they ... continue reading...
Caramel Apple Butter Bread Pudding
See my Apple Butter Bread Pudding Web Story for a quick visual guide to making this recipe. Every element has so much flavor and to think you can use leftovers for the bread pudding made this such an easy but amazingly elegant dessert.Reader Beth What To Expect from This Recipe Before diving in, check to see if this bread pudding ticks all your boxes. Are you interested in: A dessert you can put together the day before you need itAn easy yet deeply flavorful custard sauceBites of ... continue reading...
The Best Butterfinger Ice Cream (No-Churn) | #HalloweenTreatsWeek
I wrote this post for #HalloweenTreatsWeek sponsored by Big Bear’s Wife and Dixie Crystals. The recipe and all opinions are my own. Why You Should Make This Recipe This is a great way to use up Fun-Sized (or full-sized) Butterfinger candy bars. It's rich, so a little goes a long way. This recipe is very creamy and crunchy, so there is a nice textural contrast in each bite. After a couple of extra steps of melting ingredients into heavy cream, this is made just ... continue reading...
The Best Butterscotch Ripple Ice Cream (Maricopa Copycat)
The Quest for Butterscotch Ripple Whenever I get a request for a copycat recipe, I always try to find the original ingredient list. That gives me a starting point for experimentation. The Isaly's folks do not have the recipes printed on their website, nor would they tell me the ingredients when I asked via email and social media. Then I sent friends of friends who live in Pittsburgh on a mission to take a photo of the ingredient list for me. No dice. They tried, but Maricopa wasn't ... continue reading...
Butterscotch Syrup for Coffee | Made with Real Butterscotch
If caramel is more your style, try my caramel syrup for coffee. Watch my Butterscotch Syrup web story here. This stuff is so much better than commercial coffee syrups. I made it yesterday and I'm hooked.Beth from Aunt B's Kitchen You'll Love This Butterscotch Syrup If Friends, I am aware you can purchase coffee syrups. I have some store-bought ones myself. Not all recipes are for everyone. But let me tell you why you should make this particular recipe. You'll love this ... continue reading...
Peach Tomato Jam | Summer Fruit, Fall Spices
There is still plenty of fruit to be had even this late in the summer in North Carolina. But I'm tired of the heat. So I'm making "transitional jams," like this gorgeous peach tomato jam right here. Made with beautifully fresh summer peaches and tomatoes, but spiced with subtle fall flavors. Call it a summer-into-fall condiment. This jam is definitely on the sweeter side, so it's not a savory number like my plum chutney or savory fig jam. But don't let that stop you from using it in both ... continue reading...
French Vanilla Ice Cream Recipe (No-Churn)
Watch my French Vanilla No-Churn Ice Cream web story here. This ice cream is another winner for Miss Jenni! Brava!Reader Jane Why You Should Absolutely Make This Recipe First of all, French vanilla ice cream is fantastic. Rich, dense, creamy and perfectly vanilla-y. Plus custard-based ice cream is so dreamy. Even though this recipe is far from diet food, it does contain fewer egg yolks than most standard recipes. I call for 2 yolks in the whole batch, and many other recipes ... continue reading...
Caramel Cinnamon Roll Ice Cream Recipe
This post and recipe were created for #SummerDessertWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine. What's Great About This Recipe I shall tell you: And once you make the caramel sauce, you can pour it on other ice cream or on cake or even stir it into your coffee. How To Make It As with any ice cream with mix-ins and swirls, there are a few components to make, but I promise there are no hard-to-source ingredients or weird ... continue reading...
Delicious Spicy Ketchup Recipe
Why Make This Spicy Ketchup? Well, because it's delicious. It's tangy with apple cider vinegar and smoky with chipotle. It's rich and thick but isn't "chunky." It's similar enough to "regular" ketchup that your kids will probably like it but it is both more flavorful and less sweet. Everybody wins! If this sounds like your kind of ketchup, I have a favor to ask: How to Make This Recipe Ketchup is seriously easy to make. There are a few ingredients you'll need to gather for ... continue reading...
The Best Chocolate Pecan Babka Recipe
See my best chocolate babka web story here. This was really, really, really, good. I over cooked it because I forgot to lower the temperature after I tented with foil. I also experimented with the two loaves. I did one without the syrup and one with. Each one had 4 sections. Plain, coffee, coffee and chocolate and just chocolate glazed. The consensus at my house was that the one with syrup and just the coffee syrup was the winner. It will definitely be served at my next brunch. Ruth V. ... continue reading...
Soft Thanksgiving Dinner Rolls| Garlic Parmesan Pull Apart Rolls
I am proud to partner with the Idaho® Potato Commission to bring you this recipe for Thanksgiving dinner rolls, also known as Garlic Parmesan Pull Apart Rolls. Thank you for sharing this recipe! It was a hit on Thanksgiving! A keeper for sure. Tasty, attractive, moist rolls everyone exclaimed how good they were! I baked them on a pizza tin, measured them out so to be uniform. I will be making more for sure.Reader Mike Watch my Thanksgiving dinner roll web story here. Why You Need to ... continue reading...
Homemade Graham Crackers Make the Best Graham Cracker Crust
Why Make Your Own Graham Crackers? Mass-produced food is convenient, but it isn't always awesome and doesn't always contain the highest quality ingredients. For example, here's the ingredient list for Nabisco's Honey Maid Graham crackers: While there is nothing inherently awful about this ingredient list, there is no really good reason for the oils, lecithin (an emulsifier), or the artificial flavor. When you make your own Graham crackers, you can leave out the lecithin altogether ... continue reading...
Potato Stuffing Waffles for a Low-Stress Thanksgiving
This post is sponsored by the Idaho® Potato Commission. All opinions are my own. Watch my potato stuffing waffles web story here. Why You Need to Make These Aside from being delicious and easy to make, here are some other reasons to adopt the potato stuffing waffle as the new gold standard for both stuffing and waffles: How to Make These Guys Ingredients Here's the list of ingredients you'll need. If you're like me, you may already have almost everything you need. ... continue reading...
The Best Boston Brown Bread Recipe
Watch my best brown bread recipe web story here. Reader Rave Holy Moly this is good! Great recipe. Turned out perfectly. I did not let it cool for 2 hours. Are you kidding me with that one? Next time I will make it early in the day so I have the patience to let it cool. Perfection, JenniReader Susan I have long wanted to make a Boston brown bread for the blog. When I was little, my mom tells me I used to put on dress up clothes, grab a pocket book, and then tell my mom I was ... continue reading...
Easy Chocolate Pudding Recipe Without Eggs
This post and recipe was created for #HalloweenTreatsWeek! I was sent samples by some of the sponsor companies but as always opinions are 100% mine. Watch my chocolate pudding recipe web story here. What Makes This Recipe Work I have been a pudding afficianado for years, and I've made all kinds of pudding. I like to think I've perfected this recipe. Here's what's great about this recipe: How to Make It Pudding is a pretty straightforward dessert, and it's often ... continue reading...
Peppermint Brownie Brittle Recipe | Crispy Brownie Bark
Watch my peppermint brownie bark web story here. Peppermint Brownie Brittle, At a Glance ✔️Skill Level: Beginner✔️Skills: separating eggs, Spreading batter out very thinly✔️Type: Cookie Brittle✔️Number of Ingredients: 11✔️Prep Time: 10 minutes✔️Cook Time: 35 minutes✔️Yield: about 32 pieces of brittleJump Straight to the Recipe This brittle turns out nice and crispy, and if crispy is your ... continue reading...
Mexican Hot Chocolate Pie | Christmas Pie with Snowman Crust
Not convinced? Take a look at him from overhead. I think he's pretty cute! Turning an Old Fashioned Pie into a Christmas Pie First, let's talk about this pie. It's based on a chocolate chess pie. As a matter of fact, the base recipe is identical to my Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chess Pie. The only changes I made were to: add a layer of marshmallow cream to the bottom of the crust before adding the batteradd a touch of cinnamon and chipotle powder to the batter itself. ... continue reading...
Overnight Fruitcake Baked Steel Cut Oats | Christmas Breakfast: Sorted!
The Same Flavors, but Different Recipes What happens when you take the same dried fruits and spices The Beloved uses every year in his fruitcake and use them to flavor baked oatmeal? You get Overnight Fruitcake Baked Steel Cut Oats. Or Christmas Morning Baked Oats. Either way, it's chewy steel-cut oats in a Christmassy custard with dried fruit plumped in apple cider as well as diced fresh apples. And because it's Christmas, it has streusel on top! What's Great About This ... continue reading...
Delicious Thanksgiving Breads for Your Thanksgiving Table
Making Thanksgiving Dinner Definitely Requires Some Planning For many folks, getting ready for the Thanksgiving meal is the most intense cooking they'll do all year. So whether you're cooking for a small group or a huge gathering, what with all the different kinds of foods you need to make, some planning is imperative so you can get all your timing down. You don't want to end up having to figure out how to bake your pumpkin babka and your turkey at the same time at two different ... continue reading...
How to Make a Braided Bread Wreath for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Wreath Bread If you already love making bread, there is no time like Thanksgiving for pulling out all the stops and making a showstopper of a braided loaf that can serve both as a centerpiece and as a delicious part of your meal. That was my thought process behind this braided bread wreath. Making Sure the Bread Holds Its Shape During Rising and Baking The difficult part of making any sort of bread that is shaped is making sure it doesn't rise so much that all the detail ... continue reading...
Pudding Chomeur Recipe | Sweet Dumplings in Maple Cream
What Is Pudding Chomeur? In all the years I took French in high school, I never learned the word chomeur. I learned words for window and bird and cow and school. Verbs to be, to do, to go. I learned places to work: Usine. Boulangerie. Bibliothèque. Hôpital. But never the word chomeur. So when I chose to make pudding chomeur after seeing a recipe for it on Food 52, I just thought it was some fancy Canadian dessert. And then I looked it up. And chomeur means unemployed. Friends, ... continue reading...
Chocolate Halloween Cake | Elegant, Spooky Fun for Adults
An Elegant, Adult Chocolate Halloween Cake One year for Halloween, I envisioned dressing up as an icy, tall, slender vampire. I sort of forgot that I am neither tall nor slender, and I ended up looking like a drunk dead Italian grandmother. Scary in its own way, but so not what I was going for. So when I envisioned a cool Halloween cake that could work for an adult party, I wanted to make sure that what I ended up with matched my vision for it as closely as possible. What my mind's eye ... continue reading...
Malted Milk Ball Spider Cookies for Halloween
Delicious Spider Cookies Y'all. These spider cookies are the cutest! And they're also truly delicious. The base recipe is the very solid chocolate chip cookie dough recipe from Stella Parks of Serious Eats and the wonderful cookbook BraveTart: Iconic American Desserts. I cut the sugar by just a bit to make room for all the sugar in the 6 ounces of chopped Maltesers Malted Milk Balls I mixed in. Thanks to sponsor, Wilton, I had super cute candy eyes which I "glued" (with royal icing) ... continue reading...
Candy Corn Cupcakes | Perfectly Cute and Delicious Halloween Cupcakes
What Flavor is Candy Corn? Candy corn has a fairly neutral flavor, but even with your eyes closed, you can probably tell exactly what you're eating even if you can't describe the flavor. Candy corn is a fondant candy, and the ingredients are pretty much what you'd expect: sugar, corn syrup, gelatin, some candy glaze on the outside, a touch of salt. The one truly distinctive flavor in candy corn is honey. There's not much in them--probably just enough to keep them softer for longer ... continue reading...
Easy Decorated Halloween Shortbread Cookies
What You Need to Make Decorated Shortbread Cookies for Halloween Our generous sponsors sent all of the participating bloggers lots of treats. I used Wilton's 3 piece Halloween cookie cutter set to cut out my cookies. Here are all the fun items I used to gussie up my iced Halloween cookies: Wilton 12 pack Bloody Eyeball Icing Decorations which should be super creepy, but I thought they were really cute!Wilton Decorating Icing in Orange and Black. To streamline the decorating process, I ... continue reading...
Black Rice Risotto with Butternut Squash | Halloween Risotto
Savory Halloween Treats for Adults Halloween shouldn't only be for kids, you guys. I mean, it's my favorite holiday! If it's also your favorite holiday but you maybe don't want tons of sweets (because there are already tons of sweets!), I'm your girl. I have some spooky Halloween deviled eggs that are deviled up with liquid smoke, horseradish, and Sriracha. So tasty! I can also offer you some smashed creamer potato Halloween Potato Eyes that are easy to make and fun to decorate with ... continue reading...
Easy Day of the Dead Cake | Dia de Los Muertos Cake
How to Decorate an Easy Day of the Dead Cake In a word: sprinkles! Not everyone owns a ton of cake decorating equipment, and not everyone can ice a cake so it is super smooth. But almost anyone can slap a thin coat of icing on a cake and then cover the entire thing in sprinkles that reflect the theme of your cake! In this case, I used sprinkles from Halloween Treats Week sponsors Sweets & Treats Boutique and Wilton along with a marshmallow sugar skull lollipop from Treat Street ... continue reading...
Chocolate Peanut Butter Sauce Made with Sweet Baby Jesus Porter
Cooking and Baking with Beer Beer is for more than just drinking, friends. I love to use it in my baking and in cooking. Why? A couple of reasons: There are a lot of malty flavors in beer, especially darker beer, that play really well with and can accentuate the taste of chocolate, caramel, toffee, and even bread.Even though most of it cooks away, the alcohol present in beer brings out flavors that are alcohol soluble rather than water soluble. These alcohol soluble flavors stay locked ... continue reading...
Roasted Corn Cheesecake with Cranberry Blueberry Compote
Corn is just one of the best things on earth, I’m always looking for new ways to incorporate it. This recipe did not disappoint, in fact, it is one of the best desserts I’ve ever made. Thank you!!Reader Mellow Baker Why This Cheesecake Is So Great I'm so ridiculously excited about this roasted corn cheesecake, you guys. Corn Cheesecake Topping I originally made this corn cheesecake as a Thanksgiving dessert, so the cranberry makes it very seasonal. I also added blueberries ... continue reading...
Apple Butter Vs Applesauce | Similarities and Differences, Recipes, and More!
As I was making apple butter for the second time in recent days, I wondered to myself, "What is the difference between applesauce and apple butter?" I figured if I was asking that question, maybe some of you were, too. What Is the Difference Between Applesauce and Apple Butter? After reading copious numbers of applesauce and apple butter recipes, I think I can narrow down the difference between applesauce and apple butter, at least a little bit. I think it's safe to say that applesauce ... continue reading...
Chai Spice Apple Butter
This chai spice apple butter just might make you break up with the old standby pumpkin spice! Finding Inspiration in Literature I have always been a reader. From The Boxcar Children and Nancy Drew to Aslan the Lion and Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which and Mrs. Whatsit, through adventures with Fiver in Watership Down and on through Slaughterhouse 5 and Tolkien and Neil Gaiman and Stephen King and Peter Straub. I read all the Westeros books long before the powers that be at HBO knew winter was ... continue reading...
Butterscotch Cheesecake with Brown Sugar Meringue
For Butterscotch Lovers Only Butterscotch has a deliciously complex flavor that only requires three ingredients. Butterscotch happens when you cook butter and dark brown sugar together with a bit of salt until the sugar has caramelized and the butter has browned. Think you don't like it? Well, do you like toffee? That crunchy, nutty goodness often topped with chocolate? If your answer is YES, then you like butterscotch. And you're going to want to make this cheesecake. Most ... continue reading...
Butterscotch Creme Brulee | A Decadent Twist on a Classic
Loved this recipe! It was easy to follow, made flawless crème brûlée, and tasted wonderfully. The flavors and texture were on point. We’ll definitely make this again!Reader Joe What Puts the Butterscotch in This Creme Brulee Many people incorrectly assume that butterscotch actually contains Scotch whisky. There is no rule saying you can't add a shot of Scotch or rum or whatever alcohol you like to the mix, but it is not necessary to the flavor. The origins of the word butterscotch are a ... continue reading...
Glazed Raspberry Filled Donuts | Fabulous Krispy Kreme Copycat
I don't know about you, but next to a straight up original glazed Krispy Kreme doughnut, my favorite are the glazed raspberry filled donuts. And today I am sharing my copycat recipe for these delicious and addictive little babies. Are you ready for this?For ease of browsing, here are all of my sweet yeast bread recipes in one place. Thanks for stopping by! If you are a Super Fan of yeast-raised doughnuts, you may also want to check out my key lime pie doughnuts, glazed donuts, or these ... continue reading...
Easy Italian Sausage Soup with Chickpeas and Spinach
Making Dinner with Pantry Staples Sometimes I look in our cabinets and fridge and can't find anything to eat. Not that there isn't anything to be had. It's just that sometimes I feel less than inspired. On those nights, I might just decide popcorn will work for dinner. Because it's whole grain and delicious. Other times, I will think of an ingredient I have tucked away in the freezer or the cupboard, and that sparks connections with other ingredients, and then a meal takes shape. ... continue reading...
Hawaiian Roll French Toast Muffins with Apple Cider Syrup
I'm so glad you're here, because I made some Hawaiian Roll French Toast Muffins. And apple cider syrup to pour on them. And streusel! Let's get baking, y'all! You may also want to give my stuffed French toast or my deep fried French toast recipes a try. For ease of browsing, here are all of my breakfast recipes in one place. Thanks for stopping by! If you are a fan of King's Hawaiian Bread and French Toast and streusel and syrup, you are going to love these little Hawaiian ... continue reading...
Cinnamon Sorghum Custard Pie Recipe
Why You Need to Make This Pie For a relatively short list of ingredients, this sorghum pie delivers tons of complex flavor. There are caramel notes from the coconut sugar and sorghum syrup, the unmistakable bite of cinnamon, a bit of a "bready" note from the Graham crackers and the crust. It's also something a little different. Not many recipes out there for a sorghum pie, let alone sorghum custard. And since it's based on pantry staples, like any good desperation pie, you can make ... continue reading...
Christmas Sorghum Blondies with Pomegranate and Pecans
This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase through one of my links, I will earn a small commission. Your price is unaffected. In Praise of Sorghum Syrup My friend Lisa recently sent me two large jars of sorghum syrup, and I have been having a marvelous time coming up with new ways to use it. Pouring it on these pumpkin dinner rolls and making a cinnamon sorghum custard pie. Huzzah! If you've never had sorghum before, think molasses without the bitterness, and you'll ... continue reading...
Dried Apple Cake with Pecans and Dulce de Leche
Note that there is a section in this post about the people I'm most grateful for. If you prefer to skip that, please click here. Giving Thanks Before we get to ye olde apple spice cake, I want to introduce you to some folks. These are some of the people I love the most in the world, and I was truly blessed to be able to spend precious time with them yesterday, laughing and cooking and eating and enjoying each other's company. See that laughing girl up there at the top ... continue reading...
Pecan Pie Eclairs from Simply Sweet Dream Puffs
Read on to get the recipe and to learn more about her book! All product links are affiliate links. That means that if you make a purchase through one of my links, I will earn a small commission. Your price is unaffected. Pecan Pie Eclairs: Genius! Pecan Pie Eclairs. Yes, you read that correctly. This fantastic mash-up of a dessert combines the light, crisp pate a choux eclair shell with a sweet-savory-sticky pecan pie filling and a generous helping of whipped cream topped by ... continue reading...
Biscoff Cookie Butter Cheesecake with Biscoff Ganache
Biscoff fans, you will love this cookie butter cheesecake. There's cookie butter in the cheesecake mix itself plus even more in the chocolate ganache topping. It is decadent and delicious! For more cheesecake resources and recipes, please check out my Cheesecake Recipes page. Making Cheesecake for Thomas Neighbor Thomas (I have written about my baking adventures for Neighbor Thomas a few times) texted me a few days ago to ask if I would make a cheesecake for him to take to work for a ... continue reading...