Posts Tagged ‘fall’

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
Here in New England, ice cream consumption doesn't really drop off with the leaves in autumn as you might expect. After working at a small ice cream company for a few years, I realized that September and October were two of our biggest months! Our biggest seller by far this time of year was this super dense, creamy, and delicious Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream. The big secret to making this flavor so luscious on the tongue is to add lots of dried m... Read More
Candy Corn Cheesecake
It’s almost time for my favorite holiday of the year: Halloween. If you’re having a Halloween party or just going to one, it’s always good to bring a Halloween-themed treat. Beyond the Halloween look, it’s also a good idea to make sure it tastes good! My Candy Corn Cheesecake is both fun and delicious. The layering effect makes each slice look just like a piece of candy corn. While it does require a bit of patience to get the right lo... Read More
Top 20 Pumpkin Desserts
'Tis the season for pumpkin-based foods, especially desserts! When there's a nip in the air and the leaves look more crimson than jade, your taste buds may start telling you that it's time for some pumpkin pie – and cookies, bars, cakes and pretty much anything sweet and spicy. You'll be pleased to know we have no shortage of pumpkin recipes. Here, we've compiled our top 20 – yes, 20! – pumpkin desserts. 1. Pumpkin Dump Cake... Read More
Top 5 Toasty Coffees for Fall
Perhaps one of the best things about cool weather is setting down with a hot cup of coffee – especially if your java is one of these sweet flavors. The leaves are beginning to change from verdant green to sunny yellow, burnt orange and deep red, which means trading in your iced coffees for something a little more warming. If your everyday roast doesn't seem like a fair tradeoff to summer's fun, icy drinks, consider giving your beans a boost... Read More
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How to Make Pumpkin Lattes
As soon as we say goodbye to summer, the Facebook statuses and Twitter feeds start to blow up about the joys of Pumpkin Spice Lattes from a certain famous coffee shop. The arrival of this drink means fall is a comin’. I look forward to this, as fall is my absolute favorite time of year. Fall seems to come around earlier and earlier. Truth be told, I had to instill a new rule this year because it just seemed wrong to drink a fall beverage wh... Read More
So Hot: Enchilada Soup
Can you feel the weather starting to cool down? Leaves on the ground? Pumpkin coffee drinks? Me too. All I want to eat right now is eat warm and comforting soups. I think even the process of making soup is comforting. I love standing over the stove and stirring and sipping on a glass of wine, listening to some music. It really does make me happy. Unfortunately, my family does not feel the same way. I tell them that I am making soup, and there... Read More
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Want Want: Pumpkin Pie Wontons
Ladies and gentlefolk, friends and foes, birds of the air and fish of the sea, all 100,000 hairs on my head… I have an announcement. I have found the answer to world peace: Pumpkin Pie Wontons with a creamy maple dip. You may think this claim is outlandish, and I admit I thought the same when I first made a go of this recipe. “What could POSSIBLY be tasty about pumpkin-cream cheese filling wrapped up in a wonton fried to a light, crispy-brow... Read More
Our Fave Fall Recipe Lineup
The other day I heard a CRUNCH under my foot as I was walking outside, and I thought: "What was that?! A potato chip?" It was, of course, a leaf. And just like that, summer was really over. It's time to bring jackets and rakes out of storage, and put an apple orchard visit on the calendar. Where I live, people get outside as much as they can before The-Season-that-Must-Not-Be-Named hits. But most importantly, it's time to dig up fall recipes!... Read More
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Mini Apple Cinnamon Cheesecakes
Normally, when I see a something turned into a mini-thing for a recipe, I assume it is going to be harder to make. That is simply not the case with these little cheesecakes! They are as easy (if not easier) than if you were to make a large version. Plus you don’t need a fancy spring form pan to make these. You use just a normal muffin tin! There’s really no reason why you shouldn’t make these mini apple cinnamon cheesecakes as soon as p... Read More
Finding the Apple of Your Pie
Baking a great apple pie is an art and a science. Apples, spices, lemon juice, and sugar blend in the oven to create the magic of perfect taste and texture…or can fail miserably into a puddle of hot applesauce in a crust. To paraphrase William Carlos Williams, so much depends upon the selection of apple. But with so many varieties to choose from, how do you know which are the best apples for apple pie? The ones you most like to eat out of h... Read More