Pumpkin
This is a collection of my favorite recipes that call for pumpkin. Hope you find it useful.

This ice cream was the result of our finally finding the coveted Gingerbread Oreos. After taste testing them with the family, the goal was to chop them up and put them in something. The ice cream was perfect! As for the limited edition Oreo flavors, you just never know where you’ll find them. I stumbled [...]
Published on November 15, 2012

If you’re not quite ready to give up summery ice cream desserts but are heartily welcoming fall flavors, here’s a pie to help you make the transition. I made the pie late this afternoon and served it for dessert this evening. We loved it! It’s a basic graham cracker crust filled with a pumpkin pie [...]
Published on October 18, 2012

Wow, it finally feels like fall around here. Not only is it cool and pleasant, it’s been raining cats and dogs! This is what it’s like to have seasons. After last year’s endless summer, I’d almost given up. Anyway, I was in the mood to celebrate with an autumn themed chocolate chip cookie cake (aka [...]
Published on September 16, 2012

If you’re looking for a new pumpkin muffin recipe, here’s one made with coconut oil, coconut palm sugar and whole wheat pastry flour. I tried incorporating some true whole foods into the ingredient list, but having made multiple batches of these over the past few days, I can tell you that substitutes work pretty well. [...]
Published on January 21, 2012

My New Year’s resolution to “bake more layer cakes” hasn’t gotten off to a very start, so I’m changing it. “This year I resolve to make use of my 3×5 inch loaf pans” Do you own a 3 x5 inch loaf pan? I have a metal one and two ceramic ones from Garden Ridge Pottery. [...]
Published on January 13, 2012

My grandma used to say that adding instant pudding mix to box cake mix was the secret to making it moist. I suppose it was a lot of people’s “secret”, because pretty soon cake mix manufacturers started adding it to the mix, and if you had a recipe that called for cake mix and added [...]
Published on November 30, 2011

Hey, the DOW is up today (or at the moment, at least). I’m celebrating with some Whoopie Pies. A better excuse would be that it’s starting to feel like fall, but it isn’t. It’s hot and sunny and we keep having fires. Where is autumn? Pumpkin Whoopie Pies Save Print …
Published on September 27, 2011

This morning, I finally got around to making the pumpkin scones. To be honest, I was a little worried because the ones at the shop were so good I had doubts the book version would be the same or that my oven would produce the same perfect scones as Alice’s.
Published on December 5, 2010