Chocolate Zucchini Cupcakes

Description I just love chocolate but I am not the hottest for really rich food during the summer, so a nice alternate to this dilemma is zucchini-chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese icing! Ingredients 1 cup pecans 1 tablespoon butter cooking spray 3 cups grated zucchini 1 ½ cups vegetable oil 3 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour … Read more

Pumpkin Bread Pudding with Amaretto Sauce

Description If you find yourself craving the fall flavors of pumpkin and almond, this recipe for bread pudding with amaretto sauce is one to try. Ingredients 6 cups crumbled dry bread ½ cup chopped walnuts 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 cup pumpkin puree 3 eggs, beaten 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1 teaspoon cinnamon … Read more

Maple-Pumpkin Pie with Walnut Crumble and Maple Meringue in Gingerbread Crust

Description This pumpkin pie is sweetened with maple syrup, topped with a walnut crumble and maple Italian meringue, all nestled inside of a gingerbread pie crust. Ingredients 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ cup packed brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon ground allspice … Read more

Thanksgiving Pumpkin Cheesecake

Description This delicious cheesecake tastes very close to pumpkin pie with a whipped topping; my family absolutely loves this around the holidays! Ingredients 1 (14.4 ounce) package graham crackers, crushed 4 tablespoons butter 1 tablespoon white sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, at room temperature 1 cup white sugar 1 … Read more

Holiday Pumpkin Cheesecake

Description My guests liked this pumpkin cheesecake so much I didn’t get to taste it! Ingredients 1 ¾ cups graham cracker crumbs ½ cup melted butter ¼ cup finely ground pecans 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 3 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened 1 ½ cups white sugar 2 tablespoons cornstarch 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 eggs 2 … Read more

Pumpkin Spice Pudding Cookies

Description Adorably festive, moist, and full of pumpkin flavor, these cookies fill the house with that delicious pumpkin spice smell that everyone loves after a long hot summer! Store in a tightly covered, airtight container. May be frozen. Ingredients 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 1 (3.4 ounce) package instant pumpkin-spice pudding mix (such as Jello®) 1 … Read more

Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

Description I wanted to make some kind of sweet pumpkin dessert, so I went searching online and found several different pumpkin-chocolate combinations. I decided on pumpkin swirl brownies–I had never had that combination before, and it turns out it’s delicious. These brownies are very dense and rich and sweet, so be warned. Ingredients 3 ½ ounces … Read more

Autumn Pumpkin-Raspberry Bundt® Cake

Description This is a recipe I entered in the Great Pumpkin Bake-Off in Newcastle, OK at T.G. Farms on October 30, 2010. I won first prize in the Breads, Cookies, and Cakes category and the Grand Prize overall. I’ve always wanted to enter a baking contest, and it was fun. The only criteria was the … Read more