Pumpkin Pecan Muffins

I’m feeling the need for comfort food and these muffins have just the right amount of sweet, spice and crunch to make me happy :o)

Muffins
2½ cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Streusel Topping
1/3 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup flour
1/3 cup chopped pecans
4 Tbl cold butter, cubed

Preheat oven to 375°. In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, whisk eggs, pumpkin, milk, oil, and vanilla. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in pecans. Fill 12 greased or paper-lined muffin cups approx. 2/3 full.

In small bowl, for streusel topping, combine brown sugar, flour, and chopped pecans. Cut butter into mixture until crumbly. Spoon heaping tablespoon over batter in muffin cups. Bake 20-25 minutes until center of muffins are set. 

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Pumpkin Cheesecake Dessert

Who says pumpkin desserts are just for Fall, they tastes really good during quarantine too.

1½ cups crushed gingersnaps* (about 30 cookies)
1/4 cup butter, melted
5 pkg. (8oz) cream cheese, softened
1 cup sugar
1 can (15oz) pumpkin
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp vanilla
5 large eggs, room temperature, beaten
nutmeg
maple syrup
whipped cream

In a small bowl, combine gingersnap crumbs and butter. Press onto bottom of a greased 13×9-in. baking dish; set aside. In a large bowl, beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in the pumpkin, cinnamon and vanilla. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour over crust; sprinkle with nutmeg. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of baking dish to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. Cut into squares; serve with syrup, if desired (I forgot the maple syrup in the picture!) and whipped cream. Refrigerate leftovers. Recipe from tasteofhome.com.
*I used Biscoff cookies, chocolate cookies would be good too.

Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin pie isn’t just for Thanksgiving, it’s for quarantine too! This is recipe #4 of kingarthurflour.com Best Basic Recipe Collection. I’m enjoying baking my way through this collection, it’s delicious!

1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 Tbl flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/8 tsp cloves
1/8 tsp pepper, optional
3 large eggs, beaten
2 cups (15oz can) pumpkin
1¼ cups light cream or evaporated milk
1 single pie crust, your favorite or King Arthur single pie crust

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the sugars, flour, salt, and spices. In a large measuring cup, beat together the eggs, pumpkin, and cream or evaporated milk. Whisk into the dry ingredients. For best flavor, cover and refrigerate the filling overnight before baking. Roll the pie dough out to a 13″ circle, and transfer to the pan. Crimp the edges above the rim; this will give you a little extra headroom to hold the filling when it expands in the oven. Refrigerate the crust while the oven preheats to 400°F.

When the oven is hot, place the pie pan on a baking sheet to catch any drips. Pour the filling into the unbaked pie shell. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes, until the filling is set 2″ in from the edge. The center should still be wobbly. Remove the pie from the oven and cool on a rack; the center will finish cooking through as the pie sits.

My other favorite pies: Pie Pie Pie!

Favorite Pies!

Here is what I am making to take for our family’s Thanksgiving dinner. I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day with delicious PIES!

Lemon Truffle Pie is a tart, sweet, creamy addition for any occasion. This has become a favorite to make whenever we get together as a family.

Cherry Apple Pie is a three-generation family favorite. In fact, when it is my oldest son’s birthday, this is his request instead of cake.

Triple Chocolate Hazelnut Pie is a chocolate lover’s delight! Totally worth the work and the calories.

My Pumpkin Eggnog Pie has one simple change to the old favorite, substitute eggnog for the milk in the good ol’ pumpkin pie recipe. For another flavorful twist, this year I think I will put the filling in a ginger snap crumb crust.

This recipe for Old Fashioned Raisin Pie is my dad’s favorite, it is also one of the most viewed recipes on my website.

Peanut Butter & Chocolate Fudge Cream Pie is a recipe I made up back in 2012. If you love peanut butter, chocolate and pie, your tastebuds will be very happy!

Pumpkin Spice Baked Doughnuts

My daughter Lindsay is visiting and we have been taste testing all things pumpkin spice. Have you noticed all the products in the stores? Pumpkin Spice Cheerios, Pumpkin Spice Lindor Truffles, Pumpkin Spice Kisses, Pumpkin Spice Ghirardelli Squares, Pumpkin Spice Oreos, Pumpkin Spice Oatmeal, Pumpkin Spice Life Cereal, Pumpkin Spice Jell-O Pudding, Pumpkin Spice Granola Bars. No, we did not eat all of that. Lindsay did make Pumpkin Spice Baked Doughnuts, and we did eat them, yummy!

Pumpkin Spice Doughnut Batter:
1 box yellow cake mix
2 tsp cinnamon
1/8 tsp clove
1/8 tsp allspice
1/8 tsp nutmeg
1 cup pumpkin puree
2 eggs
3 Tbl melted butter

Preheat oven to 350°. In large bowl, combine cake mix, cinnamon, clove, allspice, and nutmeg. Add pumpkin, eggs and melted butter; mix until well combined. Set aside, make streusel.

Streusel:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
2 Tbl melted butter

In separate bowl, stir together brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and melted butter.
Spoon batter into doughnut baking pan, filling each ring halfway. Sprinkle streusel over batter in each doughnut ring. Bake for 10 minutes.

 

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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookie Crust Pie

Mixing two favorites, pumpkin pie and chewy oatmeal cookies. Yum!

                 

Oatmeal Cookie Crust:
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup oats
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp cloves
1/4 tsp ginger
1/4 tsp salt
1/3 cup cold butter, cut in chunks
1 egg

Pumpkin Filling:
1 (15oz) can pumpkin
1 (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
2 eggs
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground cloves
1/2 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 400°. In large bowl, stir together sugar, brown sugar, flour, oats, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and salt. Cut butter into dry mixture, until crumbly. In small bowl, whisk egg. Add egg to oat mixture and stir just until comes together, but still a bit crumbly. Measure out 1/2 cup of crust mixture, set aside. Press remaining crust mixture into a well sprayed 9″ deep dish, 9½”, or 10″ pie plate, covering bottom and up sides. Lay foil inside with pie weights, rice or beans to keep the pie shell shape during baking. Bake 12 minutes.

While shell is baking, mix filling. In large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, eggs, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt.

Remove pie shell from oven and with hot pad, press down on weights (rice or beans) to help reshape the shell if shape has changed a little during baking. Let crust sit 5 minutes. Gently remove foil with weights from inside of oatmeal shell. Pour pumpkin filling mixture into shell. Return to oven and bake 15 minutes at 400°. Reduce heat to 350° and bake 15 minutes. Remove pie from oven, evenly sprinkle reserved oatmeal cookie mixture over top of pumpkin filling. Return to oven for 15 more minutes. Watch pie during baking, at some point you will need to cover edge with pie shell ring or ring of foil to prevent from getting too brown. Cool completely for filling to set up and slice cleanly. Serve with sweetened whipped cream.

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Happy Halloween!

Here are some ideas for baking up something scary good for Halloween!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpkin Milk Chocolate Blondies

One of my favorite treats in the whole wide world! I am a dark chocolate fan, I will choose dark chocolate everyday over milk chocolate. But, there is something about the creamy, smooth subtlety of milk chocolate with pumpkin that works so well. Don’t get me wrong, I would totally jump in and eat my share if this recipe were made with semi-sweet or dark chocolate. I am always willing and ready to do my part! Happy October!

1/2 cup butter, room temp
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce, room temp
1 Tbl oil
1¼ cups sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup pumpkin puree
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/4 tsp cloves
1 (11.5oz) bag milk chocolate chips, divided

Preheat oven to 350°. Line 9″x13″ baking pan with foil, leaving overhang on each end. Spray with non-stick spray.

In large bowl with electric mixer, cream butter, applesauce, oil, and sugar. Add egg, vanilla, and pumpkin; mix well. Add Flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, and cloves; mix just until combined. Stir in milk chocolate chips, reserving 1/2 cup. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Sprinkle reserved milk chocolate chips evenly over top of batter, gently press down a bit. Bake 30 minutes. Cool completely. Lift blondies out of pan using foil to grab onto as handles. Place on cutting board, peel foil away from blondies and cut into 24 squares. Using applesauce instead of all butter reduces the calories per blondie from 225 to 190, so have another!

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Sweet Roll Heaven!

When planning a family breakfast, is there any question that there should be homemade sweet rolls on the menu? To me it is one of the most wonderful comfort food there is, hot from the oven with a heavenly aroma hanging in the air. Here are some ideas for Easter breakfast or any morning.

If you’re not an early riser to start the recipe in the morning (how many of us are?) make them the night before up to the step where you put the rolls in the pan. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator. Take the rolls out in the morning, remove plastic wrap, cover with a towel and let sit for 1-1½ hours then bake as directed.

Happy Family Breakfast Time to All! Happy Easter!

 

    

    

    

    

    

    

 

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HAPPY NEW YEAR! Top 12 Viewed Recipes of 2013

I wish you all a Happy New Year filled with joy, happiness, and success in all you do. As we close this delicious year and head into another delicious year, I leave you with a recap of the top 12 most viewed posts of 2013, thanks for stopping by…CHEERS!

1) Apple Pie Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream Frosting

2) Sausage & Potato Breakfast Casserole

3) German Chocolate Pie

4) Zucchini Bread

5) Chocolate Zucchini Bread

6) Pumpkin Coffee Cake

7) Sticky Pecan Cinnamon Roll Bundt

8) Pumpkin Pie Cake

9) Supreme Pizza Ring

10) Cinnamon Topped Pumpkin Bread

11) Lemon Cream Cheese Brunch Cake

12) Snickerdoodle Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

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