Perfect Maple Pumpkin Roll: Best Cream Cheese Filled Dessert
The woman at the farm stand watched me pick up three different pumpkins, put them back, and pick them up again. She didn’t say anything … Read more
Creamy Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars with Graham Crust: Best Easy Fall Dessert
My friend Jenna had sworn off pumpkin desserts for three years. “Too heavy,” she’d say, waving a hand every time someone mentioned pumpkin bread at … Read more
Cozy Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream
Let me tell you about the time I learned a lesson I didn’t know I needed. My neighbor, a retired baker named Carol, asked me … Read more
Easy Brown Butter Pumpkin Bread with Toasted Pecans
I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last November when the smell of browned butter and something sweet drifted out of the bakery … Read more
Best Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins: Easy Fluffy Swirl Recipe
There used to be a tiny bakery tucked between a dry cleaner and a used bookstore on the corner of Elm and 4th that made … Read more
Best Creamy Spider Web Spinach Artichoke Dip Recipe
My neighbor Trish wasn’t trying to impress anyone that Tuesday afternoon. I’d stopped by to borrow a whisk (mine had mysteriously vanished into the depths … Read more
Perfect Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Snickerdoodle Cookies Recipe
The fall bake sale was in six hours and I’d completely forgotten. I mean, I’d been so busy with work and the kids that the … Read more
Cozy Sausage Stuffed Acorn Squash Halves: Best Easy Dinner
The cashier at the hardware store is the last person I expected to give me a dinner recipe. But there I was, clutching a bag … Read more
Creamy Roasted Butternut Squash Soup with Brown Butter
My neighbor asked why I couldn’t just skip the peeling step. I was mid-complaint about wrestling with a butternut squash, knife in hand, ready to … Read more
Easy Baked Apple Cider Donuts Recipe: Best Cinnamon Sugar
It was 10:47 PM on a drizzly Tuesday in early October, and a very specific, almost aggressive craving for a warm, spiced donut hit me. … Read more