Category Archives: Autumn/Thanksgiving
Pumpkin Scones as good as Starbucks (or maybe even better)
I first tried making scones last fall. The recipe I was using sounded really good, but those scones just did not turn out very well. I tried tweaking the recipe, adding a little more of this and a little less … Continue reading
Pumpkin Banana Bread with Pumpkin Glaze
I really like pumpkin bread. I really like banana bread, too. I had some ripe bananas I was needing to use up, so I decided to google Pumpkin Banana Bread and found a great-sounding recipe at About.com, which I modified a … Continue reading
Spiced Apple Tea
This is a great tea recipe I found several years ago in my old 2008 Gooseberry Patch appointment calendar. There happen to be quite a few good recipes in there, and I’ll be posting more of them later. This particular … Continue reading
Caramel Apple Oat Squares
I was organizing my recipe files the other day, and I saw an old favorite dessert that I like to make. It was from an Eagle Brand® recipe card I had clipped from a magazine years ago, and I also … Continue reading
Chili from The Pioneer Woman
There’s nothing like a hot bowl of chili on a cold day! I recently made some, and I used the recipe from the cookbook The Pioneer Woman Cooks, which I had been wanting to try for some time. I really liked … Continue reading
Pumpkin-Spice Yogurt
If you like pumpkin-flavored things, this is a super-easy recipe you can make for breakfast or even as a snack. Everything about this is healthy…pure pumpkin mixed into yogurt with honey, cinnamon, and other spices, and topped with granola. Not … Continue reading
Filed under Autumn/Thanksgiving, Breakfast/Brunch, Food and Recipes, Healthy Eating, Seasonal
Pumpkin Spice Hot Cocoa
Today is chilly and rainy…the perfect day for some hot cocoa! When I saw an idea for adding pumpkin to hot cocoa over at VeryBestBaking.com (the photo above is from there, too), I experimented a little and came up with … Continue reading















