Category: Fall
Fruity Pumpkin Bundt Cake
This bundt cake is moist, pumpkin rich, studded with 2 cups of dried fruit and nuts, with a splash o’ rum, a hearty heap o’ cinnamon and topped with an orange-cinnamon glaze—what’s not to like?! I’ve been making this cake…
Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars
From my days as a mom of little kids, here’s a recipe for some fancy peanut butter bars. Make them for a lunchbox surprise or a special after school treat. They are not just for kids though, these are really…
Butternut Squash : Little Pieces of Heaven
No one ever makes this recipe when I suggest it to them, EVER. The recipe is just so…odd. Mere mortals can’t put the ingredients together in their head and have any idea about how GOOD butternut squash tastes when…
Potatoes Baked in Cream
Did the name of the recipe entice you click on this?! Well then, that makes us friends forever! When my friends from Southern France were staying with us, they offered to make a side dish for dinner. They didn’t use a recipe. They…
Pumpkin-Chocolate Cake
This is the BEST cake to serve at this time of year (or any other time of the year, actually)! It’s a good chocolate cake – a very, very good chocolate cake; it’s moist, and nicely chocolate-y, and made richer with some pumpkin…
Pumpkin Spice Biscotti
It’s that time of year—let the fall baking commence! I’ve started with these Pumpkin Spice Latte Biscotti, my entry for my cookbook club’s ‘Pumpkin Dessert Showstopper Challenge‘ last year—sometimes we act like we are contestants on the mythical ‘Great American…
Chicken Pot Pie
This is a pretty simple Chicken Pot Pie. Absolute comfort food! No spices other than salt and pepper, so the true taste of sauteed chicken and fresh veggies shine whilst snuggled up in a smooth gravy and encased in pastry. Yummmm!…