You might want to reserve the traditional pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner, but pumpkin is delicious, good for you, and plentiful this time of year. Sure, you can get all manner of "pumpkin spice" flavored drinks, candies, and treats, but the term "pumpkin spice" doesn't mean there is any pumpkin at all in the product labeled as such. In my opinion, none of them can hold a candle to something warm and fresh-baked in your home.
So, you've made pumpkin pie, pumpkin roll, and probably a pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting, but the world is full of recipes that incorporate canned pumpkin. You can also use home-processed pumpkin or better yet, butternut squash (which is classified as a pumpkin) if you know how to do it. Wouldn't it be great to celebrate autumn with pumpkin cookies, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin donuts, pumpkin mousse, pumpkin whoopie pies, pumpkin muffins, and new kinds of pumpkin pies and cakes? Find links to 50 pumpkin recipes that are way better than "pumpkin spice" lattes at Taste of Home.
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