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Cookie of the Month: Prioritizing pumpkin for ‘brownies’

By rahoward, on October 31st, 2022

Despite my misgivings about all things pumpkin spice (which is mainly due to its too-earliness, if anything), I know that a little pumpkin — and its accompanying spice — can conjure up something delicious.

Sometimes, on the way to one thing, another is discovered. This was the case for my recent Kansas Country Living . . . → Read More: Cookie of the Month: Prioritizing pumpkin for ‘brownies’

Baked Sunday Mornings: Making whoopie pies with pumpkin

By rahoward, on November 18th, 2018

For those of us with limited experience â€” eating or baking â€” whoopie pies, we may wonder what all the fuss is about. Sure, they look terribly inviting â€” plump-soft cookie-cakes sealed together with a creamy fillingâ€¦a whole lot to love. I had perhaps resisted in making them because they seemed too complicated or . . . → Read More: Baked Sunday Mornings: Making whoopie pies with pumpkin

Bread of the Month: Finding full fall flavor in pumpkin bread

By rahoward, on October 31st, 2018

We can make fun of the whole pumpkin spice thing endlessly (and we do), but, when we are honest, we really love those tastes of cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Itâ€™s just been done to death. There is a time and place and goodie for it, though, and one way to best capture it is with . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Finding full fall flavor in pumpkin bread

Bread of the Month: Spicing up a baked doughnut

By rahoward, on October 13th, 2016

I know that Iâ€™m not the only one who associates doughnuts with Halloween, although I suppose I could associate doughnuts with anything, given a chance. Sunset magazine also pondered the connection between the traditionally fried treat and our favorite fall holiday. In an online article, Sunset reminisced on issues of the magazine from the â€˜50s, . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Spicing up a baked doughnut

Yearning to churn pumpkin ice cream

By rahoward, on October 31st, 2015

Is it strange to crave ice cream in the fall? Is it odd that, as everything is cooling off (sort of), I want cold, cold items, as if to hasten my beloved chilly temperatures? Apparently not. Recently Saveur magazine posted an array of autumn-inspired flavors imbued with apple, ginger and spices (even pepper!). Ice cream . . . → Read More: Yearning to churn pumpkin ice cream

Bread of the Month: Falling for a savory muffin

By rahoward, on November 5th, 2013

It has occurred to me lately that what has given pumpkin the flavors usually associated with all manner of pumpkin treats are its companion spices — ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg. These lend our fall favorites the air of pumpkinpiedom, but tend to relegate pumpkin to the sweet end of the spectrum. What are pumpkinâ€™s . . . → Read More: Bread of the Month: Falling for a savory muffin

Scaring up a spicy pumpkin smoothie

By rahoward, on October 13th, 2013

It happens every year. The light changes,becoming slanted and long-shadowed. Night comes more quickly. Leaves rattle dry whispers. And nearly every possible incarnation of pumpkin appears!

This is by no means a complaint, but at times, the pumpkin-flavored this and that doth seem an over-saturation. I love pumpkins. I love their jolly heralding of . . . → Read More: Scaring up a spicy pumpkin smoothie

Waiting for the Great Pumpkin

By rahoward, on October 31st, 2012

If you are lucky to live long enough, it gets easier to separate the wheat from the chaff. Over a life, if you pay attention, you will find yourself in the idyllic condition of understanding what matters most. And what means something to you. And what make up your favorite things.

I have a . . . → Read More: Waiting for the Great Pumpkin

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