Easy Candy Corn Bark with White Chocolate & Pretzels
The PTA bake sale was in twelve hours and I’d completely forgotten. Not just a little forgot—I mean, I was lying in bed at 10 … Read more
Black Cat Halloween Cookies Easy Spooky Sugar Recipe
My friend Claire swore she hated Halloween baking. For years. Every October, she’d post photos of store-bought pumpkin cookies and call it a day. Then … Read more
Perfect Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
I wasn’t expecting baking advice from my plumber, but there I was, standing in my kitchen with a leaky pipe, listening to Frank describe exactly … Read more
Cozy Slow Cooker Butternut Squash Apple Soup (Easy Recipe)
This was supposed to be a roasted chicken dinner. I had the bird, the veggies, the whole plan mapped out in my head. But somewhere … Read more
Cozy One-Pot Chicken and Wild Rice Fall Soup
There used to be a tiny café tucked behind a bookstore in my old neighborhood that made a chicken and wild rice soup that I … Read more
Creamy Tomato Basil Soup with Best Grilled Cheese Croutons (40 chars)
My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress me. I’d stopped by to return a casserole dish I’d borrowed weeks ago, and the smell hit me before … Read more
Best Ever Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars (Easy Fall Dessert)
My brother-in-law Mark had sworn off pumpkin desserts for a solid decade. “It’s not my thing,” he’d say every October, waving away slices of pie … Read more
Fudgy Double Chocolate Pumpkin Muffins: Easy 30-Minute Recipe
My neighbor Dave asked why I couldn’t just stir canned pumpkin into my regular chocolate muffin batter. I started to explain why that wouldn’t work … Read more
Easy Pumpkin Sourdough Discard Bread: Best Fall Recipe
The woman at the farmers market stall watched me eyeing her pumpkins for a solid five minutes before she finally spoke up. “You’re not gonna … Read more
Best Easy Homemade Pumpkin Bread with Cream Cheese Filling
It was 11:47 PM on a random Wednesday, and I had an unreasonable craving for pumpkin bread. Not the kind of craving you can talk … Read more