14 Favorite Pumpkin Recipes
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It feels like just yesterday that I was basking in the warmth of longer days, planting a garden and slipping my feet into flip-flips. Yet somehow, we’ve ended up on October’s doorstep. The days are getting shorter, the air is getting cooler and my feet are more than ready for the warmest pair of boots I can find. While saying goodbye to summer is never easy, I love looking forward to all of the warm, comforting flavors that fall brings, and at the top of my list is pumpkin. The reasons are many, but chief among them is that pumpkin pairs so well with spices and cream cheese frosting (yum and double-yum). Below are some of my all-time favorite pumpkin recipes, perfect for getting you started in the kitchen this October!
1. Pumpkin Bars with Cream Cheese Frosting
4. Pumpkin Cinnamon Chip & Pecan Granola Bars
5. Pumpkin Cookies with Brown Butter Icing
6. Pumpkin and Cream Cheese Muffins with Pecan Streusel
7. Pumpkin Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
10. Pumpkin Pie
11. Pumpkin Pie Bars
12. Pumpkin Scones with Spiced Glaze
13. Pumpkin Soup with Apple & Spices
14. Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Maple Cream Cheese Filling
What’s your favorite pumpkin recipe? Share it in the comments below!
This looks like a great roundup, Michelle! I have so many pumpkin recipes – been trying to ‘just’ post one per week & not overwhelm folks. The next one is being published in an hour- pumpkin spice Bundt with chocolate ganache!
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My favorite would be a Pumpkin Roll.
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pumpkins galore!
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I’m a sweet potato girl but all these pumpkin recipes are inspiring me to bake outside my box!
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I love pumpkin! I have been on a pumpkin kick for a month now and I can’t stop! lol All you recipes sound wonderful!!!
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Pumkin Pie is #1! Candied pumpkin is fantastic also,followed by pumpkin roll
but with a different filling other than cream cheese frosting…
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Love pumpkin anything, but I’m not looking forward to all these cold temperatures being forecast. Here’s to hoping for another mild winter.
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I make a ton of pumpkin roll every year for my family. But I am going to try some of these, they sound so good. Thanks for sharing.
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Ahh, this is why I LOVE fall
I’m going to try at least one of these!
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I’m not a huge pumpkin fan, but I’m realizing I like more savory than sweet with my pumpkin! So that soup sounds delish
The pumpkin fudge is intriguing, too!
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Believe it or not, I used to dislike pumpkin. Now, I’m borderline obsessed. That fudge looks really good!
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What a great round-up! I’m just getting into this year’s pumpkin baking now – I’ll definitely have to give some of these a try!
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Based on your your other recipes, I’ll bet you can’t go wrong making any of these! Now which one to start with…yum! Happy autumn!
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Wow, they seems awesome
! This will be my first Halloween in the USA and I’m so excited 
Does anybody know a pumpkin brownie recipe? Which is not so difficult 
? Thank You!
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Happy Tasty Tuesday! We love these recipes and they are featured on our Recipes for the Food Holidays of October! Thanks for sharing!
http://4virtu.com/2012/10/tasty-tuesday-recipes-for-the-food-holidays-of-october/
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I adore pumpkin. I make Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Pecan Cookies every single November. Have since I found the recipe in the NY Daily News Halloween 1985. I’ve been making them ever since.
I also make pumpkin pancakes, I put pumpkin in pasta sauce, I just love it. These recipes look amazing.
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I have grown an unhealthy obsession with Starbuck’s Pumpkin Scone this fall… and its only the first week of October!
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I’m going to have to try the cheesecake for sure and the cookies and maybe the pie and maybe the …………….Hehe x
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I made the Pumpkin Scones last week and loved them! I might have eaten 3 in the same day…I froze half of them for an easy homemade breakfast in the next couple of weeks since I’ve just gone back to work after having my baby, hopefully they do as well from frozen as from fresh.
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Ok I didn’t see any comments on the Pumpkin Whoopee Pies. I made them a lot last fall and took them with several meals to different people we were trying to help out. EVERYONE was obsessed with them. I had people telling me they were eating them for breakfast and midnight snacks. I cannot say enough about how good they were. I upped the maple syrup just a little bit to give it unbelievable flavor.
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