Easy Wholesome Banana Pumpkin Bread with Toasted Pecans
My brother-in-law Mark had refused to eat pumpkin bread for roughly fifteen years. Fifteen years. He claimed it was “too dense,” “too sweet,” “too something” … Read more
Best Easy Jack-o-Lantern Pumpkin Pancakes for Kids
My niece asked why I couldn’t just pour the pumpkin pancake batter into a jack-o-lantern-shaped cookie cutter sitting right on the griddle. I started to … Read more
Best Easy Spider Deviled Eggs Recipe for Halloween
I was standing in line at the hardware store last October, holding a bag of lightbulbs I didn’t really need, when the woman behind me—a … Read more
Best Easy Brown Butter Pumpkin Bread with Streusel
My neighbor wasn’t trying to impress anyone. I’d stopped by to grab a package that got delivered to her house by mistake, and the smell … Read more
Cozy Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Cookies: Easy Fall Baking
There used to be this tiny bakery tucked between a laundromat and a consignment shop in the town where I lived for one perfect autumn. … Read more
Best Mexican Street Corn Halloween Dip Recipe
This was supposed to be a simple batch of elote dip for a Friday night horror movie marathon. I had the corn charring on the … Read more
Roasted Halloween Veggie Tray with Easy Herb Ranch Dip
I was standing in the grocery store parking lot last October, balancing a pumpkin in one arm and a bag of carrots in the other, … Read more
Best Spiked Apple Cider Halloween Sangria with Cinnamon
The neighborhood Halloween party was in six hours, and I’d completely forgotten I was supposed to bring the signature drink. Everyone else would be showing … Read more
Best Peanut Butter Spider Web Brownies for Halloween
My neighbor, Mrs. Kowalski, watched me struggling with a batch of lumpy brownie batter last October and didn’t say anything at first. Then she just … Read more
Crispy Chili Lime Baked Pumpkin Seeds: Best Easy Kid Snack
It was 11:47 PM on a random Tuesday, and a very specific craving hit me. Not for chocolate, not for chips, but for something salty, … Read more