More Fall Goodies

Here are some more fall favorites...baked donuts (so good and not so bad for you), pumpkin coconut panna cotta and traditional baked apples. These apples turned out better than I ever could have expected! So delish...warm spices, tart apples and maple caramel. What's not to like!

 Mini Donuts

 Pumpkin coconut panna cotta

Baked apples

Gingerbread Cupcakes with Caramelized Mango Buttercream

Ok....I've had this recipe for quite a while. Don't know why, but I had never made them. We had dinner with some friends this weekend, so I made them for dessert. What was I waiting for?!?!? They were fabulous! The perfect fall dessert. Warm gingerbread spices with the lighter mango buttercream (ha! light buttercream!) Then, garnished with crystallized ginger. Btw, Wyatt, who is 6, loves crystallized ginger. Perfect little something extra for these new fall favorites.

Fall Cooking

Fall cooking is my favorite. I don't know if it's the change in the weather or the thought of spicy pumpkin or slow, rich roasted dinners, but I simply want to eat! I'm always hungry this time of year. I love getting into the kitchen and trying new fall recipes, and, of course, making some of my tried and true favorites. Here are 2 new ones I tried today: Butternut Squash and Fried Sage Tart and Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins. Both turned out fabulously good.

Butternut Squash and Fried Sage Tart

 

Pumpkin Doughnut Muffins

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Maple Marshmallow Cream...Yummmmm!

Nothing says fall like pumpkin.I love baking this time of year. Not good for the waste line, but definitely  good for the soul. These little morsels are divine!