Posts tagged Seasonings
Spiced Pumpkin Poppers

These little Spiced Pumpkin Poppers are everything I love, rolled into one little mini bite! I LOVE breakfast food, especially breakfast pastries. Anything from muffins to donuts, sign me up. Then there is the pumpkin, yep, it's that time of year again, and I have no shame in my game of adding pumpkin AND pumpkin pie spice to everything I possibly can. Pumpkin pie spice can be bought at the store, but it is so much better when it's made at home (check out my recipe here to see the secret spice I like to add in).

Donuts are definitely a crowd favorite, and I have tackled making them at home before, but it is a process. Between the rising, and then the rising again, and then the frying, then what do I do with the oil?? It can definitely be worth it on a special occasion, but for a perfect fall weekend when all you want is the sugared donut, pumpkin, spice flavor, baking is the way to go. Plus, anything that is bite-sized is fun! I like using mini muffins as a replacement for "donut holes," because these have a lot of the same flavors as a cakey donut, but remain light, fluffy, and oil-free.

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Pumpkin Spiced Scones with Maple Spiced Glaze

I realize I am a little early on this one, but how can you not love pumpkin spiced everything!? By the time summer comes to an end, I am ready to pull out all of my fall decorations and eat anything with pumpkin pie spice in it. If you haven't made homemade pumpkin pie spice, I HIGHLY recommend it. You can use it in a number of things, including your coffee in the morning. It adds so much richness and warmth to a recipe.

Scones are one of my favorite things to make, and eat. They top the list of my "freezer favorites" because they are a straight freezer to oven breakfast. They are a great make-ahead item. The key to making a good scone is having the ingredients, especially the butter, very cold. I love using a food processor for this, because it's fast, and it breaks up the oats. This can be made with old fashioned oats or quick-cooking oats. If you are not using a food processor to make these, then I recommend chopping up the oats into finer pieces, especially the old fashioned. This creates a much nicer scone, because the whole oats can make the scones flat, and when you chop them up it helps the scones maintain their shape. This actually makes for a much more tender scone as well.

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