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.