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Not Your Grandma’s Pumpkin Pie Recipe Roundup

October 31, 2014 by Erica

Happy Halloween! We’re celebrating with… pie?

Halloween isn’t so much my thing, but I am (obviously) a huge Thanksgiving fan. And there’s a chill in the air and I’m finally getting into the whole fall flavors thing, let’s take those Halloween pumpkins and turn them into pies!

But first let’s play a game: apple pie, pecan pie, and pumpkin pie – how would you rank them?

Pecan is head and shoulders above the rest for me, then apple, with pumpkin coming in a distant third. Plain old pumpkin pie just never really does it for me, but it’s Nate’s favorite, which is why I decided that this year I’m going to make a super trashed-up pumpkin pie. We’re talking not-your-Grandma’s-pumpkin-pie. (Although I’m sure your Grandma makes a killer pie.) But in my perfect, dreamy pumpkin pie… there might be some liquor. Or some chocolate. It might be vegan. I haven’t decided yet, because there are so many options! And because I want you to be riddled with the same indecision, I present to you: Not Your Grandma’s Pumpkin Pie Recipe Roundup.

We’re going to raise a few eyebrows around the Thanksgiving table this year!

Trashed Up:

Bruleed Bourbon-Maple Pumpkin Pie from Bon Appetit

S’mores Pumpkin Pie from Love & Olive Oil

Paula Deen’s Pumpkin Cheesecake from the Food Network

Dulce de Leche Pumpkin Toffee Pie from Recipe Girl

Triple Chocolate Pumpkin Pie from Martha Stewart

Savory Pumpkin, Ricotta and Caramelized Onion Tart from An Edible Mosaic

Chocolate Pumpkin Tart with Gingersnap Crust from Completely Delicious

A Little Somethin’ Somethin’:

Double Ginger Pumpkin Tart from Fine Cooking

Rum Pumpkin Pie from Epicurious

Maple Pumpkin Spice Pie from Simple Bites

Pumpkin Pie with Cinnamon Crunch and Bourbon-Maple Whipped Cream from the Food Network

Pumpkin Tart with Anise Seed Crust from Epicurious

Pecan Pumpkin Butter Pie with Cinnamon Caramel Sauce from Williams Sonoma

Pumpkin-Praline Pie from PopSugar

On the Lighter Side:

No-Bake Pumpkin Pie from Minimalist Baker

Vegan No-Crust Pumpkin Pie from Chocolate-Covered Katie

Raw Pumpkin Pie from The Rawtarian

Mini Vegan Pumpkin Pies from Love & Lemons

Vegan Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

January 10, 2014 by Erica

Vegan Pumpkin Spice Pancakes

I never believed bloggers who claimed to bake with vegan ingredients just because they ran out of butter and eggs. Pshhh. You just know people want to see vegan recipes!

But, ahem, now I believe it, because I fully intended for these pancakes to have eggs. Then I got home from the grocery store and realized I had no eggs. Welp. Vegan pancake time.

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Pumpkin Maple Pecan Bourbon Ice Cream (Vegan)

November 25, 2013 by Erica

It finally happened – I reunited with my ice cream maker!

It’s been a few months since we painfully broke off our summer romance. But pumpkin season seemed like a pretty good excuse for another little fling.

Now, I’m not so sure that today is the day for recipes. I mean, do you already have your Thanksgiving menu planned? Probably. And I, for one, will not be cooking anything too adventurous between now and then. However, I thought this might be my last chance to share something pumpkin-related with you in 2013, so I just couldn’t resist. This recipe is too good to stash away for a year!

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Cranberry Pumpkin Smoothie

October 11, 2013 by Erica

Cranberry Pumpkin Smoothie

I conceded early defeat in my annual battle against the utility bill when I turned on our heat this past weekend. Usually, I like to play a game called “how long can we go without turning the heat on,” and last year I made it to November. October just seems like a ridiculous time to need a heater – yes there is snow in the mountains, but we were running the A/C less than a month ago! But I realized last year when November’s gas bill totaled all of $10.75 that I needn’t have held out so long. Pretty sure I would have payed $10.75 to not be so cold when getting out of the shower any morning last October!

So why an October smoothie? Well, to be frank, although I crave a hot breakfast in the cooler months, a meal of hot coffee + hot granola makes me break out in a sweat, heat or no heat. The only solution is to take off my fuzzy bathrobe and eat breakfast in my undies, which can get awkward now that our kitchen table is RIGHT ACROSS from our neighbors’ window. I think we’ll be sticking to smoothies for a while so I can enjoy my breakfast without flashing the nice couple next door.

Cranberry Pumpkin Smoothie

I also happen to have about two dozen frozen bananas in a Ziploc in my freezer. I’ve mentioned Nate’s banana preferences before – no green, no go – and sometimes I just can’t manage to consume all the remaining bananas in the bunch that have dared to develop a single brown spot. Into the freezer they go. I always mean to whip up some banana bread, but in terms of gradually chipping away at the ever-icier frozen banana supply, smoothies are the way to go.

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Whole Wheat Pumpkin Spice Mug Cake

September 27, 2013 by Erica

Fall weather is upon us, and that can only mean one thing: pumpkin!

Let’s talk about pumpkin. Although I’m not the biggest pumpkin spice latte fan – too sweet! – I do enjoy almost anything else pumpkin-flavored. Pumpkin beer and pumpkin puree stirred into my oatmeal are two fall favorites. I’m not planning on bombarding you with pumpkin recipes this fall, but I do think that a quick and easy pumpkin dessert is in order. Enter this whole wheat pumpkin spice mug cake!

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