Brown Butter Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
Thanks, Tasteful Selections, for compensating me for my time and recipe development! All thoughts and stories are, as always, my own.
Ice packs are a middle school kid’s love language. You probably think it’s pizza or internet memes. I get your confusion: those are definitely treasured displays of affection. But there’s nothing like an ice pack.
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by Julie Ruble at Foodie.com
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Pumpkin and I have a longstanding, passionate relationship. Like many of you, however, I’m not a fan of pumpkin pie. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll eat it — with homemade whipped cream, please — but it feels like a tired way to use my favorite squash. He deserves better, don’t you think?
Below I’ve assembled 15 Thanksgiving pumpkin desserts that would look beautiful on your holiday table, and there’s not a single pumpkin pie among them. Check the caption of each photograph to see the difficulty level of the recipe. As a bonus, click through the slideshow above to see Thanksgiving side dishes from some of my favorite blogs.
Without further ado, the pumpkin!
1. PUMPKIN MAPLE PECAN ROLLS WITH PUMPKIN CREAM CHEESE ICING.
cooking difficulty: intermediate
2. PUMPKIN SPICE PULL-APART BREAD WITH BUTTER RUM GLAZE.
cooking difficulty: intermediate
3. DRUNKEN PUMPKIN GINGERBREAD SNACK CAKE.
cooking difficulty: easy
4. GOOEY “GERMAN” PUMPKIN SKILLET CAKE.
cooking difficulty: easy
5. PUMPKIN STREUSEL SWIRLED CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE.
cooking difficulty: intermediate
6. PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE CINNAMON ROLLS.
cooking difficulty: intermediate
7. SOPAPILLA PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE BARS.
cooking difficulty: easy
8. LAZY PUMPKIN AND PECAN PIE POCKETS.
cooking difficulty: easy
9. PUMPKIN TRES LECHES CAKE.
cooking difficulty: easy
10. BROWN BUTTER PUMPKIN CAKE CHEESECAKE WITH SALTED CARAMEL.
cooking difficulty: intermediate
11. VANILLA CUSTARD-SOAKED PUMPKIN POKE CAKE.
cooking difficulty: easy
12. PUMPKIN AND PECAN PIE PASTRY BRAID.
cooking difficulty: easy
13. ONE-SKILLET GOOEY PUMPKIN COOKIE CAKE.
cooking difficulty: easy
14. PUMPKIN OAT CAKE WITH BROILED COCONUT ICING.
cooking difficulty: easy
15. PUMPKIN PECAN STREUSEL BRAID.
cooking difficulty: easy
Looking for some non-pumpkin desserts? My Thanksgiving Dessert Recipes collection from last year has a ton of amazing options.
Happy menu planning!
Lazy Pumpkin and Pecan Pie Pockets
I’ve partnered with ALDI to try out their grocery stores and develop holiday recipes for you! ALDI has compensated me for my time and recipe development, but all my opinions are my own.
I’m so glad you guys turned out to be ALDI fans and nursed me along as I figured out what the store is all about. It’s definitely one of those places you can walk into and not really understand at first. Why all the boxes? Where are the bags? Why are all these carts chained together? What’s good to buy here? But it turns out ALDI is quite the cult phenomenon, so I’m glad I had you here to orient me. In case you missed it, here’s the recap of my first couple of visits.
Two weeks ago, I finally made the journey to ALDI headquarters near Chicago and, in addition to enjoying some excellent coffee and hanging out with the amazing Emily of Sweet Bella Roos, I learned a ton more about this new-to-me grocery store. Here are my top 5 ALDI revelations:
Maple Brown Sugar Pastry Braid
Traveling alone always sparks tons of stories in my heart. I’ll be sharing some of them over the next couple of weeks. The following thoughts are from time in a suburb of Chicago.
I’m sitting in a coffee shop where the Wi-Fi password is “pumpkin spice” and the barista recommended a Nutella cappuccino to me when I walked in. There’s a dude baking muffins behind me. A few minutes ago, four adorable children wearing cat-patterned knit caps walked in with their Mary Poppinsesque Sunday school teacher. The littlest, who has not yet mastered the art of determining relevance, proclaimed to everyone that he is emphatically not afraid of the witch in The Wizard of Oz. Just when I thought things couldn’t get sweeter, a server brought the kids a huge tray of fondue: melted chocolate, strawberries, marshmallows, graham crackers.
What I’m saying is that I’m moving to Chicago. Actually, I’m going to move straight into this coffee shop. And these children can live here, too, and be super adorable all the time.
I’ve partnered with ALDI to try out their grocery stores and develop holiday recipes like this Pumpkin and Pecan Pie Pastry Braid. ALDI’s has compensated me for my time and recipe development, but all my opinions are my own.
It’s Thanksgiving!
Right? Halloween’s over. Time for turkey. Let’s do this. (I wouldn’t even be mad if I heard a Christmas carol or two. You know, just to dance to in the privacy of my own kitchen.)
