Fall is the season to celebrate the best squash of all time—the pumpkin! Better Homes & Gardens Pumpkin Recipes is full of all-new treats and eats destined to become instant favorites. Start your day off with pumpkin-packed breakfasts, move on to sweet or savory snacks, celebrate happy hour with cocktails and appetizers, fill up on hearty pumpkin suppers (soups, casseroles, pastas, and meaty mains), and finish off with oh-so-many amazing desserts (pies, cakes, cookies, and pastries). There is so much pumpkin to love here!
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Pumpkin Basics: DIY Pumpkin Puree • THE CANNED STUFF IS GREAT FOR ITS CONVENIENCE, BUT NOTHING BEATS THE FLAVOR OF PUMPKIN (OR SQUASH—SEE P. 54-59) PUREE MADE FROM THE FALL HARVEST. STOCK YOUR FREEZER WHILE PUMPKINS ARE IN SEASON.
Pumpkin Basics: DIY Pumpkin Pie Spice • MIX UP A DOUBLE (OR TRIPLE!) BATCH OF FALL’S FAVORITE SEASONING, THEN STORE IT IN A COOL PLACE OUT OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT FOR UP TO 6 MONTHS.
Pumpkin Basics: DIY Roasted Seeds • HOLD UP! DON’T THROW AWAY THOSE SCOOPED-OUT SEEDS. IT’S EASY TO TURN THEM INTO A DELICIOUSLY CRUNCHY (AND HEALTHY!) SNACK EVERYONE WILL LOVE.
Wake Up, Pumpkin • IT’S EASY TO RISE AND SHINE WHEN PUMPKIN IS ON THE MENU. WHETHER YOU HAVE 10 MINUTES FOR A SMOOTHIE OR TIME TO MAKE A SPECIAL BRUNCH, WE’VE GOT YOU COVERED ALL SEASON LONG.
Breaking Bread • IF YOU LOVE BAKING BREAD AS MUCH AS WE DO, A CAN OF PUMPKIN IS YOUR NEW BEST FRIEND. IT ADDS AMAZING LIGHTNESS AND MOISTURE TO LOAVES, MUFFINS, AND MORE.
Quick-To-Fix Apps • HAVE SOME EXTRA CANNED PUMPKIN? DON’T LET IT GO TO WASTE! USE IT IN THESE DELICIOUS APPS THAT START WITH STORE-BOUGHT SHORTCUTS.
Snacks & Sips • IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE ALL THINGS AUTUMN, AND WE’RE HERE TO HELP. FESTIVE, FIVE-INGREDIENT APPETIZERS AND ONE-AND-DONE BATCH COCKTAILS ENSURE EVERYONE WILL BE IN GOOD SPIRITS—INCLUDING THE HOST!
Soups & Stews • WHEN YOU GIVE SPOON-FRIENDLY COMFORT FOODS A PUMPKIN EDGE, THEY BECOME COZIER THAN EVER. GO FOR SMOOTH AND SPICED OR CHUNKY AND HEARTY—BETTER YET, TRY THEM ALL. YOUR SOUP POT IS WAITING.
What’s for Dinner? • IF DINNERTIME ROLLS AROUND AND YOU STILL HAVEN’T MET YOUR PUMPKIN QUOTA, YOU’VE GOT OPTIONS! GET TO KNOW PUMPKIN’S SAVORY SIDE IN GRATIN, LASAGNA, PIZZA, AND MORE.
Let’s Eat Cake • PUMPKIN SEASON IS HERE, AND IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE. LUCKILY, WE HAVE ALL THE CAKE OPTIONS TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. GO ALL OUT WITH A STUNNING MARBLED BUNDT, OR KEEP IT SIMPLE WITH AN EASY POKE CAKE.
Squash It • CLASSIC PIE PUMPKIN MAY BE THE MOST FAMOUS WINTER SQUASH OF ALL, BUT WE HAVE LOVE FOR THE WHOLE FAM. LEARN ABOUT LESSER-KNOWN SQUASH AND PUMPKIN VARIETIES, THEN GIVE THEM A TRY IN THESE CREATIVE RECIPES.
Butter Up • SIMMER UP A BATCH OF OUR HOMEMADE PUMPKIN BUTTER (OR GRAB THE JAR IN YOUR FRIDGE) AND GET READY TO PUT IT TO WORK. WE’RE USING THE THICK, JAMMY SPREAD TO CHURN OUT SWEET AND SAVORY TREATS YOU’LL LOVE.
Crunch Time • IT’S NOT PUMPKIN SEASON WITHOUT ITS CRUNCHY COUNTERPART, PEPITAS. THESE DARK GREEN SEEDS HAVE A NUTTY, MILD FLAVOR AND ARE CHOCK-FULL OF VALUABLE NUTRIENTS. HERE ARE FIVE RECIPES THAT SHOW OFF THE VERSATILITY OF THIS SMALL-BUT-MIGHTY SEED.
Pies & Tarts • CLASSIC PUMPKIN PIE WILL ALWAYS HAVE ITS SUPERFANS, BUT THESE EXCITING NEW RENDITIONS MIGHT JUST STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT THIS YEAR. EACH IS DESTINED TO SHINE BRILLIANTLY ON ANY HOLIDAY TABLE.
Cake Spinner • ONE CAKE RECIPE, SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. STIR UP OUR BEST-EVER PUMPKIN CAKE BATTER, THEN TURN IT INTO ONE OF THREE CREATIVE VARIATIONS. OR CUSTOMIZE THE BASIC CAKE HOWEVER YOU LIKE (OR KEEP IT DELICIOUSLY SIMPLE!) USING OUR FLEXIBLE RECIPE.
Cookies & Bars • OUR SECRET TO COOKIES AND BARS WITH A SUPER-TENDER CRUMB AND UNBELIEVABLY MOIST TEXTURE? PUMPKIN, OF COURSE! HERE ARE...
