Thanksgiving Breakfast: Pumpkin Waffles and Maple Cream

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Pumpkin Waffles Ingredients:

For the Pumpkin Waffles

• 4 cups of all-purpose flour (you can substitute 1 or 2 cups of all-purpose flour with whole wheat flour for a healthier version)
• ¼ cup of packed brown sugar
• 2 tbsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ tsp. ground ginger
• ½ tsp. ground nutmeg
• 4 lightly beaten eggs
• 3 cups of milk (you can use whole or reduced fat milk)
• 1 can pumpkin (15 ounces)
• ¼ cup melted butter
• Butter for the waffle baker

For the Maple Nut Cream

• 1 tbsp. butter
• ¾ cup coarsely chopped nuts (walnuts or pecans are perfect)
• 1 ½ cups of pure maple syrup
• ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ cup of whipping cream

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Directions

• Prepare the waffle baker by brushing a little butter on it. Preheat the waffle baker and preheat your oven to about 300 degrees F.
• To make the waffle mixture, add the flour, the brown sugar, the baking powder, the salt, the cinnamon, the ginger and the nutmeg to a large bowl and combine the ingredients well.
• Create a small well in the center of your prepared mixture.
• Take another large bowl and mix together the eggs, the milk, the pumpkin and the butter.
• Combine the flour mixture with the pumpkin mixture and stir until you have a slightly lumpy but well moistened waffle mixture.
• Depending on your waffle maker, pour the correct amount of the waffle mixture (normally about 1 to 1 and ¼ cup of mixture) onto the grids of your waffle baker, swiftly close the lid and don’t open it until your waffle is done (refer to the waffle baker manufacturer’s directions for the baking time).
• Once baked, lift the waffle with a fork and place it onto a baking sheet and put it into the oven until all the waffles are baked.
• For the Maple – Nut Cream, melt the butter over medium heat in a medium saucepan. Add the chopped nuts and cook while stirring for about 1 or 2 minutes, or until the nuts are looking toasted. Add the maple syrup as well as the whipping cream and let it heat through.
• Drizzle the maple-nut cream over warm waffles and serve immediately.

You can make the waffles ahead of time and freeze them in plastic freezer bags as soon as they have completely cooled down. They can be kept in the freezer for up to two months. As for the Maple – Nut Cream, prepare it for up to a week before serving, cover it tightly and place it in a refrigerator. When it’s time to serve breakfast, just reheat the frozen waffles in a warm oven or a toaster until they warm up and heat up the maple – nut cream in the microwave for about 1 or 2 minutes, stirring every 20-30 seconds.

This Thanksgiving Breakfast recipe is ideal for providing the perfect start into the celebrations.

Thanksgiving Dessert: Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifle Recipe

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Thanksgiving Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifle Ingredients:

12 gingerbread cookies, crushed into crumbs (about 2 cups) plus a few for decoration

1-2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

1 cup pumpkin puree

1 cup cranberry puree (optional)

1-2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup brown sugar

12 oz whipped topping thawed and divided

Pumpkin Cheesecake Dessert Directions:

1. Combine the cookie crumbs and the melted butter in a medium sized bowl. Place a layer of this mixture at the bottom of your serving bowl or glasses and press them to form a firm layer.
2. Take a large bowl and beat the cream cheese until its smooth, using a mixer for ease.
3. Add the pumpkin puree, sugar, the vanilla extract and the spice to the cream cheese and combine well.
4. If using cranberry puree hold to the side until ready to layer.
5. With a spatula, gently fold in the whipped topping.
6. Now it’s time to assemble the trifle. Spoon a layer of your pumpkin cream on top of the cookie crumb layer. Next, add a layer of whipped topping and repeat with a layer of cookie-butter crumble mixture, pumpkin cream and whipped topping until your serving bowl or glass reaches the top.
7. Refrigerate the trifle until you are ready to serve them. Decorate with some whole cookies or cookie crumbles, or cinnamon powder. Optional: garnish with whole cranberries as pictured above.

This straight-forward pumpkin cheesecake Thanksgiving Dessert Recipe will be closing the special menu in a wonderful way. The colors of the trifle are stunning fall colors and the taste of the pumpkin and spicy cookies are the best flavors to have at a Thanksgiving table. You can choose whether to serve the Pumpkin Cheesecake Trifle in a large clear glass bowl and then serve everyone with their portion onto a dessert plate or serve it right away in wonderful individual, clear dessert glasses, but either way, it will be a delicious finale for your Thanksgiving Dinner.

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Halloween Drink: How to Make Pumpkin Spice Punch Recipe

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Halloween Drink: Pumpkin Spice Punch

Pumpkin Spice Cocktail Ingredients

• A bottle of bourbon (750 ml)
• 12 ounces pumpkin puree
• 12 ounces lemon juice
• ¼ cup honey
• 1 tsp fresh grated or ground ginger
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 3 bottles ginger beer

Halloween Drink Directions:

1. Take a large bowl and pour in the bourbon, juices, pumpkin puree, honey and spices. Stir well until all ingredients are combined.
2. Strain the mixture using a fine mesh strainer into a large pitcher. Refrigerate until it’s time to serve.
3. Before serving, stir in the ginger beer.
4. Serve in glasses with ice for extra freshness and use cinnamon sticks, sage leaves, extra cinnamon or ginger for decor.

Need more Halloween Punch Ideas?

Try our Spooky Halloween Green Punch Recipe. Perfect for your Halloween party.

To give it an extra Halloween look, serve the punch inside a Jack O’ Lantern. Just cut a circle in the top of a large pumpkin and hollow it out. Place a bowl that snugly fits inside the pumpkin and fills it with the punch. You can add creepy ingredients to the bowl to maximize the Halloween look or fruit pieces. Another great way is to use dry ice. For that, you will need two bowls, that a safe for dry ice, one larger as the other. The larger one should fit nicely into the pumpkin. After fitting the bowl into the pumpkin, use a tong to fill the bottom with one layer of dry ice. Cover with the slightly smaller bowl and fill it with the prepared punch. Now pour carefully some hot water into the bottom bowl so it comes in contact with the dry ice, making it to “smoke”. Keep in mind that this smoky effect will faint with time, so you will need to replenish the dry ice from time to time to keep the smoke going.

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Easy Fall Dessert: Pumpkin Cookies Recipe

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Pumpkin Cookies Ingredients:

For the Caramel Frosting

¼ cup of heavy cream

¼ cup of unsalted butter (cubed)

¼ tsp of salt (divided into 1/8)

½ tsp of vanilla extract

½ cup of light brown sugar

½ cup of pecans (chopped)

1 cup of sugar (powdered)

1 ½ – 2 tbsp of milk

For the Cookies

¼ tsp of ginger

¼ 4 tsp of cloves

¼ tsp of nutmeg

½ tsp of salt

½ cup of unsalted butter (warm)

1 tsp of baking powder

1 tsp of baking soda

1 tsp of vanilla extract

1 large egg

1 ¼ cups of sugar

1 ¼ cups of pumpkin

1 ¼ tsp of cinnamon

2 ½ cups of all-purpose flour

Pumpkin Cookies Directions:

For the Cookies

1. In a medium mixing bowl, mix all the dry ingredients.
2. Beat the sugar and butter in a mixer bowl (at medium speed) until the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Add the egg, vanilla, and pumpkin and continue beating until fully blended.
3. Decrease the speed to low and add the flour blend. Beat until everything is incorporated.
4. Cover the dough and put it in the refrigerator to chill overnight or for at least 4 hours.
5. Preheat your oven to 350⁰ Line two baking sheets and use a cookie scoop to scoop the cookies onto the baking sheets.
6. Flatten the cookie mounds with a metal spatula.
7. Bake the cookies and rotate the pans halfway through. When the cookies are done, remove the baking sheets from the oven and cool the cookies for 5 minutes. Transfer them to a wire rack to cool.

For the Caramel Frosting

1. In a saucepan, mix the cream, butter, sugar.
2. Heat the saucepan over medium heat and stir the mixture occasionally until the butter melts. Bring to a boil.
3. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 5 minutes.
4. Remove the mixture from the heat and add the vanilla and salt. Mix until smooth.
5. Pour the sauce into a bowl to cool.
6. Add the sugar, milk, and remaining salt. Whisk until the mixture is smooth.
7. Use a small spatula to frost the cookies. Add the pecans on top.

There’s so much to love about these caramel pumpkin cookies – caramel, pumpkin, pecans, you name it. If you’ve been looking for a go-to easy fall dessert, your search stops here. Make it this weekend and wait for the compliments to roll in.

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Autumn Spiced Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake

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Preparation time: 10 minutes

Baking time: 70 minutes

Yields: 6-8 servings

Cheesecake Recipe Ingredients:

8 ounces (1 package) softened cream cheese

3 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

9 inches pastry shell (unbaked)

Filling:

1-2/3 cups whipped cream

2 slightly beaten eggs

1-1/2 cups pumpkin puree (canned)

¾ cup sugar

1-1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

Cheesecake Recipe Directions:

1. In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add 3 tablespoons sugar and vanilla extract. Further, beat the mixture until soft and smooth. Chill it for 30 minutes, and then pour it into unbaked pastry shell.
2. In a separate small bowl, whisk filling ingredients- cream, pumpkin puree, beaten eggs, sugar, and pumpkin pie spice. Mix thoroughly until smooth. Pour this mixture over cream cheese layer in the pastry shell. Cover the edges loosely with aluminum foil.
3. In a preheated oven, bake at 350 degrees for approximately 70-80 minutes 0r until a knife comes out clean from the center. Bring to room temperature on a wire rack and then store in the refrigerator.
4. Perfect for an autumn treat, this pumpkin cream cheese pie will surely be one of the biggest hits on your dessert table. For best results, serve it within a day of baking.

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25 Beautiful Yet Easy DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

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1. Easy DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

While flower markets are a little less colorful in the colder months, you shouldn’t make your table suffer because of that. Choose flowers that are in season to add a wow factor. Create a centerpiece with berried branches, tiny pumpkins, and leafy greens. Tuck these into a wooden bowl to make a showpiece that spells autumn.

2. Get Creative with Pumpkin Decor

Decorated pumpkin decor can set the tone for a lovely table spread. Embellish your pumpkins with fresh flowers and candles. To make your centerpieces last past thanksgiving, replace the fresh flowers and pumpkins with silk flowers and faux pumpkins. Attach the flowers to the pumpkins with hot glue before you add the candles. You can use the centerpieces throughout the year or store them for next thanksgiving.

3. Mini Pumpkin Tree Centerpiece Ideas

So simple and yet so cute looking! Just fill a few cylindrical vases with birdseeds or nuts, in order to keep the branches standing nicely. Take some good looking mini pumpkins and suspend them with twine. Now arrange them to hang on the branches and over an arrangement of other seasonal items, like pine cones, berries, branches, more pumpkins and candles.

4. Flowers And Fruits Centerpiece In A Wooden Vessel

Try making an eye-catching centerpiece, arranged with seasonal flowers and fruits, using autumn tones. Firstly, choose a beautiful, natural, wooden container to use as a vessel or you can make your own, by attaching birch bark on the sides of a pine box with heavy-duty staples. Next, line the box on the inside with some heavy duty plastic and add floral foam, in order to support the flowers. Use any suitable flowers, berries, branches and fruits, even vegetables in colors of your choosing.

5. Elegant White Pumpkin Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

For an elegant centerpiece for the Thanksgiving table, use a nice, slim wooden box and arrange in it some small or mini white pumpkins and small white flowers, like tiny roses and white calla lilies. A few pheasant feathers or some other matching decorations give this arrangement the final twist.

6. Candle Centerpiece

A centerpiece that is not too overwhelming, simple to make but remains a wonderful assembling, is the following one. Arrange some beautiful autumn leafs, pine cones and berries around matching candles. Use different sizes and types of fall candles and candleholders, which match with the placemats and napkins that will be used, and you will have a beautiful arrangement.

We love these fall table decorations on Stagetecture, too!

7. Use Herbs in your Thanksgiving Centerpieces

What better way to show your love for the season than to create a centerpiece comprised of your favorite autumn herbs? Herbs smell great and can bring to mind fond memories. To create your thanksgiving centerpiece, fill a glass vase with different types of herbs like rosemary, thyme, and sage. If your container is small, you can create several centerpieces and arrange them at the center of the table.

8. Create a Vegetable Thanksgiving Centerpieces

If you have an eye for texture and color, head to the vegetable aisle of your local grocery store. Here you’ll find purple cabbage, curly lettuce, artichoke, kale, and other colorful vegetables. You can arrange them on a shallow footed tray and surround it with floating candles. You can also remove the center of the cabbage and replace it with a jar of water or florist’s foam and put a few blooms inside.

9. Natural DIY Thanksgiving Centerpiece Ideas

A fun, very natural and original idea is to take a gathered tree branch and use it as a tea light candleholder by drilling some holes into it. This inexpensive idea can be completed by arranging nuts, leafs, various pumpkins, pinecones and flowers on the side of the branch. It will for sure be a special Thanksgiving centerpiece that would be ideal for an outdoor Thanksgiving table!

10. Personalized Place Settings

Everyone likes having a place at the table, just ask the kids when they get older and make it to the “Big People” table. Make everyone feel special this Thanksgiving evening with specialized table toppers. Pick any fruit, nut, pumpkins or paper craft of any item that represents the holiday and take little strips of paper, write the person’s name on, place each of those strips in the item and place them around the table next to the plates or in front of them. Not only will this add to the ambiance but make everyone feel included and for kicks you can add little quotes or jokes to the strips of paper for each person.

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The possibilities for creating a stunning centerpiece are unlimited. Draw inspiration from nature’s colors and use its gifts that are abounded this time of the year. You can also get ideas from your home surroundings and available decoration items and tableware as well. If you then put a great amount of love and care into this creation, it will for sure be a hit among your loved ones!

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Fall Drink: Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe

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Pumpkin Spice Latte Ingredients:

2 tbsp canned pumpkin
1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
2 cups whole milk
1 to 2 shots espresso, about 1/4 cup
1/4 cup heavy cream, whipped until firm peaks form

Homemade Pumpkin Spice Latte Directions:

1. In a small saucepan over medium heat the pumpkin and spices. Cook the pumpkin with the pumpkin pie spice for 2 minutes or until it’s hot and smells cooked. Stirring continuously.
2. Add the sugar and stir until the mixture looks like a bubbly thick and rich syrup.
3. Whisk in the milk and vanilla extract together over medium heat.
4. Carefully process the milk mixture with a hand blender or in a traditional blender, until frothy and blended.
5. Make the espresso or coffee and divide between two mugs and add the frothed milk. Top with whipped cream and a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon, or nutmeg if desired.

Looking for more amazing Pumpkin recipes?

See our 35 Best Pumpkin Recipes. The perfect mix of sweet and savory dishes using pumpkin.

The fall season is an amazing time of the year. How about celebrating this year by warming up your mornings and evenings with this hot fall drink for starters? The Pumpkin spiced latte is a quick and simple recipe that will make any part brighter than what it was. So take some time and create this delicious recipe for all to enjoy!

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Fall DIY Decor: How to Make a Book Page Pumpkin (Video)

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Supplies

• Old Books – don’t throw them away!
• Scissors
• X-acto knife
• Cardboard with a size double the size of your book
• Pencil
• Glue
• Hot glue
• Twigs or other items that you can use as a stem for your pumpkin
• Embellishments like twine, wire, felt leaves or some green fabric or ribbon
• Orange acrylic paint and brush or orange spray paint (optional)

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Watch the video on how to make Book Page Pumpkins:

You can find the link to the video here.

Directions

1. Fold your cardboard in half at the larger side. Using your pencil, draw on half of a pumpkin shape, making sure that the pumpkin is a little smaller than you’re books pages. With the scissors, cut the pumpkin out of the cardboard. If you unfold your cardboard now, you should have a template of a pumpkin.
2. Remove the front and back page of your book, being careful not to remove the spine. The pages of your book have to remain bound together.
3. Using your folded pumpkin template as a guide cut the books pages one by one with the x-acto knife. Continue until all your book’s pages have been cut to resemble half of a pumpkin. Now trim off any excess paper.
4. Apply some hot glue to the spine of the book and press it together.
5. Apply a good amount of glue on the outside of the front and back page and glue them firmly together.
6. Apply some glue every few pages near the binding of the book and glue the pages together.
7. Paint the edges of your book pages with paint and let it dry.
8. Apply a small amount of glue to the end of the twig or twigs and push them into the books spine.
9. Decorate the twigs with your embellishments.

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The most time consuming part of this Fall DIY Décor project is to cut all the pages of the book, but the rest of the project is fairly easy, and the result will compensate the effort and time you will spent on it. You can make a number of different sized pumpkins to use even as a centerpiece or to decorate a mantle or small table.

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Fall Cocktail: Classic Pumpkin Martini Recipe

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Ingredients

1.5 ounces of vanilla flavored Vodka

1.5 ounces of Irish cream liquor

1.5 ounces of pumpkin flavored liquor

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp ground nutmeg

lots of ice cubes

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Directions

1. Have a cocktail shaker ready and add some ice cubes to it. About a cup full should do.
2. Now immediately pour over the vanilla flavored vodka, Irish cream and pumpkin flavored liquor.
3. Cover the shaker and shake properly till you see little cold droplets on the outside of the shaker.
4. Have two martini glasses and a strainer ready. Pour the contents of the shaker into the two glasses using a strainer.
5. Sprinkle with ground cinnamon and ground nutmeg garnish. You can line the martini glass with some rock salt too!
6. Enjoy this rich fall cocktail!

This beautiful fall cocktail is all set to tickle your tastebuds with its creaminess and punch of spices, so get ready for the treat. For those who love an extra hit of liquor can increase the quantity of vodka as per their liking, but remember to keep the kids away;) And for those who don’t like a mix of too many flavors can keep the spice garnishing at bay. Twist and turn the recipe to suit the occasion and your style. Do share your ideas and views on this fall recipe.

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Fall Side: Pumpkin Crescent Rolls

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Ingredients

5 cups all-purpose flour and a little more

1 package dry yeast

1 cup canned pumpkin

1 cup water

1/2 cups nonfar dry milk powder

6 tbsp melted butter

1/3 cup packed brown sugar

2 tbsp honey

1 tsp salt

½ tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 ground nutmeg

2 eggs

1 cup whole wheat flour

Honey butter

2 tbsp melted butter

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Directions

1. Take a large mixing bowl and add the yeast and about 2 cups of the all-purpose flour. Let it sit aside.
2. To prepare the dough you will need a medium saucepan. Add the pumpkin, water, milk powder, butter, sugar, honey, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon and stir everything together over medium heat. Do so until the mixture gets warm and the butter just begins to melt. Take the mixture and add it to the flour. Add the eggs and beat the whole mixture with an electric mixture using low speed for half a minute. Switch to high speed and beat for another 3-4 minutes. Now take a wooden spoon or a spatula and add the wheat flour and as much remaining all-purpose flour possible.
3. To work the dough, flour a surface. Knead the dough and add flour if needed to have soft dough that is smooth and elastic, for about 5 minutes. Make a ball out of the dough and place it into a lightly greased bowl. Turn the ball so it becomes greased. Cover it and let it rise until it has doubled its size. Make sure the dough is in a warm room. This should not take more than one hour. After that, punch the dough down and divide into thirds. Cover and let it rest for about 10 minutes. In this time, you can use parchment paper to prepare 3 baking sheets.
4. Again on a lightly floured surface, roll out each dough ball in order to form a 12-inch circle. Spread some honey butter over it and cut each circle into 12 wedges. Now it’s time to make the rolls. Just start at the wide end of a wedge and roll it loosely towards the pointy end. Do the same with the rest of the wedges. Place each one with its point side down onto the baking sheets. Make sure to keep them apart from each other, allowing about 2 – 3 inches of space between them, since they will rise. After you have prepared all wedges, cover them and let them rise again for about 30 minutes, again in a warm place.
5. Finally, it’s time to bake them! Preheat your oven to about 375 degrees F and uncover the rolls. Bake them one sheet at a time for about 15 minutes, until they get a nice golden color.
6. As soon as they are out of the oven, brush them with a little melted butter to add flavor and serve while they are warm.

This Pumpkin Crescent Rolls recipe is perfect to serve as a side for a Fall meal, Fall brunch or even as a Fall Snack at any time of the day. You can make them ahead, just chill them for up to 24 hours before baking. Add some chocolate chips to the filling or sprinkle them with a little sugar for an easy dessert. Together with good company or alone, this recipe is sure to make your day just a little bit yummier.

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