Pumpkin-Based Recipes for Fall: Savory, Sweet, and Cozy

Fall is in the air, and nothing says autumn quite like the addition of pumpkin in your food and drink. Here are some pumpkin-based recipes you’re sure to love.

The Pumpkin Spice Latte is back, and that means it’s time to add the flavors of his wonderful autumn food to your dishes at home. If you’re used to using pumpkin only as a decoration for Halloween or in a pie at Thanksgiving, you’ll be glad to try out some of these wonderful recipes that can add this fall flavor to your life.

Here are a few pumpkin-based recipes you’ll love to share with your friends and family.

Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

If you love the flavors of a pumpkin pie, you’ll be glad to have them in cookies that you can enjoy throughout the fall season. These snickerdoodles are great for dunking in milk and give you the taste of cinnamon to create the pumpkin spice flavor you love in your coffee. Imagine sitting by a warm fire with a cup of coffee and some of these Pumpkin Snickerdoodles to munch on.  This could be the perfect fall comfort food.

Pumpkin Lasagna Rolls

Yes, you can add the flavors you love to some of your meals. Many people think pumpkin-based recipes must be desserts, but this incredible dish shows something different.  The cheesy pumpkin filling makes for the roll-ups with the right amount of filling to give you the traditional look of a layered lasagna with the comforting taste of pumpkin in the middle. Try these Pumpkin Lasagna Rolls tonight and give your family the dish they will ask for every week. This is a great meal for the cool fall evenings.

Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins

Adding cream cheese and pumpkin together makes for a wonderful flavor combination that will give you the dessert or morning treat you want to enjoy.  Add one of these tasty muffins to your breakfast when you have visitors from out of town. The creamy pumpkin and warm ground cinnamon make for a wonderful combination in a tender muffin.  The cream cheese filling adds more to this dish, especially when the muffin is topped with a sweet crumb topping to complete the flavors. Try these Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins today.

Pumpkin Ravioli

Here’s a daring dish you must try when you love to experiment with some pumpkin-based recipes that can add the cooked flavor of pumpkin to your dinner.  These raviolis have pumpkin in the stuffing, but that stuffing is mixed with crème fraiche to give you a wonderful autumn taste that you’re sure to love. The ravioli is tossed in a nutty brown butter-sage sauce to complete the autumn flavors.  Get ready for something new when you make this Pumpkin Ravioli dish for your family tonight.

Pumpkin Charlotte Royale

When you want to serve up a stunning dessert at your next holiday gathering, give this Pumpkin Charlotte Royale a try. This dish gives you the richness of pumpkin with the look of a Swiss roll cake that has a creamy mousse center.  The combination of pumpkin in the cake and cream cheese in the mousse filling makes for a wonderful combination that can be the perfect dessert for you to serve at your next gathering.  This cake looks incredible, and it has the tastes that you’re sure to love.

Brown Sugar Pumpkin Spice Pumpkin Seeds

Roasted pumpkin seeds are a tasty treat and something many people love to make once they carve their jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.  Instead of simply roasting these seeds in the oven and adding salt to the mix, try this pumpkin-based recipe and let the flavors of brown sugar, pumpkin spice, and the toasted seeds combine to give you the flavors you want to enjoy. These Brown Sugar Pumpkin Spice Pumpkin Seeds could become a seasonal favorite that your kids will request every year when you carve your pumpkins for Halloween.

Pumpkin-Shaped Pumpkin Bread

If you don’t want to make a pie, cake, or muffins, another way to enjoy the flavors of pumpkin is to make this incredible Pumpkin-Shaped Pumpkin Bread.  This gives you a tasty bread that is great with some butter, especially when the bread is still warm.  There’s an easy way to make the bread take on the shape of a pumpkin and look the part when it comes out of the oven.  Check out this recipe and let it become a fall favorite in your home.

These are just a few of the pumpkin-based recipes that could become staples in your home when the autumn leaves begin to fall. Which one is your favorite?