I decided I wanted to make this ice cream about a day after all of the pumpkin pie we had last year was gone. Despite it's posting a week and half after Thanksgiving, this was made immediately after the holiday. Pumpkin ice cream would be nice, but pumpkin pie ice cream with chunks of real pumpkin pie is even better. I've definitely expressed my...

One of the labs on campus has a full kitchen in their workspace. Back in the 1970's, the workspace was an apartment  where researchers used to conduct experiments during which they'd watch people in a "natural habitat," so to speak. Now those kind of experiments don't really get done anymore in psychology, so the lab space was passed on, leaving...

Happy Halloween! I've already professed my love for skillet cookies before and how they bring such nostalgia for the early days of my relationship with Dustin. For an updated version, perfect for Halloween, I decided to infuse the cake with pumpkin and fall spices along with pumpkin spice M\&Ms. I also wanted to frost it with a maple frosting,...

I can't believe there was a time I was scared to make bagels. Now they are a semi-regular occurrence around here, and I figured it was about time to make one of my favorite flavors...pumpkin pie bagels! Full on pumpkin obsession has commenced! I still haven't quite mastered making bagels look as pretty as the cafe-bought one, but they...

I hadn't been planning on making chocolate chip pumpkin cookies, seeing as I had just made pumpkin chocolate chip muffins. But I couldn't resist when I saw a recipe for chewy pumpkin chocolate chip cookies from Sally's Baking Addiction. I've made pumpkin cookies before when I was a less experienced baker, and they were cake-y along with pretty...