Whether sweet or savory is your thing, I’ve got you covered with this pumpkin roundup! Ranging from cookies to truffles to soup to pasta and everything in between, pumpkin season is the best season. And who are we kidding? With all of these amazing recipes, I am not just waiting for the fall to make these! I am cooking them all year round! Not only are they delicious, but pumpkins are rich in potassium which is so good for our bodies! Even pumpkin seeds are very nutritious!
If you haven’t branched out with pumpkin before, you are probably only really familiar with its taste in the traditional pumpkin pie! While I do love a good pumpkin pie, I am here to introduce you to what will be a revelatory moment! Pumpkin is used in ALL things. They bring the most amazing texture to baked goods. Moist, delicious, and soft cakes and cookies definitely benefit from the pumpkin in their ingredients. Tried and true, this pumpkin roundup will really bring you some joy and good tasting for your fall season!
Tips for Baking with Pumpkin
When you try out some new pumpkin recipes, there are a few helpful hints you will want to keep in mind! Read through these before you begin, and you will be well on your way to becoming a pumpkin expert!
Pumpkin Puree: Not really a baking tip but one that will be well used. Always have a can or two of pumpkin puree on hand! It gets crazy out there at the grocery stores in the fall, and sometimes, I go to pick some up, and it’s all out of stock! Grab a couple when you see them so that you will be all set!
Substitute: Did you know that you can use pumpkin as a substitute for recipes that call for applesauce? It’s a 1:1 ratio so you don’t even have to do any extra math to figure out how much! This opens a whole new world of recipes that can now taste like fall!
Pumpkin Pie Filling: Don’t try and use pumpkin pie filling in place of pumpkin puree. It has a different blend of sugar and spices so it will make your recipes calling for puree taste odd!
Don’t Undercook: If you go by touch or feel when deciding if something with pumpkin puree is done, you may end up with an undercooked treat! Because pumpkin is so moist, the standard “toothpick that comes out clean” trick doesn’t always work. A tried and true method is to use a thermometer to test the thickest part of your bread or pie. Bread loaves and muffins are done at 200 degrees and a pie is complete at 175 degrees!
Sausage Pumpkin Pasta
3 from 1 vote
This sausage pasta recipe with pumpkin sauce is an easy dish to make โ it takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish.ย
Pumpkin Bread Pudding is an easy and fantastic recipe that tastes like you have spent a lot of time putting it together when it really only takes minutes! Drizzle warm slices with caramel sauce and serve it with ice cream for a decadent dessert, or even enjoy it for breakfast like a baked french toast casserole!
Easy as 1,2,3, these delicious pumpkin chocolate chip cookies are super quick and tasty! They are light, fluffy, and packed with pumpkin flavor and decadent chocolate. With only three ingredients, it canโt get much easier than that!
Soft, fluffy, moist, spicy Perfect Pumpkin Muffins bring the flavors of fall to your table. These are wonderfully light and flavorful and super easy. It's a great way to usher in the Pumpkin baking season.
Pumpkin cream cheese truffles combine smooth cream cheese, pumpkin puree, crunchy graham cracker, and gingersnap crumbs, all dunked in sweet white chocolate. The best melt-in-your-mouth fall dessert.
Fluffy and moist pumpkin spice pancakes are what fall breakfast dreams are made of! Perfectly spiced and full of flavor, it's like having pumpkin pie for breakfast!
Two layers of decadent bliss make up this delicious dump cake recipe that is filled with sweet fall pumpkin spice flavor. Pumpkin Dump Cake is super simple to prepare. It has a crushed pecan filled cake-like top layer and a smooth and rich bottom pumpkin layer that tastes similar to pumpkin pie.
Pumpkin Bread
This Absolutely Perfect Pumpkin Bread is moist, spiced and will fill your home with the most amazing aroma.ย Your friends and family will devour this flavorful bread that screams it's time for fall.ย This is such an easy quick bread, you'll make it all the time.
Incredible Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Whipping Cream Frosting
4.75 from 8 votes
This Pumpkin Cake is the most amazing pumpkin cake you will ever make! Perfectly spiced and moist and topped with the most epic cream cheese whipping cream frosting!
This Creamy Pumpkin Soup is packed with pumpkin flavor, a touch of sweetness, and velvety smooth. It's the perfect cozy fall soup, and it only takes 30 minutes to throw together!
Crazy Good Roasted Pumpkin Seedsย are a healthy and delicious snack you can enjoy while carving pumpkins this Halloween season. They are packed with essential vitamins and antioxidants that help you sleep better, boost your immune system, and promote heart health.
Soft and Puffy Pumpkin Snickerdoodles are made with real pumpkin, fall seasonal spices mixed together and rolled with pumpkin pie spice and aย touch of sugar to add that extra sweetness and fallย flavor! This are a MUST make this fall season!
Pumpkin chocolate chip muffins are moist, chocolatey and topped off with a sprinkling of sugar! The spices and pumpkin puree flavors make these perfect for cooler weather!
All of the goodness of pumpkin and pecan pie combine in these delicious dessert bars. They are baked on top of a buttery shortbread crust and make one fantastic dessert!
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Chili is the perfect comforting fall soup. ย It is hearty and packed with spices and big bold flavors. ย You are going to love this savory and delicious chili!ย
This amazing Pumpkin Cheesecake with Caramel Sauce is sure to become your new favorite fall dessert! It starts with a simple homemade gingersnap crust, then a layer of silky pumpkin cheesecake, topped with whipped cream and a drizzle of caramel sauce.
Homemade pumpkin pie spice is a fall spice staple! It's made with cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and nutmeg, which makes it perfect for cakes, pies, and cookies all season long!ย
This is the world's best pumpkin roll! It's a perfectly moist and tender pumpkin cake that gets rolled up with a sweet cream cheese filling and dusted with powdered sugar!
Pumpkin cinnamon rolls are filled with a delicious brown sugar filling and smothered in homemade cream cheese frosting. Soft, fluffy and so perfect for fall!
These moist and tender pumpkin pie cupcakes are all of the things you love about pumpkin pie, just bite-sized! Topped with amazing cream cheese whipping cream, these will be the BEST cupcakes you'll ever eat!!
These pumpkin snickerdoodle sandwich cookies are soft, chewy, and packed with flavor. The frosting that is in between thee cookies is rich and so delicious!
Meet your new favorite fall treat- moist, spiced pumpkin donuts covered in a decadent brown butter glaze! They cook in 15 minutes for a quick and delicious fall breakfast or dessert. With how amazing they are, they'll disappear in no time!
This pumpkin cinnamon roll cake is a perfectly moist pumpkin cake with pockets of swirled cinnamon and brown sugar topped with a maple glaze. It tastes just like you are eating a cinnamon roll! This is one of the best fall cakes!
These pumpkin cream cheese muffins are the perfect combination of moist and savory on the outside and sweet and tangy on the inside! Pumpkin season is officially underway and these muffins are here for it!
Pumpkin spice sheet cake not only tastes amazing but it feeds a crowd! Top it with some tangy cream cheese frosting and you have yourself a dessert to remember!ย
Pumpkin cheesecake snickerdoodles are a fresh take on a classic cookie! Delightfully soft and filled with tangy cream cheese, these cookies will be sure to get a "WOW!" from your friends and family!
Prepare yourself for the best fall treat around- delicious pumpkin spice combined with one of the easiest treats on the planet – muddy buddies! The crunchy Chex Mix, chocolate, powdered sugar, and added cranberry and fall spices will make you want to finish the whole bowl.
Pumpkin roll bars have all the things you love about pumpkin rolls without all of the hassle! They have perfectly spiced pumpkin cake with a smooth cream cheese swirl that will make this your new favorite fall dessert!
Prepare yourself for the best fall treat around- delicious pumpkin spice combined with one of the easiest treats on the planet – muddy buddies! The crunchy Chex Mix, chocolate, powdered sugar, and added cranberry and fall spices will make you want to finish the whole bowl.
Alyssa Rivers is the author of 'The Tried and True Cookbook', a professional food photographer and experienced recipe-developer. Having a passion for cooking, her tried and true recipes have been featured on Good Morning America, Today Food, Buzzfeed and more.
I can’t wait to make several of these recipes! Thanks for sharing.