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Pumpkin Puff Pastry with Pumpkin Pie Filling

Janine Waite — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 11:12:43 +0000

This Pumpkin Puff Pastry is filled with a delicious pumpkin pie filling and wrapped in layers of golden, flaky pastry. It’s a lovely fall dessert that looks impressive but is surprisingly easy to make with store-bought puff pastry. If you love pumpkin pie but want to try something a little different, this braided pumpkin pastry …

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Halloween Popcorn Recipe

Janine Waite — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

This Halloween Popcorn is such an easy treat to make for October! Freshly popped popcorn is lightly coated in creamy white almond bark and topped with colorful Halloween sprinkles and cute candies. I love how festive it looks without requiring much work. The sweet almond bark with the salty popcorn is such a good combination, …

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Nordic Ware Pumpkin Loaf Pan Recipe

Janine Waite — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Embrace the cozy flavors of fall with this delicious Nordic Ware Pumpkin Loaf Pan Recipe. This pumpkin loaf is filled with warm fall spices and has a wonderfully moist texture. And I love how the Nordic Ware Harvest Bounty pumpkin loaf pan turns a simple pumpkin recipe into such a pretty fall dessert. It’s perfect …

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No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe

Janine Waite — Fri, 18 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

This No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake has a creamy pumpkin-spiced filling, a buttery cinnamon graham cracker crust, and a fluffy cinnamon whipped cream topping. It’s rich and creamy without feeling too heavy, and best of all, you don’t need to turn on the oven. I tested the filling until I got the balance of pumpkin, warm …

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Disney Beignets Recipe: Homemade Mickey Mouse Beignets

Janine Waite — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Living near Disney World means we get to visit the parks pretty often, and one of my favorite things to check out is the seasonal food. There’s always something new to try, and I usually come home thinking about which recipes I’d love to recreate in my own kitchen. This Disney Beignets Recipe was one …

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Costco Pumpkin Pie Recipe (Copycat)

Janine Waite — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

This Costco Pumpkin Pie Recipe Copycat has the creamy pumpkin filling, warm spices, and classic flavor we all love in Costco’s famous pie. I wanted to make a homemade version that has that same smooth texture and delicious fall flavor, and this recipe comes pretty close! It’s an easy pumpkin pie to make for Thanksgiving, …

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Mini Pumpkin Bundt Cakes Shaped Like Pumpkins

Janine Waite — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

This Mini Pumpkin Bundt Cake Recipe combines moist carrot cake, cream cheese frosting, and real pumpkin stems. Two little Bundt cakes are stacked together and decorated to look like an adorable pumpkin, making this such a fun fall dessert. Although these cakes look impressive, you don’t need a special pumpkin-shaped cake pan. A regular mini …

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Halloween Puppy Chow Recipe (Easy Muddy Buddies)

Janine Waite — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Halloween puppy chow is the one thing I make every October, and it never lasts the night. Puppy chow is one of those recipes that shouldn’t work as well as it does. Cereal, melted chocolate, peanut butter, a snowstorm of powdered sugar — that’s it. But something about the combination turns four cups of Chex …

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Autumn Cookies: 19 Pretty Fall Cookie Ideas to Bake

Janine Waite — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000

It’s finally fall in the Waite house, so let’s warm up your kitchen with this collection of autumn cookies for the season. From stenciled leaf sugar cookies to stamped shortbread, these are the recipes I come back to every year — some pretty enough for a dessert table, some just plain good with a cup …

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Cookie Stamp Shortbread Cookies (Sharp Imprints Every Time)

Janine Waite — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000

If you’ve ever pressed a beautiful design into cookie dough only to pull a puffy, blurred disc out of the oven, the stamp isn’t what failed you. Most cookie stamp recipes start from a sugar cookie dough that’s built to rise and spread, and both of those things erase an imprint. This cookie stamp shortbread …

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