Baked Goods

The Ultimate Holiday Pie Bar [Apple, Pecan and Pumpkin pie bar]

You’ve been tasked with making dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas (or let’s be honest, for any other get together…), and you want to please everyone. Grandma likes pumpkin pie, but your Dad would kill you if you didn’t have apple pie out on the dessert table. And you secretly loveee pecan pie. What do you do? Make these Ultimate Holiday Pie bars. That’s what you do.

This 3-in-1 pie bar that includes cinnamon apples, crunch and richness from pecans and notes of pumpkin all in one bite is bound to be a staple at your dessert table this holiday season. All of this deliciousness sits on top of a fool-proof cinnamon shortbread.

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Pumpkin Chai Poptarts

Even though it hit 90 degrees last week in DC, I am still hopping on the pumpkin train in the kitchen hoping that sends some signals to mother nature to cool it off a bit. Should work, right?

If not, I still end of with a kitchen full of baked goods, so I’ll call that a win.

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Ham and Swiss Pinwheels [“LJ’S Breakfast pinwheels”]

Every year, I look forward to Christmas Eve dinner for one reason, and one reason only (whelp, besides my family’s competitive game of left right center). My Aunt LJ makes THE best bread that she serves with dinner, which was the inspo behind these ham and swiss pinwheels.

The secret ingredient? Spice Island’s Beau Monde seasoning. Which, by the way, Aunt LJ was so kind to include in my Christmas stocking this year. Anddd not gonna lie, getting my hands on her secret ingredient might have been one of the best Christmas gifts. Ever.

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Samoa Inspired Banana Bundt Cake

Not going to lie, sharing this samoa cookie inspired banana bundt cake might be one of my proudest baking moments yet.

It has all the components of my ALL TIME FAVORITE Girl Scout Cookie – THE SAMOA – aka it is filled with chocolate, caramel and toasty coconut flakes. YUM.

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Chunky Monkey Double Chocolate [Banana] Bread

Next to making soup, I think the coziest thing you can do in the kitchen during the winter is bake. Whelp, do I have a treat for you with this chunky monkey double chocolate banana bread.

The chocolate is melty. The sea salt flakes are, well, salty. And the walnuts are crunchy. THE perfect combo for banana bread. Right?

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Vegan Olive Oil Apple Loaf

One of the best parts about moving this summer was taking time to explore my new neighborhood. After stumbling upon Three Fifty Bakery and trying the vegan zucchini apple loaf, I KNEW I had to try to recreate something similar. My version, a Vegan Olive Oil apple loaf, is not just great by the slice. This recipe also makes (my personal fave) bombbbb mini muffins.

This bread is as dense (and moist) as it gets, and is the perfect use for the pounds and pounds of apples you’re bound to pick and not know what to do with this fall.

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Salted Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Sometimes you just need a little help in the kitchen and doctor up a store bought mix, ya know? No shame here in taking help from good ole’ Bob from Bob’s Red Mill to make these salted pumpkin chocolate chip cookies.

CHEWY SALTED PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Now, like I mentioned here, I kinda like to follow my own rules. So, here, that means adding a few more ingredients than the package calls for.

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