Do you smell that? It’s the smell of pumpkin spice coffee & pumpkin pastries brewing throughout the air. That time of the year where the air has a cool breeze, the leaves are slowly changing & pumpkins are slowly coming out of everywhere! What could possibly beat that?!
As we fill our cafeterias & party events up with pumpkin coffee & pumpkin pastries we wanted to share with you our favorite pumpkin pastries to bake during this season!
1. Pumpkin Coffee Cake:
½ cup butter 1/3 cup butter
3 eggs1 cup sugar
¾ cup sugar2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla1 cup pecans (or walnuts)
1 cup sour cream
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 can pumpkin
¾ cup sugar
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground ginger
¼ teaspoon ground cloves
2 eggs
½ cup evaporated milk
Topping:
1/3 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup pecans (or walnuts)
2. Pumpkin Spice with Cream Tarts:
Topping:
1/4 cup all purpose flower
1/4 cup firmly baked brown sugar
1/4 cup finely chopped pecans
2 tablespoons land O lakes butter, softened
Crust:
3/4 cup land O lakes butter, softened
2 (3-ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups all purpose flower
Filling:
1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 1/4 cups mashed cooked pumpkin
1 large land O lakes egg
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Garnish:
Heavy Whipping Cream, Whipped.
3. Pumpkin Whoopee Pies:
1 ½ sticks unsalted butter,
1 stick melted, ½ stick softened
1 cup packed light brown sugar
2 large eggs, at room temp. Lightly beaten
1 cup canned pure pumpkin puree
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon plus 2 pinches salt
1 2/3 cups flour
4 ounces cream cheese, chilled
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
4. Iced Pumpkin Cookies:
2 ½ cups all purpose flour 1 ½ cups white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup canned pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 egg
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
½ teaspoon ground cloves
3 tablespoons milk
½ teaspoon salt
1 ablespoon melted butter
½ cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Enjoy!