'Tis the Season for Fall - Pumpkin Pancakes with Cinnamon Syrup

Oh.My.Goodness! Pumpkin Pancakes with Cinnamon Syrup?! Yes please! They would be great at Thanksgiving breakfast.

Pumpkin Pancakes

1 cup flour
1-1/2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup pumpkin puree
1 egg
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vinegar

In a bowl, mix together the milk, pumpkin, egg, oil and vinegar. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, allspice, cinnamon and salt. Stir into the pumpkin mixture just enough to combine.

Heat a lightly oiled griddle or frying pan over medium high heat. Pour or scoop the batter onto the griddle, using approximately 1/4 cup for each pancake. Brown on both sides and serve hot.

Cinnamon Syrup

1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup water

Stir all ingredients together in a small saucepan. Over medium heat, stir occasionally until boiling. Let it boil for a few minutes while stirring until it thickens. Remove from heat and set aside until needed.

Recipe and picture from TastesBetterFromScratch.blogspot.com

'Tis the Season for Fall - Oven Baked Cinnamon Apple Bites

These donuts sound so so delicious! And hello! They are baked so of course they are "healthy" for you.

Oven Baked Cinnamon Apple Donuts

1/4 cup lightly packed brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1-1/2 cups bite size chunks of apple, peeled and cored
1-1/2 cups of all purpose flour
1-3/4 teaspoons backing powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/3 cup cold butter, cut into small pieces
1 egg
1/4 cup milk

Coating
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Whisk the flour, baking powder, sugars, salt and nutmeg in a bowl. Add the cold chopped butter. Rub the pieces of butter with the flour mixture until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg. Mix in the milk and fold in the chopped apples. Add the egg mixture to the flour mixture. Stir using a spatula or spoon making sure not to overmix. Place a spoonful of batter into each mold of a buttered mini muffin pan.

Bake for 15-18 minutes or until the donuts are just golden. Remove from the oven, unmold and lightly brush each donut with the melted butter. Dunk in a bowl with the sugar and cinnamon mixed in. Shake off excess sugar and serve immediately.

*Notes: I probably wouldn't call these "donut holes". They ended up being more like mini muffins. The kind where you eat one or twelve. They had a good apple flavor and had the consistency (sorta taste) of a donut but I would still lean more towards a muffin.

Recipe from OurChocolateShavings.blogspot.com

'Tis the Season for Fall - Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer

I'm not a coffee drinker.  Funny coming from a Starbucks Barista wifey but it's true.  However, if I were, this would certainly be in my coffee because I love the Fall tastes of pumpkin.  Truth be told when I get something at Starbucks it's a Pumpkin Spice Hot Chocolate with Salt on top.  Yumm!  Pumpkin is such a great Fall taste!

Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer

1 cup whole milk
1 cup heaving whipping cream
3 tablespoons pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon pumpkin spice
4 tablespoons maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon

Whisk milk, cream, pumpkin, syrup and spice together over medium heat. When it gets steamy remove from heat and add the vanilla. Use a strainer to transfer the cream. Let it cool down and chill in the refrigerator.

Recipe and picture from fey-next2heaven.blogspot.com

'Tis the Season for Fall - Caramel Apple Bites

This idea is so great! It's fabulous! Ingenious! Okay I'll get on with it now. You know how eating a whole caramel apple can end up being so boring because seriously once you eat the first couple of bites and the caramel is all gone, your just eating an apple. B.O.R.I.N.G! So how do you fight off the caramel apple boring blues? Using a melon baller (or simply cutting them into smaller pieces), you make bite size apple pieces and then dunk them into caramel leaving you with caramel on every single bite. Fabulous! Ingenious!

Picture and idea from TheDatingDivas.com

*If you have never checked out The Dating Divas, you should! They have some great date night ideas.

'Tis the Season for Fall - Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Don't let the ingredients scare you off. At all. These cookies are delicious. And I'll let you in on a little secret. They are excellent frozen! No kidding!

Pumpkin Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

4 cups flour
2 cups quick oats, uncooked
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups butter, softened
2 cups brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 can (16 ounces) solid pack pumpkin
1-1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

Combine flour, oats, soda, cinnamon and salt; set aside. Cream butter; gradually add sugars, beating until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; mix well. Alternate additions of dry ingredients and pumpkin; mixing well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes.