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Channel Every Fall Flavor With These Sweet and Savory Recipes
I'm originally from Washington, DC where we have REAL seasons. Around this time of year every year, I get serious Fall FOMO. I hate the actual season of fall with the cold weather, allergies and what have you, but I absolutely live for pumpkin-flavored everything.
Food is a magical thing and has the ability to transport me right back home to chunky sweaters and PSL's. If you want to mentally cuddle up by a fire, here are the flavors to really put you in the mood:
Maple Glazed Chicken with Sweet Potatoes
- Prep Time: 12 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 27 mins
- Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 8-ounce package refrigerated mashed sweet potatoes
- 1 pound chicken breast tenderloins about 8 strips
- 2 teaspoons steak grilling seasoning blend I use Montreal
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup sliced Red onion about half a medium sized onion
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If you are looking for an excuse to throw a fall party (who isn't,) this dip is reason enough. Sweet, salty, and healthy (you eat it with apples—that's as healthy as I get), this stuff is as fall as you can get.
Salted Caramel Pumpkin Dip
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 25 mins
- Servings: 15
Ingredients
- 1 stick butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 can sweet condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 can pumpkin puree
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
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If you want to make friends with your neighbors or hall mates, make these bars. Mine got wind that I had some laying around and came running (or should I say, falling). These are also super doable in a dorm room because all you need is a microwave and some ingredients that you can probably swipe from your dining hall.
Butterscotch Pumpkin Cheerio Treat Bars
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Servings: 18
Ingredients
- 11 oz bag 1 1/2 cups butterscotch chips
- 3/4 cup light corn syrup
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1 1/2 cups mini marshmallows
- 1/2 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 6 cups a little less than one box Apple or Pumpkin Spice Cheerios
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon to garnish
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#SpoonTip: Lightly spray your measuring cup with cooking spray before measuring out to corn syrup so that it all comes out.
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The caramel sauce to end all caramel sauces. It doesn't matter how you say it—KARR-uh-mel, KARR-uh-muhl, KAR-muhl—the stuff is downright delicious.
I stood in my kitchen for about 15 minutes eating it with a spoon and there is NO shame in that. Enjoy it on graham crackers, coffee, strawberries, over ice cream, or with your gosh-darn hands. Like I said, no shame. This stuff is what fall dreams are made of.
Pumpkin Spice Caramel Sauce
- Prep Time: 1 day
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Total Time: 1 day 25 mins
Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 2 cups granulated sugar I use raw sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
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#SpoonTip: Wet a cooking brush with water and run around the edges of the pot to prevent sugar from sticking.
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Sure, here in SD apple picking becomes picking apples up from Trader Joe's but that does not lessen the amount of 'em we stock up on. No better way to use up those apples, pears and wine you have sitting in your fridge than a good ol' sangria. This drink is every fall-aholics fantasy: minimal effort with maximum flavor.
Caramel Apple Sangria
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 15 mins
- Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 liter bottle white wine the more dry the better
- 8 cups fresh apple cider
- 1 cup unflavored or caramel vodka optional
- 4-5 apples chopped
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3-4 whole cinnamon sticks
- 1/4 cup caramel syrup bonus points for using homemade Pumpkin Spice Caramel Syrup
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Now that fall is officially upon us, here's your excuse to whip up some killer seasonal recipes and do fall the right way!