As the autumn season sets in and the holidays are right around the corner, cozy foods and spiced pastries are a must. The incoming cold weather calls for inside activities, and baking/cooking is a great one to try out. This article will give many great festive recipes endorsed by members of The Bear Truth News.
Emily Espinal Alvarez, a Staff Reporter in the newspaper says her favorite Thanksgiving dessert is pumpkin pie, she states “It’s really good and I like the texture.” This is a recipe for pumpkin pie Emily chose, Pumpkin Pie – Eagle Brand. It has over 3000+ five star reviews and uses really simple ingredients, only taking around an hour to complete.
Cinnamon is the poster child behind pumpkin for the fall season. These coffee cake muffins are the perfect treat to capture that signature cinnamon flavor. While being a more complex recipe, given the 4 components of the muffins; including the muffin batter, cinnamon swirl filling, crumble topping, and a powdered sugar icing it’s still fairly easy to make and uses mostly basic ingredients.
Chief Web Editor, Ruby Sanborn shared one of her favorite Thanksgiving dishes, macaroni and cheese. She specifically pointed out baked mac and cheese with breadcrumbs. Ruby picked out this mac and cheese recipe by Julia Frey. Baked Macaroni and Cheese b – Julia Frey. It uses a buttery herb and garlic breadcrumb topping with cheddar cheese.
Editor in Chief, Aria Tobar’s favorite fall recipe to bake is Taylor Swift’s Chai Sugar cookies. Chai Sugar Cookies – Joy the Baker is a recipe that originated in 2009 when Taylor Swift mentioned she took a basic sugar cookie recipe and added all the warm fall spices that make up chai. Spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves to create a chai sugar cookie. Eggnog was also added to the vanilla glaze, but milk will suffice if eggnog is not available.
Fall time brings so much great seasonal produce and baking is a great activity to relieve stress, spend time with the people you love, and enjoy yummy foods. Using foods that are in season and making them yourself can also save you money. These recipes are definitely worth giving a try, happy fall!
