As fall comes in with the cool air and the leaves starting to change everyone starts to love the smell of fall desserts baking in the kitchen. The wonderful taste of pumpkin desserts from pies to this great tasting pumpkin-cherry upside-down cake makes fall so much better especially after doing all of the fall activities like going to apple orchard or finding that perfect pumpkin in the patch.

One of the best parts of the recipe is the cherry sauce that goes on the bottom that carmelizes as it bakes in the oven. It is super easy to make as all you do is add all of the ingredients for the cherry sauce in a sauce pan and let it come to a boil stirring frequently. Let simmer for 2-3 mins and pour into the bottom of the cake pan. let cool as you make the batter.

You start by combining the butter and the sugar. Beat with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the vanilla, beat until combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in pumpkin.

In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder,  spices, and baking soda. Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk to butter mixture, beating on low speed after each addition just until combined.

Carefully spread batter over preserve mixture in pan.Bake for 35 to 40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Carefully invert onto a large serving platter. Spoon any of the cherry mixture back onto of the cake. Serve warm.

These cookies are a serious cookie that will fix your sweet tooth craving. The nice chewiness of the brown sugar bring to these Pecan Praline Cookie is incredible plus topped with a smooth chewy caramel like praline topping topped with chopped pecans will make these a great fall time cookie. These are definitely a good substitute for the normal chocolate chip cookies.

These cookies use very few ingredients to make. All you need is unsalted butter, packed brown sugar, a large egg, vanilla extract, all purpose flour, baking soda and salt. You start off by creaming the butter and the sugar until light and fluffy and then add the egg and vanilla. Lastly you add all the dry ingredients an then you have the simple batter for theses cookies.

Using a 1-1/2 tablespoon scoop, place the batter on lined sheet pan lined with parchment paper and bake for 10-12mins until the cookies are browned on the edges.

A praline is a confection the has sugar, cream, and some form of nut, with pecans it would be classified as an an American praline. The praline topping is very simple to make and turns out fantastic for the topping for these cookies. For the praline topping add the cream and brown sugar in a small sauce pan, stir until all of the sugar is mixed in smooth. let the mixture boil for two minutes then pull off the heat and mix in the powdered sugar until a smooth caramel brown sauce is made. I let it cool for about 5minutes before adding it to the cookies. Top with the chopped pecans and the cookies are ready to be enjoyed. Once the praline topping as cooled completely you can stack the cookies up and store for days and they will stay nice and chewy.

Is it just me or does everyone love a slice of warm, moist slice of banana bread fresh from the oven?? This banana foster bread recipe delivers a great moist banana bread, topped with a sugary, rum flavored walnut streusel. This banana bread will become one of your favorites instantly.

The first thing you want to do is get the oven preheating to 350F. You want to then start by creaming the butter that is at room temperature and the granulated sugar until you get to a light a fluffy consistency.

In a bowl, I like to use a wire whisk to break up the bananas vs a fork or a masher. You can mash and whip them together to get that chunky  apple sauce like texture a lot easier. Mix in the two eggs and add it to the butter sugar mixture. Mix everything until well combined, add all of the dry ingredients slowly until just combined. Do not over mix for the light and fluffy texture of the bread.

In a smaller bowl, mix together the melted butter, brown sugar, rum extract, vanilla extract, ground cinnamon and chopped walnuts. Pour the bread batter into a into prepared loaf pan add top the batter with the foster topping.

Bake at 350˚F for 55-60 min or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let banana bread rest for 10 min before transferring to wire rack to cool.

As a young boy I remember my grandma, Oma to me would go buy peaches by the bushels to make can peaches which i still ask for to this day whenever I see her. So my love affair for peaches goes back quite a bit and can wait for summer for these wonderful fruits to come into season.  These peach and pecan scone pack a great baked peach taste in a soft flaky scone straight out of the oven.

The first thing you want to do is to combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and brown sugar and granulated sugar. Make sure you combine everything so you do not have any clumps before you add the butter. You want to add the butter in cold, and i mean COLD. The colder the butter is the flakier the scone will be. I typically try to get most of the butter the size of large grind corn meal, but if you have a few larger chunks it will be fine.

Add the Cream and egg together and whisk together.

Add the cream mixture to the flour/butter mixture and use a fork to stir everything together until just moistened. Add the peaches and pecans and fold it in being carefully not to break the peaches up.

Dump the dough out on a clean counter and kneed it lightly, Try to do it quickly so the heat from your hands does not warm the butter up to much. If the dough is becoming really sticky place back in the bowl and place in the refrigerator or freezer for a few mins to firm up some.

Slice the scones into 8 equal slices and place on a prepared sheet pan an bake at 400F for about 18-20 minutes.

Allow scones to cool for 10 minutes. While waiting in a small bowl whisk together the heavy cream, confectioners’ sugar and lemon juice. Drizzle the glaze over the warm scones and enjoy while they are still warm. They will last three days in air tight container.

These double chocolate macadamia cookies super soft and chewy like a brownie, but they’re jam-packed with chocolate chips and macadamia nuts. With the chopped macadamia nuts each and every bit will have a piece in it, which is exactly how these cookie should be if you ask me. Plus, they bake up beautifully every single time!

First off, I like to get all of my ingredients together and ready . I add the butter to the sugars and get all of the dry ingredients in a bowl. It will make it easier when you start so you don't have to stop and measure anything.

Start by creaming the butter with the sugars until the butter and sugar combine smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix smooth.

Add the dry ingredients in slowly, the batter will be thick, but all of flour mixture will incorporate in just fine.

This blueberry coffee cake is moist and buttery with a great crunchy topping that makes this a great breakfast or dessert that is quick to prepare and your family will love and tastes better a day or two later only if it will last that long. Please share this and make for your family, they will love it!!

Start by adding the butter and sugar in a bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Start to  cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes and is about doubled in volume.

Add the eggs, sour cream, lemon juice and vanilla extract and mix until combined.

With the mixer running on low speed, add the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the batter and mix until just combined. The batter will be thick! add to the well prepared spring form pan and spread over evenly. Add the blueberry evenly over the batter evenly.

For the crumble topping, combine flour, sugar, chopped pecans, oatmeal, cinnamon and butter in the bowl of a stand mixer or if you feel like a kid like me, mix with your hands. Mix for about 2 minutes until all the flour is incorporated. Spread the streusel evenly over the blueberries with your hands. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 50-60minutes or until the wooden toothpick or skewer comes out clean. Let cool for 15 minutes then remove the outer ring off the pan and let cool completely. After that cut yourself a piece before your family comes and eats it all.  Recipe is below and please share and let me know if you make it.

For me there is nothing like baking on a cool rainy day here. I looked in my refrigerator and found some homemade apple sauce and maple syrup and remembered these cookies I use to make. These maple apple cookies are super easy with two bowls to separate the wet and dry ingredients (you could easily combine everything in one to save on washing up) Five minutes mixing, let the firm up  for 30 mins in refrigerator, 15 minutes baking and you’ve got a batch of freshly baked cookies that have a great spiced apple taste that are a perfect mix of sweet and savory. Check out the recipe below and don't forget to share these with your friends and family.

Start my combing all of the wet and dry ingredients in separate bowls, mixing everything well. Once you have the wet ingredients all combined add the dry to the wet and mix until just combined.  Using a 1" ice cream scoop make about 3 dozen balls on a prepared sheet pan and cool in the refrigerator until the balls are all firmed up, around 30 minutes. I place them all on one sheet pan to save a ton of room.

Once the cookies have firmed up, transfer them over to about a dozen on each pan. there should be about 3 inches between each cookie. Using a floured fork, make a crisscross pattern pressing the cookie down to about a 1/2 inch tall cookie.

Bake to cookies at 375 for about 15 minutes or until the cookies are a light golden brown. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack and let them cool. Once the cookies are cool, go and enjoy them with your family and friends. I am lucky to have one without my daughter trying to steal them.

Looking for a quick and easy breakfast or midday snack that will keep you going. I know myself busy with a little toddler running around I need something quick and easy to get my day started and keep me going through the day. These oatmeal cherry cookies are a much better tasting then the prepackaged protein bars you find at your local store. These are soft and chewy, plus they have no added sugar and are gluten free so it can keep you feeling good and guilt free. Check out the recipe below.

These cookies have only few ingredients that are shown above. If you are not into big into the protein shakes, I found that stores like target (where i got it) carries single serve packets that will give you enough protein powder for  2x this recipe. The first thing you want to is preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Start mashing the bananas in the bowl until smooth. I find that a fork works great, but you can use a potato masher.

Once you got the bananas ready, you want to add the melted coconut oil and mix until smooth.

Add all of the remaining ingredients , start folding it into the banana/oil mixture.

Mix together until you get a firm ball that is all combined.

Divide the mixture into 12 equal balls, it should be about a golf/ping pong ball size. Press the ball down with your palm until the cookies are about 2" diameter wide.

Bake for around 20 minutes until the edges start to get lightly brown. Let cool on the sheet pan for a few minutes before transferring them over to a cooling rack and let cool completely. Cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.

One of my favorite breakfast items is homemade cinnamon roll, but sometimes you don't have the time to proof the dough and so on for the time consuming task of making them. This cinnamon pecan pound cake has the taste of a fresh cinnamon roll within half the time.It is also has light and airy texture like pound cake is known for.

Start off by preheating the oven to 325 degrees. Spray the baking pan with non stick spray.

The first thing you need to do is let 3 sticks of butter come to room temperature . Add the butter to the bowl of a mixer with a whisk attachment. beat the butter for a minute at high speed.

Slowly start adding the sugar slowly stopping to scrap sides when you are about half way through. Cream the butter and sugar for about 5 minutes until the mixture is a light yellow and fluffy appearance.

Start adding the eggs one at a time, combining well before adding the next. Scrap the sides and bottom as needed.

Sift the four, Baking Soda and Salt together. making sure the mixture is fine with not clumps.

With the mixer on low setting, start adding the flour mixture to the wet mixture adding in 2-3 batches. Scrap the sides and mix until just combined.

Add the Apple Sauce, Vanilla Extract and Oil. Mix until combined, be careful not to over mix!!

Add the ingredients for the cinnamon swirl in a small bowl. mix until well combined.

Pour a of the mixture in the prepared baking pan, drizzle 1/2 of the cinnamon mixture ontop of the batter. Using a skewer,  swirl the mixture into the batter. Repeat until all of the batter and cinnamon mixture is used. Bake for 1 hour and half until a knife or skewer comes out clean. Let the  rest for 10-15mins before flipping it out of the pan. Drizzle the frosting over the cake once cooled for awhile.

Enjoy!!!