Everyone knows I love baking with pumpkin! So, of course, I made a couple pumpkin desserts for Thanksgiving celebrations this year. My family traditionally makes cannolis every Christmas, but I decided cannolis needed to become a Thanksgiving tradition too. Of course, I had to do them pumpkin style. I really just experimented and added pumpkin and spices to the traditional recipe until the mixture tasted the way I desired. I loved how the pumpkin worked so much, that I talked to my mom and now we are going to do pumpkin cannolis AND traditional cannolis this year at the family Christmas celebrations. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends! I certainly did!

Pumpkin Cannolis

Ingredients:

4 cups ricotta cheese

1 1/2 cups unsifted powdered sugar

4 tsp vanilla

1/2 cups chocolate chips

3/4 cup canned pumpkin

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Directions:

1. In large bowl, fold powdered sugar and vanilla into the ricotta cheese.
2. Mix in pumpkin and spice.
3. Mix in the chocolate chips.
4. Fill cannoli shells with filling.
5. Sift powdered sugar over the top of the cannolis.
6. ENJOY!!!

As Thanksgiving approaches, I have been browsing tons of recipes looking for just the right dishes to make. Of course…you know me and pumpkin…I got off on a pumpkin recipe tangent and found some fun recipes that I wanted to share with you. Don’t forget to get your copy of the Pumpkins for Pink E-book…there are tons of fabulous pumpkin recipes in the book that are perfect for the upcoming Holidays.

Pumpkin Cream Sandwiches from Real Simple

20 Fresh and Canned Pumpkin Recipes from Hugging the Coast

Pumpkin Gingerbread from allrecipes.com

Kahlua Marbled Pumpkin Cheesecake from grouprecipes.com

Pumpkin Pie Biscotti from SeasonalRecipes.com

Pumpkin Donuts with Spiced Sugar from Bon Appetit

It is finally here! I received so many wonderful pumpkin recipes to be included in the book, and I can’t wait for you all to see them. The Pumpkins for Pink E-Book contains 45 pages of pumpkin recipes including Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls, Thai Curry Pumpkin Soup, and Pumpkin Spice Caramel Corn. I know there are many pumpkin lovers out there that will love this book. To receive your own personal copy of the Pumpkins for Pink E-Book, all you have to do is make a donation of ANY size…big or small…to the Susan G. Komen Foundation. I am so excited to see how much money we can raise to fight breast cancer! Let’s shoot for $500! I know we can do it! Enjoy all the pumpkin recipes.

How to receive your copy of  the Pumpkins for Pink E-Book:

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I am running in the Dallas Susan G. Komen 5K this Saturday in honor of my grandmother, as well as many other friends who are currently fighting the battle, and several friends who have passed away. I wanted to do something in addition to the run to help support the fight against breast cancer. I decided that I would collect pumpkin recipes from all you wonderful bloggers out there, and combine them in an e-book. I will then provide the link to the e-book full of fabulous pumpkin recipes in exchange for donations to the Susan G Komen Foundation. No minimum or maximum donation will be required. Even a few cents would be appreciated! I am so excited to see how many pumpkin recipes we can collect for a good cause. I will accept recipe submission from now until next Tuesday, October 20. Please send me your pumpkin recipe with at least one clear picture to megslp18@hotmail.com. Thank you in advance for your participation!

If the Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Lattes are available, then I think that I can officially declare it PUMPKIN SEASON! If you read my blog last year, you know I am a pumpkin fanatic. I will try not to go overboard this year, but be expecting lots of fun pumpkin creations during the next couple of months! While I gather all my pumpkin thoughts, enjoy these recipes from previous pumpkin fun.

Allergy Free Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

Protein Power Pumpkin Cookies

Black Bean Pumpkin Polenta Chili

Skillet Pumpkin Pasta

Pumpkin Drop Biscuits