The Best Pumpkin Recipes to Enjoy this Fall

Fall is the perfect season to cuddle, enjoy cozy sweaters, colorful leaves, and pumpkin-flavored food and drinks. So the best way to celebrate the cold season is to enjoy Fall's favorite fruit, pumpkin!

Here are the best pumpkin recipes to enjoy this fall season.

Ginger-Pumpkin Soup Recipe

This Ginger-Pumpkin Soup by Country Living is one of the fall season's staples. This warm soup is rich and creamy.

Yield: 10 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 cans pumpkin puree
• 3 cans of chicken broth
• 1 can pear nectar
• Creamy Peanut Butter
• 2 clove garlic
• 2 tbsp. grated fresh ginger root
• 2 tbsp. finely chopped green onion
• 1 tbsp. fresh lime juice
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. ground cayenne pepper
• Toasted pumpkin seeds (optional)
• Chopped chives (optional)

Here's how to cook it:

1. In a saucepan, add pumpkin puree, chicken broth, and pear nectar. Bring to a boil over high heat. Cover the pan, reduce heat to low, and let it simmer for 10 minutes.
2. In a blender or in a food processor fitted with a chopping blade, process a 1 cup pumpkin mixture with peanut butter until smooth. Return the mixture to the saucepan with the remaining pumpkin mixture. Add garlic, ginger root, green onion, lime juice, salt, and cayenne pepper; cook for 10 minutes over medium heat.
3. Put soup in soup plates and garnish with pumpkin seeds and chives, if desired.
4. Serve immediately.

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

This Pumpkin Bread by Country Living is perfect for breakfast or snacks.

Total prep time: 1 hour and 20 minutes

Yields: 2 servings

Ingredients:

• Cooking spray
• 2 stick unsalted butter
• 2 ½ c. all-purpose flour
• 1 c. light-brown sugar
• 1 c. granulated sugar
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• ¾ tsp. ground cloves
• 2 c. grated pumpkin (use a small-holed grater)
• 3 large eggs
• ½ c. Buttermilk
• 1 ½ tsp. vanilla extract

Here's how to cook it:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Butter and flour two 9- by 5-inch loaf pans or two 8-inch cake pans and set aside.
3. In a large bowl, add all the dry ingredients. Add grated pumpkin and toss.
4. In a medium bowl, whisk all the liquid ingredients and stir into dry ingredients.
5. Transfer to prepared pans and bake on the middle shelf of the oven for about 35 minutes or until a wooden skewer inserted into the center of bread tests clean. Let the pans cool on a wire rack.
6. Run a knife around the edges to release bread from pans.

Slow Cooker Turkey Pumpkin Chili Recipe

This Slow Cooker Turkey Pumpkin Chili by Gabriella Vigoreaux and Amanda Garrity is deliciously good and perfect for the cold weather.

Total prep time: 7 hours

Yields: 4 servings

Ingredients:

• 2 c. low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 can pumpkin purée
• 1 ½ tsp. ground cumin
• ¾ tsp. chili powder
• ½ tsp. cinnamon
• cayenne pepper
• 1 lb. lean ground turkey
• 1 large onion
• 2 clove garlic
• 2 can green chilies
• 2 can white beans
• sour cream
• Cheddar cheese
• Sliced radishes
• fresh cilantro leaves

Here's how to cook it:

1. In a 5-to-6-quart slow cooker, add broth, pumpkin, cumin, chili powder, cinnamon, and cayenne. Add the turkey and stir.
2. Add in the onion, garlic, chilies, and beans, and cover and let it cook until the turkey is cooked through for 4 to 5 hours on high heat or 6 to 7 hours on low heat.
3. Serve in soup bowls with sour cream, Cheddar cheese, radishes, and cilantro on top, if desired.

Crust Less Pumpkin Pie Recipe

This Crust Less Pumpkin by Makinze Gore is so easy to make and delicious! This pie is a Thanksgiving miracle.

Total prep time: 6 hours and 15 minutes

Yields: 8 servings

Ingredients:

1. Cooking spray
2. 1 (15-oz.) can pumpkin puree
3. 1 c. heavy cream
4. ¾ c. packed brown sugar
5. 3 large eggs
6. 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
7. 1 tsp. cinnamon
8. ½ tsp. kosher salt
9. ½ tsp. cloves
10. ½ tsp. ground ginger
11. ¼ tsp. nutmeg

Here's how to cook it:

1. Preheat oven to 325°.
2. Grease a 9” pie plate with cooking spray.
3. In a large bowl, whisk all the ingredients. Pour into a pie plate and smooth top with an offset.
4. Bake pie until the center only slightly jiggles for an hour. Turn off the oven and prop the door open with a wooden spoon and let the pie cool inside for 1 hour.
5. Refrigerate until set for about 4 hours or up to overnight.

Pumpkin Pie Martini Recipe

This Pumpkin Pie Martini Recipe by No Spoon Necessary tastes like our favorite autumn pie in a chilled glass! It's cozy, boozy and full of autumn flavors and perfect for this season.

Total prep time: 5 minutes

Yields: 1 serving

Ingredients:

• 2 oz. Pumpkin Spice Vodka
• 1 oz. Dark Rum
• ½ oz. Half and Half
• 2 TBS Pumpkin Puree (canned or homemade)
• 1 oz. Maple Syrup
• ¼ tsp. Pure Vanilla Extract
• 3 Ice Cubes

For the Rim:

• Maple Syrup - to taste
• 1 whole Graham Cracker
• ½ tsp. Cinnamon
• 1 TBS Granulated Sugar

For Garnish:

• Nutmeg
• Cinnamon Stick

Here's how to prepare it:

1. To prepare the garnish: In a Ziploc bag or food processor, crush graham cracker until it resembles sand. Add in the cinnamon and sugar. Line the rim of a martini glass with maple syrup. Dip/roll the rim in the cracker mix. Set aside.
2. To prepare the martini: In a cocktail shaker, add the ice cubes and remaining cocktail ingredients. Shake vigorously until shaker chilled to the touch.
3. Serve: Into the prepared martini glass, strain, and pour the cocktail. Garnish with nutmeg and cinnamon stick. Enjoy!

Celebrate fall and Thanksgiving with these mouth-watering pumpkin-flavored dishes and drink. Cook as many fresh pumpkin-flavored recipes as you want while it's still in season. And spice up your Thanksgiving feast with these Fall Magnetic Wine Charms. These best wine charms are perfect for autumn and Thanksgiving and will surely delight everyone.  So, let get the pumpkin party started! Cheers!