Blogtober 🎃 Fall Favorites!🍂
Fall is here which means, Blogtober! If you’re new here, my blog normally is not so ~spooky~ looking! With the fall solstice making it’s debut last week, and October starting today, I’m here to dedicate this post, and all the following posts this season, to fall; my 2nd favorite season (spring is my favorite ❤)! Spooky season! Continue reading for all my fall faves! 🦇🍁🍂🎃
Let’s Fall in…
Lighting my pumpkin patch candle and snuggling in with a hot cup of coffee to write this. I LOVE this time of year, too bad Texas won’t act like it’s fall for another month or so. We basically have two seasons; winter and summer, but it’s fine… Anyway, I am still embracing fall in this 90-degree weather! As I get more involved in blogging and noticing life around me, I’ve noticed myself catching such a deeper appreciation of my surroundings. The beginnings of fall on campus at Texas A&M are SO beautiful and I’m so lucky to be here for it. The leaves are changing and falling, there’s a brisk breeze in the mornings that is fleeting with sunrise, and there is most certainly pumpkin spice luring me to Starbucks!
If you’re wanting to keep up with me every day of the week, check out my Instagram page and tune in for special giveaways, random life updates (that don’t make the blog), but especially to hear about my day-to-day college life!
Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice (sorry I had to)
Baking Recipes
Some of my absolute all-time favorite things to bake fit under the fall season category! This would be a great addition to a Friends-giving! I’m going to put a couple of my go-to’s for dinner party’s or baked gifts! Who doesn’t love a good sweet fall staple?!
- Pumpkin Bars
Okay, literally these are my favorite. Nothing else matters on this post except these pumpkin bars. Seriously. I have made these on multiple different occasions and they are always the favorite dessert! The recipe and process is so simple it’s very beginner level!
Ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 1 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 15 oz. Real Pumpkin (Libby’s)
- 2 Cups Flour
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons Ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon Cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
Steps
- Turn the oven to 350.
- Mix in a large bowl; eggs, oil, sugar, pumpkin
- Sift dry ingredients together; flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg.
- Slowly pour and whisk dry mix into the wet mix.
- Grease a 12in. x 18in. x 1in. pan.
- Pour batter into the pan and bake for 35-25 minutes.
I love to top my pumpkin bars with icing. I have a recipe for icing below, but when I’m crunched for time or just don’t feel like making it, my go-to icing is Duncan Hines Whipped White Frosting!
Ingredients
- 6 oz. Cream Cheese
- 3/4 Stick of Butter
- 1 Tablespoon Cream or Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 4 Cups Powder Sugar
Steps
- Soften butter.
- Mix ingredients together, wet first, then slowly adding sugar!
- Snickerdoodles
Everyone loves a good cinnamon & sugar cookie. At least, everyone should. Chocolate chip cookies are a good basic one, but this is fall food, and cinnamon is HIGHLY encouraged!
*Yields 6 Dozen Cookies*
Ingredients
- 1/2 Cup Butter/Margarine; Softened
- 1/2 Cup Shortening
- 1 1/2 Cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 3/4 Cups Flour
- 2 teaspoons cream of Tartar
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
Steps
- Turn the oven to 400.
- Mix thoroughly butter, shortening, 1 1/2 cups sugar, and the eggs. Blend in flour, cream of tartar, baking soda, and salt. Shape the dough by rounded teaspoons into balls.
- Mix 2 tablespoons of sugar and the cinnamon and roll the balls into the C&S mixture. Place balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until set.
- Immediately remove from the baking sheet.
- Enjoy! 🍪💛
Gather ’round!
Movies!!
Not your typical but sorta your typical movie night list. ; ) These are some of my favorites movies for this time of year that I could think of! I will surely be referring to my post when picking out movies for nights in with friends! : ) I have provided links under the name so that it’s an easy one-stop-shop for finding the movies! Unfortunately, not all of them are free to stream, but I tried y’all.
Family Friendly 💛
I hope this list was helpful!!! I’ve provided some printables for ya for my recipes and movies down here! 🙂
