There’s an infinite amount of Pumpkin Recipes to be enjoyed during the fall season, but we have compiled a collection of the BEST! Cakes, cookies, breads, muffins, breakfast, and more! There’s something for everyone.
Pumpkin Season is Here!
I don’t know what other one item screams AUTUMN than pumpkins. You find them decorating sweaters, scattered across porches, and most importantly, adorning the table in the form of delicious foods.
Over the years, we’ve made such a wide variety of Pumpkin Recipes, from cakes to cookies, and breads to chilis. If you’re a pumpkin fan, I highly recommend you scroll through this collection. There’s something for everyone to enjoy during the fall season!
But before you do, here are a few tips to keep in mind with pumpkin recipes:
- Pretty much all pumpkin recipes require either pumpkin spice (AKA pumpkin pie spice), or pumpkin puree. We have a great recipe for Homemade Pumpkin Spice, and if you want to make your own pumpkin puree, the instructions are listed below!
- Be sure that when a recipe calls for pumpkin puree you do not accidentally use a can of pumpkin pie filling.
Making your own Pumpkin Puree:
I like to use canned pumpkin puree from the grocery store. It’s inexpensive and as easy as opening a can. However, if you’re feeling adventurous you can make your own puree. Some recipe pages include directions, but I thought I’d include it here for anyone who wishes to know.
- Pick the right kind of pumpkin: use pie pumpkin or sugar pumpkins not the kind that you would carve a Jack O’ Lantern out of.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper.
- Wash and dry the outside. Slice it in half from top to bottom and scoop out the seeds and strings
- Place the halves, with the insides facing down, on the baking pan.
- Bake for minutes 35-45 minutes until soft
- Allow the pumpkin to cool a bit. Scoop out the pumpkin meat and place in a blender. Puree until smooth.
- Drain excess liquid by placing puree in a strainer or cheesecloth.
- One 6-8 inch pumpkin should yield about 3 cups of puree. Store puree in a freezer safe container for 4-5 months.
What to do with leftover Pumpkin Puree:
Some recipes may not use an entire can of puree, but that doesn’t mean the rest needs to be tossed. Here are a few suggestions for you:
- Store it: Place leftover puree in a airtight container. Store in the fridge for 3-5 days or in the freezer for 4-5 months.
- Stir it into Oatmeal, Yogurt, Shakes
- Spread over waffles, bagels or ice cream
- Add it to soups and casseroles
Breakfast recipes with pumpkin
We love to enjoy delicious, warm breakfast recipes in the fall and winter and especially when they involve pumpkin. From pancakes to coffee cake, the following pumpkin breakfast recipes are sure to be a hit in your family.
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls Recipe
Soft and Gooey Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls topped with a delicious pumpkin spice glaze. Between the pumpkin flavored bread dough, the pumpkin spice filling, and the pumpkin spice glaze on top, this dessert has all the goods!
Total Time: 2 hours 27 minutes
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Pumpkin Pancakes Recipe
These pumpkin pancakes are the ultimate autumn breakfast!! They're soft, full of fall flavor, and completely irresistible when topped with homemade cinnamon buttermilk syrup.
Total Time: 12 minutes
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Pumpkin Waffle Recipe
With pumpkin puree, seasonal spices, and brown sugar for a hint of caramel, these are the most flavorful and fluffy waffles! Serve your pumpkin waffles with syrup or a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a delicious treat.
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Pumpkin French Toast Sticks Recipe
These Pumpkin French Toast Sticks are so quick and easy to make, there's no reason not to try them! Each bite is filled with cinnamon, sugar, & just the right amount of pumpkin!
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Pumpkin Coffee Cake Recipe
Delicious Pumpkin Coffee Cake with a brown sugar filling and topped with butter, pecans, cinnamon and sugar making it the perfect fall treat!
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
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Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Bites Recipe
Bite-sized pumpkin flavored cinnamon rolls, covered in a pumpkin spice and sugar mixture, baked to perfection, and topped with a dreamy cinnamon glaze! These Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll bites have become our new favorite quick and easy pumpkin dessert!
Total Time: 27 minutes
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Pumpkin French Toast Bake Recipe
Pumpkin French Toast Bake with a homemade Cinnamon Buttermilk Syrup - seriously the best breakfast recipe EVER!
Total Time: 55 minutes
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pumpkin Cookies
No one can deny a homemade cookie! Fill it with all the fall flavors that everyone loves (like pumpkin), and they definitely can’t resist them. Here are some of our favorite pumpkin cookies you can find here on the site.
Iced Pumpkin Cookie Recipe
Iced Pumpkin Cookies - these soft and spicy cookies are a fall favorite! An easy cinnamon glaze makes them simply irresistible.
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
These Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies are SO soft and fluffy, they're almost like a cake. Filled with pumpkin flavor, and chocolate chips, these cookies have just the right amount of seasonal spices.
Total Time: 17 minutes
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Pumpkin Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
These pumpkin oatmeal cookies are extra soft and chewy, filled with cinnamon and just the right amount of pumpkin flavor.
Total Time: 48 minutes
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Pumpkin Cookies Recipe
These are the easiest, softest, chewiest Pumpkin Cookies!! All it takes is a box of pumpkin cake mix, cream cheese, butter, eggs & powdered sugar.
Total Time: 50 minutes
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White Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles Recipe
DELICIOUS White Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodles - they're so soft and are the perfect fall treat.
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Try these pumpkin cookies from Life Made Simple Pumpkin Lofthouse Cookies – Soft and chewy pumpkin sugar cookies topped with a cream cheese frosting.
Pumpkin Bars and Brownies
When you’re feeding quite a few people, our go to is always brownies or bars. We added pumpkin to these favorites and couldn’t believe how delicious they were. Pumpkin bars and brownies are definitely a MUST-MAKE each fall.
Pumpkin Bars Recipe
Fluffy and moist pumpkin bars that are oozing with autumn charm. They're topped with the most delicious cinnamon cream cheese frosting, making them sweet and irresistible!
Total Time: 45 minutes
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Pumpkin Brownie Recipe
The yummiest Pumpkin Brownies you will ever taste! Pumpkin, chocolate, and spices unite to make one pan of deliciousness that will sure to satisfy anyone's pumpkin addiction.
Total Time: 1 hour 3 minutes
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Gooey Butter Pumpkin Bars Recipe
Delicious Frosted Gooey Butter Pumpkin Bars - a simple but great fall treat! Recipe includes a pumpkin cake box mix, cream cheese, powdered sugar and topped with cream cheese frosting and cinnamon and sugar!
Total Time: 45 minutes
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Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Bars
These Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars have so many delicious layers, including a graham cracker crust, cheesecake layer and pumpkin layer. They're full of fall spices and are sure to impress at any holiday gathering.
Total Time: 1 hour
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Pumpkin Cream Cheese Swirl Bars Recipe
Soft and cake-y pumpkin bars with swirls of cream cheese throughout.
Total Time: 33 minutes
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Pumpkin Cakes
Another great recipe to make for family or a crowd at gatherings is a cake. The following recipes are some of our favorite pumpkin cakes that are great for holidays or any fall functions.
Pumpkin Crunch Cake Recipe
Pumpkin crunch cake is a must-make during the fall season. It entails all of the smooth pumpkin flavors, topped with crunchy pecans and a dollop of whipped cream.
Total Time: 1 hour 12 minutes
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Pumpkin Roll Recipe
Libby's Pumpkin Roll is a classic fall favorite! Nothing beats a pumpkin cake full of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger all rolled up with a delicious cream cheese filling.
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Pumpkin Magic Cake Recipe
3 layer cake made up of creamy pumpkin puree layer, a layer of yellow cake, and lastly a white chocolate pumpkin spice frosting topped with white chocolate shavings!!
Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
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Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Cake Recipe
A buttery, cinnamon cake with cinnamon, brown sugar and pumpkin puree swirls, topped with a sweet pumpkin spice glaze. This Pumpkin Cinnamon Roll Cake is what pumpkin spice dreams are made of!
Total Time: 47 minutes
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Pumpkin Dump Cake Recipe
Try this fall dump cake variation - Pumpkin Dump Cake! This delicious pumpkin dump cake recipe is complete with all the fall flavors, pumpkin, pecan, and cinnamon spice.
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
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Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake Recipe
This two layer Pumpkin Gooey Butter Cake is moist, DELICIOUS, and perfect for any fall festivity! The dessert consists of a buttery cake-like bottom layer, plus a creamy layer of pumpkin puree, cream cheese, cinnamon, nutmeg, and powdered sugar.
Total Time: 50 minutes
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Pumpkin Cake Recipe
This moist pumpkin cake with cream cheese frosting is filled with brown sugar, spices & all your favorite fall flavors. Then topped with cream cheese frosting - it is by far the BEST pumpkin cake recipe! Best of all, it's so easy and comes together in about 45 minutes.
Total Time: 40 minutes
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Pumpkin Cheesecakes, Pies, and custards
Want to go a little more fancy with the pumpkin recipes? Cheesecakes, pies, custards and more are the way to go. These sweet treats are great for holidays too and make the perfect addition to any fall holiday meal.
No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
Individual No Bake Pumpkin Cheesecakes are easy and perfect for the holidays!! Crushed gingersnaps fill the bottom of each jar, layered with a mixed pumpkin puree, and topped with Whipped Cream and caramel!
Total Time: 15 minutes
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Pumpkin Pie Recipe
Not only is this pumpkin pie incredibly easy - it's the most moist, flavorful, all around perfect pumpkin pie! Made from canned pumpkin, seasonal spices, and evaporated milk, this pie is a must have dessert during the holidays.
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
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Mini Pumpkin Pies
Mini Pumpkin Pies - the perfect, bite-sized fall treats perfect for any party or occasion!
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Pumpkin Custard Recipe
This pumpkin custard dessert is a cinch to prepare and will satisfy that pumpkin craving! It's rich and creamy and full of pumpkin spice with a delicious nutty, crunch topping.
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
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Pumpkin Lasagna Recipe
This Pumpkin Lasagna dessert is stacked with the most delicious layers - a Pumpkin Oreo crust, cream cheese layer, pumpkin pudding layer, and topped off with cream and white chocolate curls.
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
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Pumpkin Cheesecake Recipe
Oreo crust, two layers of cheesecake (one plain and one with pumpkin puree), whipped cream, and chocolate ganache! Everything about this chocolate pumpkin cheesecake is heavenly.
Total Time: 7 hours 25 minutes
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Pumpkin Delight Recipe
With a buttery pecan crust, a whipped cream cheese layer, light and fluffy pumpkin spice pudding, and more whipped cream topped off with chopped pecans, this pumpkin delight dessert is absolutely irresistible!
Total Time: 3 hours 35 minutes
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Pumpkin Breads and muffins
Don’t forget all the delicious pumpkin breads and muffins that are great to bake in the fall. Not only do they fill the house and kitchen with the delicious scents of fall, but they make great after school treats, neighbor gifts and more.
Pumpkin Banana Bread Recipe
If you're looking for the best pumpkin bread recipe around - then try this Pumpkin Banana Bread. It's moist, tender, filled with bananas and pumpkin spice, & perfect for fall.
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe
You can never have just one of these soft and delicious Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins. After trying several recipes, this one is our favorite!
Total Time: 27 minutes
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Pumpkin Bread Recipe
This moist Pumpkin Bread has become a favorite fall treat in our family! A delicious pumpkin loaf, topped with irresistible cinnamon sugar, and packed with amazing flavor. Best of all, this easy pumpkin bread recipe doesn't require any yeast!!
Total Time: 1 hour
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Pumpkin Bubble Bread
Pumpkin-flavored bread filled with lots of cinnamon, and topped with a delicious cream cheese glaze, ready to be pulled apart and devoured.
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Pumpkin Streusel Bread Recipe
This soft and delicious Pumpkin Streusel Bread recipe is filled with the flavors of fall!
Total Time: 50 minutes
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Pumpkin Muffin Top Recipe
One of the most delicious muffin top recipes you'll ever try! These Pumpkin Muffin Tops are full of pumpkin spice goodness, and topped with a delicious oat and pecan brown sugar streusel.
Total Time: 30 minutes
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Mini Glazed Pumpkin Donut Muffins Recipe
A donut muffin filled with pumpkin and cinnamon flavors, topped with a spiced white chocolate glaze. These mini glazed pumpkin donut muffins are totally irresistible!!
Total Time: 13 minutes
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Biscoff Streusel Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Delicious Biscoff Streusel Pumpkin Muffins! Packed with flavors of fall topped with a streusel made with biscoff cookies, biscoff spread, cinnamon & cream cheese.
Total Time: 28 minutes
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Easy Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
These Cinnamon Sugar Pumpkin Muffins are so moist and full of cinnamon, sugar, and pumpkin. Top them with cinnamon sugar, or with a delicious cinnamon buttercream spread!
Total Time: 32 minutes
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More Pumpkin Recipes
We have a few more pumpkin recipes for you. From sweet to savory, don’t forget to check out these other favs!
Pumpkin Butter Recipe
Pumpkin butter is all of your favorite fall flavors in one spreadable and smooth mixture. Make a batch to spread on bagels or toast! Or, package it up and give it to friends and neighbors.
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Pumpkin Seeds Recipe
Nothing says fall season like roasted pumpkin seeds! This is one of my favorite traditions this time of year. Pumpkin seeds are the best salty little snack ever!
Total Time: 55 minutes
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Pumpkin Pie Spice Recipe
4 different spices combine to make Pumpkin Pie Spice — something you will want to use in ALL your autumn recipes!
Total Time: 5 minutes
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Pumpkin Pie Dip Recipe
Delicious and creamy Pumpkin Gingersnap Dip recipe. A rich and smooth dip for cookies! Ingredients include cream cheese, solid-pack pumpkin, cinnamon, and marshmallow fluff.
Total Time: 5 minutes
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Pumpkin Chili Recipe
Loaded with vegetables, this Pumpkin Chili is healthy and delicious. A perfect fall soup recipe that the whole family will love!
Total Time: 45 minutes
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Pumpkin Cobbler Recipe
Easy Pumpkin Cobbler recipe - all the flavors of Pumpkin Pie in an easy to make baked dessert! Recipe includes yellow cake mix, pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice, and some seasonings, topped with your favorite nut!
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
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Try more Pumpkin Recipes from Life Made Simple:
- Pumpkin Sausage Lasagna – With layers of pumpkin sauce and cheese, you definitely can’t go wrong with this lasagna.
- Pumpkin Honey Butter Crescent Rolls – Soft, fluffy and buttery these rolls are perfect for fall.
- Pumpkin Bagels – No one can resist these savory bagels with a whipped honey pecan cream cheese spread.
