I made a chocolate chip walnut pumpkin spice bread using up leftover pumpkin from Ryan’s Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. Last year, I made these walnut raisin pumpkin spice muffins, but I wanted to do something new this time around. A can of pureed pumpkin here in Canada is 796 mL, or about 27 oz. Many pumpkin […]
Thanksgiving
Walnut Raisin Pumpkin Spice Muffins
These pumpkin spice muffins are flavoured with cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger, and are studded with raisins and walnut pieces. The craggy tops hide a soft and flavourful crumb which tastes just like Thanksgiving. Serve these with a cup of cold milk or a mug of tea on a blustery fall day. Ryan made a […]
Thanksgiving at Lake Placid
Thanksgiving in Canada happens in mid-October, and this year our aunt invited us to spend it with her in Lake Placid, site of the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympics (and also that movie about the giant crocodile). We stayed in the Presidential Suite of a sprawling log cabin lodge in Lake Placid. The four bedrooms […]