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A slice of crumb-topped coffee cake with visible cranberries and drizzle of icing, served on a plate with fresh orange slices and whole cranberries, set on a red cloth.

Cake

Cranberry Orange Coffee Cake

Two crumbly fruit bars with a red filling are stacked on a white plate, surrounded by fresh cranberries and orange slices. More bars and ingredients are blurred in the background.

Brownies and Bars

Cranberry Crumb Bars

Sliced cranberry orange bread sits on a cutting board, with visible cranberries and orange pieces. Orange slices and whole cranberries are scattered nearby for decoration.

Bread

Cranberry Orange Bread

Three glasses of orange punch topped with foam, each garnished with a slice of apple and a gummy worm. Whole and sliced apples, plus more gummy worms, are arranged on a wooden tray with a warm, rustic background.

Halloween

Poison Apple Punch

Pumpkin-shaped sugar cookies decorated with orange icing and sprinkles, arranged in rows on parchment paper. Each cookie has a chocolate stem and piped lines imitating a pumpkin’s shape.

Halloween

Pretzel Pumpkins

A red cocktail with a smoky effect is served in a glass with black and red syrup dripping down the rim. Four lychee and blueberry eyeballs are skewered on top, creating a spooky Halloween drink.

Halloween

Eyeball Punch

A square slice of pumpkin cheesecake with a graham cracker crust, topped with whipped cream and a sprinkle of cinnamon, sits on a plate with a bite taken out.

Fall

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars

Close-up of several fudgy chocolate brownies swirled with a golden brown peanut butter layer, with one brownie positioned at an angle above the others.

Brownies and Bars

Pumpkin Swirl Brownies

A pumpkin cupcake with swirled cinnamon frosting sits on a white plate, with cinnamon sticks nearby and other cupcakes in the background.

Fall

Pumpkin Cupcakes

A hand lifts a gooey rice crispy treat from a batch of square-cut treats on parchment paper. The treats are golden brown with visible puffed rice cereal, stuck together with melted marshmallow.

Fall

Pumpkin Rice Krispie Treats

A slice of spiced apple cake topped with creamy frosting, surrounded by cinnamon sticks and whole apples on a parchment-lined surface.

Cake

Apple Cake

A spoon drizzles thick caramel sauce into a white bowl surrounded by slices of apple and pieces of cake.

Fall

How to Make Caramel Sauce

A close-up of a glazed bundt cake with a slice being lifted from the whole cake. The cake is on a white plate with a red cloth underneath, and apples are visible in the background.

Cake

Apple Bundt Cake

A slice of crumb-topped coffee cake with a cinnamon swirl filling and white icing drizzle, served on a speckled ceramic plate.

Cake

Apple Coffee Cake

Recipes

Apple Butter

A bowl filled with baked apples coated in a glossy brown cinnamon sauce sits on a rustic surface, surrounded by green apples, cinnamon sticks, and star anise. A silver spoon rests in the bowl.

Recipes

Baked Apples

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