Goose recipes

Maple leaf pumpkin pie sweetens the spiced pumpkin custard with a half cup of pure maple syrup, then crowns the cooled pie with pastry maple leaves baked separately to a golden brown. A festive Canadian-style holiday dessert.

These chocolaty and moist cupcakes are filled with cream cheese and chocolate chips filling that adds extra creaminess and chocolaty taste into every bite. Decorate these delicious cupcakes into Halloween spiders, skulls, skeleton, mummies... Whichever way you or your kids love. Being creative and make sure to make a few bunches, they will disappear quickly.

A decadent coffee cream cake will for sure make everyone wow when they put the first piece into the mouth.

Apple-ginger scones from start to oven in 30 minutes using a baking-mix shortcut. Sweet apple chunks, warm ginger, and brown sugar in a tender wedge with an optional honey glaze.

Pumpkin pie cognac with a silky custard of half-and-half, dark brown sugar, candied ginger, and a generous splash of brandy. The grown-up holiday pie that smells like Thanksgiving in a glass.

Banana chocolate bundt cake with mashed ripe bananas and Dutch-process cocoa for deep, fudgy flavor. Sour cream keeps the crumb tender. Bakes in a 12-cup bundt for a striking, fluted finish.

A tall, creamy New York cheesecake on a buttery graham cracker crust, topped with a glossy homemade strawberry glaze. Dense, rich, tangy, and everything a real NY-style cheesecake should be.

So quick and easy. Not really Danish pastry, but good in a pinch.

Pecan tarts with caramel sauce: flaky homemade pastry shells filled with a brown-butter pecan filling, baked golden, then drizzled with silky amber caramel. Individual holiday tartlets worth the effort.

I used whole milk and whole wheat flour, and the mini pumpkin loaves came out nicely fluffy, moist and very flavorful.

Feather biscuits (also called angel biscuits) use both yeast and baking powder for an unbelievably light, fluffy texture. The buttermilk dough can chill up to 3 days for make-ahead Sunday breakfasts.

A very moist, custardy pumpkin pie spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove. Lightened up with sugar substitute and skim milk for a lighter slice on the Thanksgiving table.

Healthier oatmeal raisin cookies made with prune paste instead of butter for lower fat, soft-baked treats in 30 minutes

Irish pumpkin pie made with stout or Guinness beer in place of evaporated milk, cinnamon, fresh ginger, and pumpkin puree. A boozy holiday twist on the Thanksgiving classic.

Caribbean-style roti dough with flour, milk, baking soda, and oil. Soft, supple Trinidadian-style flatbread for wrapping curries, made on a hot skillet.

Two-loaf zucchini nut bread with shredded summer squash squeezed dry, cinnamon-scented batter, and chopped nuts folded throughout. The end-of-summer garden gift loaf.