It’s finally fall and, to be honest, I’m having a hard time accepting that cold whether is just around the corner. So here are five easy fall recipes to get anyone in the autumn mood:
1. Apple Cheesecake Breakfast Quesadillas
Ingredients:
1 large (10 inch burrito size) flour tortilla
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 tablespoon sugar
¼ teaspoon vanilla
⅛ teaspoon cinnamon
½ small apple, thinly sliced
butter
cinnamon & sugar
What to do:
1. Mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon with a hand mixer until smooth and creamy.
2. Spread on one half of large tortilla. Top with apple slices; fold tortilla in half.
3. Melt a small amount of butter on griddle. Cook quesadilla until golden brown on one side; flip and cook the other side.
4. Brush both sides of hot quesadilla with butter and sprinkle with cinnamon & sugar mixture.
2. Candy Corn Pretzel Bark
Ingredients:
1/2 package of Halloween Oreos
1/2 cup of broken up pretzel sticks
1/2 cup of candy corn
½ cup of caramel corn
sprinkles
white chocolate
What to do:
1. Break your pretzels and Oreos into pieces.
2. Spread Oreos and pretzels out on a pan that is lined with wax paper.
3. Mix Oreo, pretzels, candy corn and caramel corn on the pan.
4. Melt white chocolate and drizzle over the top.
5. Add sprinkles.
6. Refrigerate for about an hour and then enjoy.
3. DIY Pumpkin Spice Latte
Ingredients:
1 cup 2% milk (whole or 1% milk can be substituted)
1 tablespoon raw cane sugar
1 cinnamon stick
5 allspice berries
3 whole cloves
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
pinch ground cinnamon
2 shots espresso
What to do:
1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the milk, sugar, cinnamon stick, allspice berries, whole cloves and 1/8 teaspoon of the nutmeg. Bring to a simmer then turn off the heat, cover and let stand 10 minutes. With a slotted spoon, remove the whole spices and discard.
2. Heat the spice-infused milk over medium-low heat until hot, then use a milk frother to foam the milk. (Alternatively, you can transfer the milk to a blender and blend until foamy).
3. Pour the hot espresso into a mug and top with the hot milk, pouring the milk over the back of a spoon into the mug to hold back the foam. Then spoon the foam on top and garnish with the remaining nutmeg and the ground cinnamon.
4. Apple Cinnamon Sangria (for all the upperclassmen at QU)
Ingredients:
3 honey crisp apples
1 bottle of your favorite white wine
4 cups of apple cider
1 squeezed orange
several dashes of cinnamon
1 dash of ginger
two dashes of clove
For the rim:
2 tablespoons of sugar
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
What to do:
1. Chop up apples and put them in a pitcher.
2. Add spices to apple cider and stir.
3. Mix apple cider mixture and white wine.
4. Chill, rim your glass and enjoy.
5. Easy Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
5 large sage leaves
1 large shallot, chopped
3/4 cup diced carrots
3/4 cup diced red bell pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
3/4 cup heavy cream
1/3 cup Marsala wine (or dry white wine)
1 1/2 lb. shredded rotisserie chicken
1 1/2 cups diced and cooked potatoes
1/2 cup frozen peas
1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
1 sheet puff pastry, thawed according to package
1 egg plus 1 tablespoon milk, mixed together for egg wash
What to do:
1. In a large skillet, melt butter until it bubbles and foams. Add in sage and cook until butter starts to brown. Remove sage leaves and discard. Stir in shallots, carrots, red bell peppers, salt and pepper and cook until vegetables are softened. Add in flour and stir to combine. Stir in milk, cream and wine and cook until mixture starts to bubble, whisk for two-to-three minutes or until sauce starts to thicken. Add in chicken, potatoes and Parmesan cheese and stir to combine. Remove pan from heat.
2. Transfer chicken mixture to oven-proof bowls. Cut puff pastry into six pieces. Place pastry over the tops of bowls and brush with egg wash, then cut slits in the pastry to allow steam to escape. Bake at 400F for 15 minutes or until pastry top is golden brown. Yields 6 servings.
I hope these quick and easy recipes get you excited for fall like they did for me! And be sure to check out Pinterest for some more simple recipes like these. Let us know which recipe is your favorite for fall by tweeting us @hercampusqu!