This is a wonderful time of year because there are so many opportunities for baking, with several major holidays just around the corner and regular holiday parties and events with friends. You don’t need an excuse to bake, of course, but it never hurts to have an excuse to make something a little extra …

The combination of sweet and savory ingredients in a dessert is one that is good all year round, but it seems to be even better during the fall for some reason. Maybe it’s the fact that desserts with both sweet and savory elements have a more satisfying feel to them than sweets alone. Whatever …

Few things say fall as well as a tall glass of apple cider – particularly if that cider is spiced and served hot. This week, I found lots of recipes that used apple cider to infuse their desserts with a touch of fall – as well as a few recipes that …

• The Halloween Cobweb Cookies that Very Culinary baked up can double as a Halloween treat and a Halloween decoration. The cookies are made with a very thin batter than can be piped through a piping bag or squeeze bottle into fairly intricate designs – such as delicate …

Apple and pears are both popular fall ingredients that showed up on lots of blogs this week – including here at Baking Bites with my Chai Spiced Apple Crisp and Salted Caramel Apple Mug Cake. When flavors are so connected with a particular season, sometimes you just want to …