This recipe is adapted from Yvonne Whyte's 1952 recipe, which won 2nd place in the Pillsbury Bakeoff's Junior Division. The original recipe calls for shortening, but I have used butter instead to good effect. More

By baking these brownies in muffin cups, you end up with the perfect ratio of chewy crust to creamy truffle-like center. More

This ice cream has just a hint of spice without verging too far into pumpkin pie territory. You can make it with canned pumpkin, but homemade pumpkin purée is as vast an improvement as it is easy to make. More