One of the many reasons I love this time of year is all the wonderful pumpkin dishes.

How do you like your pumpkin?  Bonus points for recipes.

My favorite recipe, which I recently made:

Pumpkin Muffins
Ingredients:
•    2 cups all purpose flour
•    2 teaspoons baking powder
•    ½ teaspoon baking soda
•    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
•    ½ teaspoon ground ginger
•    ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
•    ¼ teaspoon ground cloves (or a little less)
•    ½ teaspoon salt
•    1 can (15 – 16 oz.) pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)
•    ½ stick melted unsalted butter
•    ½ cup evaporated milk or half-and-half
•    ½ cup brown sugar, packed
•    ¼ cup granulated sugar
•    2 large eggs, beaten
•    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
•    ¾ cup pecans
•    ¾ cup golden raisins

Preparation:
1.    Preheat oven to 375°
2.    If using raw pecans, spread the pecans in a single level on a baking sheet.  Once the oven comes up to temperature, put in the pecans & bake for only 5 minutes.  Remove pecans & let them cool on the baking sheet.  Meanwhile…
3.    In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, and salt.  Mix to combine.
4.    In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, then mix in the pumpkin, butter, milk (or half-and-half), brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla.
5.    Once the pecans have cooled, chop them coarsely (or I leave them whole).
6.    Add nuts & raisins to the flour mixture.  Mix to coat the raisins & nuts.
7.    Grease muffin cups (I use/prefer the jumbo muffins).  Dust the muffin cups with flour.
8.    Dump pumpkin-egg mixture on top of the flour mixture.  Stir quickly until just combined.
9.    Fill the muffin tins up ¾ full.
10.    Bake for 20 to 25 minutes.  Muffins are done when a toothpick comes out clean.
11.    Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then cool further on a cooling rack.
Makes 12 to 16 regular sized muffins or 6 to 8 jumbo muffins. 

Of all the pumpkin pies I've tried in my lifetime (homemade, restaurants/bakeries, and store bought), my fav is Mrs. Smith's Pumpkin Custard pie that you'd buy from the grocery store.

Pie, muffins, bread, baked, but this morning we just put one up for another 5 gallons of pumpkin wine.  Our top three flavors or non-grape wines are: peach, pumpkin, dandelion.  Been doing it for years.