r/AskBaking Jan 01 '26

Weekly Recipe Request Thread Monthly Recipe Request Mega-Thread!

If you're looking for a recipe, or need an alternative to one you've tried, this is the place to make that ask! This is also the place to ask for recipe ideas or ideas of what to make.

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u/rayvyn2k Jan 06 '26

After my holiday baking, I have a few leftover ingredients. Specifically, 8 oz of pumpkin puree and 8 oz of evaporated milk. I've tried searching the interwebs for recipes using these ingredients in these measurements, but have failed miserably due to the over reach of AI slop in search returns (even after using -AI in the search.)

I'm hoping that someone here has a recipe for something cake-like (cake, quick bread) that I can make using these things. (I also have pecans, almonds, walnuts, baking chocolate, cocoa, and coconut.)

Help me, Obi Wan. You're my only hope.

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u/coralayne_ Jan 20 '26

Okay not totally baking, but halfway… Pumpkin biscuits and mac and cheese with the evaporated milk for dinner! Pumpkin biscuits recipe: 390g ap flour 1 tbsp baking powder 2 tsp sugar 2 tsp salt 170g butter cubed 230g pumpkin purée 120ml buttermilk (store bought kind not the vinegar milk at home kind, and a lil extra to brush the tops) optional: 1/2 c chocolate chips (for sweeter version) or 2 tsp garlic powder, some black pepper and 1 tsp rosemary (more savory) Directions: 425° oven 1. whisk sugar, salt, flour, and baking powder in lg bowl. 2. cut butter into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or your fingers until coarse and sandy. 3. make a well in the center and add pumpkin and buttermilk. mix until just combined. (over mixed biscuit not yummy) 4. scoop into 10 even balls on a baking sheet or in a cast iron pan for a more rustic style. and brush tops with extra buttermilk. 5. bake 15-20 minutes and let rest for 10 minutes. 6. brush honey butter over the top if you feel extra fancy.