Carbs and desserts reigned supreme.

Clearly you are ready to carb load.

November is a big month around Simply Recipes.

Close-up: No-bake pumpkin cheesecake on a platter, and in the background, a stack of plates, utensils on the counter, and an orange kitchen towel

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You’re all largely in that same mode, too.

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1.

No-Bake Pumpkin Cheesecake

This stunning cheesecake requires no fussy water bath or hours of low and slow baking.

Corn pudding in a casserole dish with a bit already spooned out from the corner at a table with a glass of water and a table napkin

Simply Recipes / Sarah Crowder

Simply Recipes / Sarah Crowder

2.

You beat a few eggs with sugar and cornstarch, then add a few cans of corn and bake.

Easy peasy, and the sleeper hit of countless big holiday meals all over America.

Thanksgiving cocktail ingredients (L to R): Spiced Chai Black Tea Concentrate, Sparkling Apple Cider, and Elijah Craig Bourbon

Simply Recipes / Laurel Randolph

Simply Recipes / Laurel Randolph

3.

Trader Joe’s Spiced Apple Cocktail

Just three ingredients from Trader Joe’s go into this easy autumnal cocktail.

you might make one drink at a time or batch it for parties.

Garlic rosemary sauce spooned onto fondant potatoes (both are in the same skillet)

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe

Simply Recipes / Ciara Kehoe

4.

Fondant Potatoes

This simple French recipe makes velvety potatoes in a brothy, flavorful sauce.

They’re not hard to make.

Double chocolate muffins on a cooling rack

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Try them with a steak or roasted chicken.

Double Chocolate Muffins

Just look at those beauties!

They take all of half an hour to make and require only one bowl, no mixer needed.

Overhead shot: caramel apple oatmeal bars on a wooden surface

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Make a batch and you’re able to skip the expensive bakery ones.

They’re equally well suited for breakfast or dessert.

They’re portable and easily customizable with nuts, flay salt, or extra spices.

Drop biscuits on a piece of parchment and brushed with butter

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Everyone I fed it to raved about it."

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

9.

“Seriously the best,” commented reader Neil.

Julia Child Pumpkin Pie

Simply Recipes / Laurel Randolph

Bowl of nothin' muffins

Simply Recipes / Mihaela Kozaric Sebrek

Salted honey rolls in a parchment paper-lined baking sheet on a cooling rack next to a blue kitchen towel and a bowl of flaky salt

Simply Recipes / Sarah Crowder