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🍂 RosemaryThyme Bakery — Dennis’s Southern Chocolate Pecan Bourbon Pie

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There are some recipes that become part of a family’s story, and this is certainly one of ours. 🥧🤎

Dennis has been making his Southern Chocolate Pecan Pie for decades. He usually makes 12 or 13 pies at a time, so finally getting his recipe scaled down to ONE pie was quite an accomplishment! 😆

Our son Zach loves this pie so much that he requests it for both his birthday and Thanksgiving, which fall close together every year. Dennis keeps a supply tucked away in the freezer—and before his knee surgery, he made sure those special pies were already baked and waiting.

That’s one of the ways Dennis shows his love: making sure there is something homemade to look forward to. 💛

🍂 RosemaryThyme Bakery — Dennis’s Southern Chocolate Pecan Bourbon Pie

Milk chocolate, pecans, and a splash of orange whiskey make this a rich, sweet family favorite.

INGREDIENTS

• 1 cup light corn syrup
• ⅔ cup Great Value Granulated Sugar
• ⅓ cup Great Value Unsalted Butter, softened
• 3 large eggs
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1½ cups Great Value Milk Chocolate Chips
• 1 cup Great Value Pecan Halves
• 1 shot (1½ fluid ounces) Jim Beam Orange whiskey
• 1 unbaked Great Value Deep Dish Pie Crust

DIRECTIONS

  1. Gather all ingredients and preheat the oven to 350°F.
  2. Spread the pecan halves and milk chocolate chips evenly in the unbaked deep-dish pie shell. Set aside.
  3. Cream together the softened butter, sugar, and salt.
  4. Mix in the vanilla extract, corn syrup, and whiskey.
  5. Add the eggs and mix with an electric mixer until combined.
  6. Pour the filling evenly over the pecans and chocolate chips.
  7. Bake for approximately 45 minutes, beginning to check at 30 minutes. Dennis checks the filling with a knife; when it comes out clean, the pie is done.
  8. Allow the pie to cool before slicing.

RECIPE NOTES

🥧 Use a deep-dish crust to accommodate the filling.

🍂 If the crust edges brown too quickly, cover them with a pie shield or strips of foil.

🤎 Melted chocolate may leave a little chocolate on the knife—check that the custard filling is set.

A little RosemaryThyme note…

Some of our most treasured family traditions begin in the kitchen. For us, this pie carries decades of birthdays, Thanksgiving dinners, and memories of Dennis baking for the people he loves. I’m so happy to share his one-pie recipe with your family.

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With love from our home to yours,
Helene 🌿
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🌿 Rosemary Thyme Cozy Autumn Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Mini Loaves

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🍂 A cozy kitchen, the scent of pumpkin and cinnamon, and little loaves filled with chocolate chips and toasted walnuts—such a lovely way to welcome an autumn afternoon!

These pumpkin mini loaves combine oat flour and almond flour for a tender crumb, with pure maple syrup for sweetness. Just right for enjoying with a warm cup of coffee or tea. ☕💛

🌿 RosemaryThyme Cozy Autumn Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Mini Loaves

Makes approximately 4 mini loaves
 Pan size: approximately 5¾ × 3 inches

🍁 INGREDIENTS

• 1½ cups oat flour (about 180 g), such as Bob’s Red Mill
 • 1 cup Great Value Superfine Blanched Almond Flour (about 112 g)
 • 1 teaspoon Great Value Baking Powder
 • ½ teaspoon Great Value Baking Soda
 • 2 teaspoons Great Value Organic Ground Cinnamon
 • ½ teaspoon Great Value Organic Ground Ginger
 • ¼ teaspoon Great Value Organic Ground Nutmeg
 • ⅛ teaspoon Great Value Organic Ground Cloves, optional
 • ¼ teaspoon salt
 • 3 large eggs
 • 1 cup Libby’s 100% Pure Pumpkin
 • ⅓ cup Great Value Pure Maple Syrup
 • ¼ cup Great Value Olive Oil or a neutral oil
 • 2 teaspoons Great Value Pure Vanilla Extract
 • ½ cup Great Value Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Chips
 • ½ cup Great Value Chopped Walnuts, toasted and cooled

🍁 DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease four mini loaf pans and line with parchment paper, leaving a little overhang for lifting.
  2. Toast the walnuts in a dry skillet over medium-low heat for about 3–5 minutes, stirring frequently, until fragrant. Transfer to a plate to cool.
  3. In a bowl, whisk together the oat flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices, and salt.
  4. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs, pumpkin, maple syrup, oil, and vanilla until smooth.
  5. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture just until combined. Let the batter rest for 10 minutes so the oat flour can absorb some moisture. Fold in the chocolate chips and cooled walnuts.
  6. Divide the batter among the prepared pans, filling each approximately two-thirds full. Sprinkle a few reserved chocolate chips and walnuts on top, if desired.
  7. Bake for approximately 28–38 minutes, beginning to check at 25 minutes. A toothpick inserted into the bread, away from a chocolate chip, should come out with a few moist crumbs but no wet batter.
  8. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes, then carefully lift onto a cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing.

🍁 RECIPE NOTES

• Use pure pumpkin—not pumpkin pie filling.
 • Mini loaf pans vary in size, so the yield and baking time may vary. Bake any extra batter in a muffin cup, checking it earlier.
 • These loaves are delicate while warm. Cooling completely helps them hold together when sliced.
 • This is a newly developed recipe; baking time may need adjusting after the first batch.

🌿 A little RosemaryThyme note

There is something comforting about baking a little goodness into an ordinary day. A small pumpkin loaf, a favorite mug, and a quiet moment at home can make an autumn afternoon feel special. 🍂💛🏡

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Colonial Apple Tansey

🍎 Cast-Iron Apple Tansey

💛 QUESTION OF THE DAY:

If you could sit down at your family table with one ancestor, who would it be and what would you ask them?

I have always loved recipes with a story behind them, and this one may be one of my favorites.

Recently, I was reading through the America 250 Cookbook, a collection of historic and regional American recipes, when I came across an old-fashioned dish called an Apple Tansey. Originally brought from England and adapted by early American colonists, it is somewhere between a skillet custard, a baked pancake, and a frittata.

What makes it especially meaningful to me is that my own family came from England around 1650 and settled in Virginia. As I stood in my kitchen reading about this humble dish of apples, eggs, milk, and butter, I couldn’t help but wonder if one of my ancestors may have made something very much like this over an open hearth centuries ago.

There is something comforting about preparing a recipe that has traveled through generations. It reminds us that while the world changes, gathering around the table remains one of life’s greatest blessings.

🍎 Cast-Iron Apple Tansey

Ingredients:

• 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

• 4 large eggs

• ½ cup milk (whole milk, 1% milk, or unsweetened almond milk)

• 1 tablespoon sugar or 1 tablespoon Swerve Granular

• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

• ¼ teaspoon nutmeg

• Pinch of salt (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2. Melt butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat.

3. Add apples and lemon juice and cook for 5–7 minutes until slightly softened.

4. In a bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, sugar or Swerve, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt.

5. Spread apples evenly in the skillet.

6. Pour the egg mixture over the apples.

7. Transfer skillet to the oven and bake for 20–25 minutes, or until puffed and lightly golden.

8. Let rest for 5 minutes before serving.

Optional:

Dust lightly with powdered sugar or powdered Swerve, drizzle with a little maple syrup, or serve with a spoonful of vanilla yogurt.

💛 Blessing

May we never forget the stories carried to our tables by those who came before us. May our homes be filled with gratitude for their sacrifices, joy in the meals we share today, and hope for the generations who will gather around our tables tomorrow.

💛 Helene

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Rosemary Thyme Harvest Apple Pie Baked Beans

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There’s something about apples and cinnamon that makes the kitchen feel like fall. 🍎🍂

Apple pie baked beans sounded so cozy to me, but I wanted to make my own version with plain navy beans, fresh apples, and a homemade sauce. A little unsweetened applesauce adds sweetness and body, with just a touch of maple syrup if you’d like.

🌿 Rosemary Thyme Harvest Apple Pie Baked Beans
Fresh apples, tender navy beans, and a cozy homemade sauce
Makes about 6 servings

🍎 Ingredients

• 3 cups cooked navy beans, drained—home-cooked or about 2 cans of plain navy beans, drained and rinsed
• 2 medium Cosmic Crisp or Fuji apples, peeled, cored, and diced
• ½ cup no-salt-added tomato sauce
• ½ cup Great Value Organic Unsweetened Applesauce
• ¼ cup water, plus more if needed
• 1 tablespoon Great Value Pure Maple Syrup, optional
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon smoked paprika
• A small pinch of ground nutmeg
• ⅛ teaspoon black pepper

🍂 Directions

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a small baking dish, about 1½–2 quarts.
  2. In a bowl, stir together the tomato sauce, applesauce, water, vinegar, mustard, cinnamon, smoked paprika, nutmeg, and pepper. Taste and add the optional maple syrup if you’d like a little more sweetness.
  3. Gently fold in the cooked navy beans and diced apples. Spoon into the prepared baking dish and cover with a lid or foil.
  4. Bake covered for 45 minutes. Uncover and bake for another 15–20 minutes, until the apples are tender and the sauce is bubbling and thickened. Ovens vary; add a splash of water if the beans become too thick.
  5. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.

🌿 Recipe Notes

• If using dried navy beans, cook them fully until tender before starting this recipe. Add the tomato sauce and vinegar after the beans are cooked.
• Sweet apples may give you enough sweetness to skip the maple syrup entirely.
• This recipe has no added salt, onion, or garlic. For less sodium, choose plain no-salt-added beans or cook your own without salt.
• Serve alongside roasted chicken or pork, or enjoy with a crisp fall salad.

💛 A little RosemaryThyme note

Making a dish from simple ingredients lets us choose what goes into it—and adjust the sweetness to suit our own table. These beans bring a little apple-pie warmth to a comforting fall side dish. 🍎🏡

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Southern Corn Casserole

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When fall arrives, I start thinking about the corn casserole I used to make for the holidays. It had corn muffin mix, cream, and plenty of butter—and it was delicious! This version keeps the sweet corn flavor and tender texture I remember, with no-salt-added corn and just a little butter. I still finish it with a light sprinkle of cheddar. 🌽🍂

RosemaryThyme Lighter Southern Corn Casserole
Makes about 8 side dish servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup plain yellow cornmeal
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons sugar, or less to taste
  • 1½ teaspoons Rumford Reduced Sodium Baking Powder
  • 1 can (15.25 oz) Del Monte Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn, No Salt Added, drained
  • 1 can (14.75 oz) Del Monte Golden Sweet Corn Cream Style, No Salt Added, undrained
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ cup 1% milk
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
  • ¼ cup shredded cheddar cheese, for a light sprinkle on top

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
  2. Whisk together the cornmeal, flour, sugar, and Rumford Reduced Sodium Baking Powder.
  3. In a separate bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, and melted butter. Stir in both cans of corn.
  4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and stir gently, just until combined. Spread the mixture in the baking dish.
  5. Sprinkle the cheddar lightly over the top.
  6. Bake for 40–50 minutes, until the top is golden and the center is set. Let it rest for 10 minutes before serving.

A little RosemaryThyme note: Use plain cornmeal, rather than a corn muffin mix, so you can choose the baking powder and leave out added salt. The casserole should be moist and spoonable, even after the center has set.

A warm spoonful beside a holiday dinner tastes like home to me. 💛

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Crustless Apple Crumb Pie

🍎 CRUSTLESS APPLE CRUMBLE PIE 🍎

All the cozy flavor of homemade apple pie—without the work or heaviness of a pastry crust!

This simple fall dessert begins with a colorful blend of Walmart organic apples: naturally sweet Honeycrisp, tart Granny Smith, and mellow Gala. They bake beneath a golden oatmeal crumble made with a lighter amount of butter.

It’s really an apple crisp dressed up beautifully in a pie dish! 🥧🍂

CRUSTLESS APPLE CRUMBLE PIE

Serves 8

INGREDIENTS

For the Apple Filling:

• 3 Walmart organic Honeycrisp apples
• 2 Walmart organic Granny Smith apples
• 1 Walmart organic Gala apple
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1½ tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
• Pinch of salt, optional

For the Oatmeal Crumble:

• ¾ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• Pinch of salt, optional
• 5 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into small cubes
• ⅓ cup chopped walnuts or pecans, optional

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F. Lightly coat a 9-inch deep-dish pie plate with cooking spray or a little butter.
  2. Peel, core, and slice the apples approximately ¼-inch thick. You should have about 6 cups.
  3. Place the apples in a large bowl. Add the brown sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and optional salt. Toss gently until evenly coated.
  4. Spoon the apples and any remaining juices into the prepared pie plate. Gently press them into an even layer.
  5. In another bowl, combine the oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and optional salt.
  6. Work the cold butter into the oat mixture with a pastry blender, fork, or your fingertips until moist crumbs form. Stir in the walnuts or pecans, if desired.
  7. Sprinkle the crumble evenly over the apples without packing it down.
  8. Place the pie dish on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake for 40–50 minutes, until the apples are tender, the filling bubbles around the edges, and the topping is golden.
  9. If the topping browns too quickly, loosely cover the dish with aluminum foil during the final 10–15 minutes.
  10. Allow the pie to rest for 20–30 minutes before serving so the warm apple filling can thicken.

Serve it warm just as it is—or add a small scoop of vanilla ice cream, a spoonful of vanilla Greek yogurt, or a dollop of lightly whipped cream.

Simple ingredients, beautiful apples, and the fragrance of cinnamon filling the kitchen—sometimes the coziest desserts are also the easiest. 🍎🥧🌿

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🍎 SLOW COOKER LAYERED APPLE CRISP OATMEAL 🍎

There is something so comforting about waking up to warm apples and cinnamon on a cool fall morning. This cozy breakfast has three delicious layers: tender cinnamon apples, creamy oatmeal, and a lightly sweetened walnut crumble.

It tastes a little like apple crisp for breakfast—but with wholesome oats, plenty of apples, and only 2 tablespoons of butter in the entire topping. 🌿

INGREDIENTS

🍎 Apple Layer

• 4 medium firm apples, diced
 • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
 • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or brown sugar
 • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
 • ½ teaspoon vanilla
 • 1 tablespoon flour or cornstarch
 • Pinch of nutmeg, optional

🥣 Oatmeal Layer

• 1½ cups old-fashioned rolled oats
 • 3 cups milk of choice
 • ½ cup water
 • 1 tablespoon maple syrup or brown sugar
 • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
 • 1 teaspoon vanilla
 • Pinch of salt, optional

🌰 Light Walnut Crumble

• ¾ cup old-fashioned rolled oats
 • ⅓ cup chopped toasted walnuts
 • 2 tablespoons flour
 • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
 • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
 • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
 • 1 tablespoon unsweetened applesauce, if needed

DIRECTIONS

1️⃣ Lightly coat a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.

2️⃣ Combine the apple-layer ingredients in the slow cooker and spread them evenly across the bottom.

3️⃣ Stir together the oatmeal-layer ingredients. Carefully pour the mixture over the apples without stirring the layers together.

4️⃣ Combine the crumble ingredients, adding the applesauce only if the mixture needs a little more moisture. Sprinkle loosely over the oatmeal.

5️⃣ To catch condensation, place a clean kitchen towel or several layers of paper towels beneath the slow-cooker lid. Keep the fabric safely away from the heating element and outside walls.

6️⃣ Cook on LOW for 3–4 hours, beginning to check around 2½ hours. Remove the lid and towel, then let the oatmeal stand uncovered for about 15 minutes before serving.

Spoon straight down so everyone receives all three layers: nutty crumble, creamy cinnamon oatmeal, and tender apples. Serve it with Greek yogurt, a splash of milk, or a few extra toasted walnuts.

It’s warm, cozy, and just sweet enough—a little taste of apple crisp made especially for breakfast. 🍎🥣💛

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