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The 10 Best Things To Bake This November

November 5, 2021 by Joy the Baker 8 Comments

We’re fully in it now, friends! Another fine holiday season that started off (for me, at least) with more candy corn than I ever knew I could eat.  As we ease towards the Thanksgiving and winter holidays (please go easy, November) – here are a the TEN best things to bake in November.  You’ll want yeast and veggies, sweet potatoes for sure, brown sugar and bacon.  Let’s get baking! Here’s your autumn baking inspiration!

•  I made these Gruyere and Green Olive Rolls in the early days of living in New Orleans.  The yellow walls are my epic French Quarter apartment and every picture I have on the blog inside those walls warms my heart.  These ROLLS THO are cheesy, salty, generous and stretchy. These rolls are large enough to share though you could certainly bake them to a reasonable dinner roll size.



•  The coziest breakfast is a cake-inspired oatmeal bowl.  Warm steel-cut oats simmered with milk, carrots, brown sugar and currants.  It’s sweet and creamy and I love this oatmeal topped with toasted coconut.  Try: Morning Glory Oats!

•  This Roasted Vegetable Winter Crumble is like a savory dinner pie without the fuss of a crust. Roasted winter vegetables topped with buttery breadcrumbs.  It’s great as a side dish OR main.

•  The easiest way to cinnamon roll is this single layer, no knead, yeasted cake.  Swirled with cinnamon and butter.  Topped with cream cheese frosting and bacon and I’m not even sorry about it.  Maple Bacon Cinnamon Roll Cake

•  When I want to splurge I throw macadamia nuts into this irresistible  Baklava Granola. The dried apricots, salty pistachios, fresh pomegranate, AND citrus honey drizzle make this granola feel like absolute luxury.  We deserve luxury this autumn.

Spooning more cranberry sauce atop scones.

•  I stay ready with recipes for leftover cranberry sauce. I’m prepared. Bust open that can.  Tender Cranberry Scones with a simple citrus glaze.

A whole sweet potato pie topped with toasted meringue
Joy the Baker holds a slice of sweet potato pie on a small plate.


•  There’s no way it’s November without my dad’s Sweet Potato Pie!  You know what’s good.  The smell of this baked pie is my childhood exactly.  I can’t wait to make my first pie of the season.  Pick your favorite: Dad’s Classic Sweet Potato Pie or last year’s equally delicious Gluten, Dairy, and Refined Sugar Free Sweet Potato Pie!

AND! This month Dad and I are teaching a Virtual Sweet Potato Pie Baking Class the night before Thanksgiving! Join us!

•  I know it might be early yet to talk gingerbread but this bundt cake is easily one of the most popular recipes on Joy the Baker at the start of fall.  The vanilla and spice swirl make for just the right amount of gingerbread.  The shortening in this recipe keeps this cake moist for nearly a week and the slices freeze well.  This Gingerbread Swirl Bundt Cake is a gem!

Sweet potato biscuit recipe stacked on a cutting board with butter.


 

•  Only ring the dinner bell if there’s hot dinner rolls on the table.  These  Sweet Potato Biscuits do the trick but Cordellia Ann’s Potato Dinner Rolls are so melt-in-your-mouth tender they take the cake.

I hope this serves as some inspiration for your baking this month.  Throw on a sweater. Preheat the oven. It’s all about to be so so good.

xo

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  1. Denisa

    December 9, 2021 at 7:19 am

    I think that gingerbread swirl Bundt cake is the perfect recipe for December and I’m glad you gave me the inspiration for it. It looks absolutely amazing. I can totally see it at the dessert to enjoy on Christmas Eve with a cup of black tea, as a moment of respite right before the big day. I’m sure there won’t be any left for freezing. Thanks for this roundup of wonderful recipes, Joy!

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  2. samantha campanini

    November 22, 2021 at 3:04 am

    Thank you so much for these suggestions Joy!!

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  3. Belinda

    November 12, 2021 at 2:48 am

    They all look so delicious. Can’t decide which one to do first. Either the Sweet Potato Pie or the gingerbread cake.
    Maybe I’ll even join you in your virtual baking class :)

    Reply
  4. Sarah

    November 7, 2021 at 9:31 am

    That gingerbread bundt cake won Canadian Thanksgiving in October! A family reunited and delicious cake….yum! Also….those Guyere and Olive rolls are going on my immediate “to do” list.

    Reply
  5. Janet

    November 5, 2021 at 11:44 am

    That gingerbread bundt cake looks fabulous!

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    • Lori

      November 5, 2021 at 9:36 pm

      It tastes even better than it looks. I add a caramel sauce when serving…delicious

      Reply
  6. Jamie H

    November 5, 2021 at 3:46 am

    I bought molasses just to make your Gingerbread Swirl Bundt Cake. I can’t wait!!

    Reply
    • Emily

      November 5, 2021 at 6:23 am

      That granola looks incredibly yummy and I just know it makes the house smell good.

      Reply

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