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That only means something to you if you are in the Secret Recipe Club.
The club where you are assigned a random blog to read…or stalk in my case.
My blog assignment this month was Farmgirl Gourmet.
A true farm girl at heart, Heather shares fun and easy recipe from her kitchen.
She also is a big fan of buying local and grows many things in her own garden.
Those are two things that I would like to do more of here.
She was a true inspiration to me as I read through many of her great recipes.
I always have the hardest time narrowing down my SRC choice,
and again this month I had a list to choose from.
A few of my favorites that I wanted to try were Mexican Lasagna,
Cinnamon Yogurt Scones, and Pumpkin Challah Pudding.
But then I saw her most viewed recipe from her blog was the Pumpkin Spice Latte.
Just the other day, I opened my first can of pumpkin to make these donuts,
and I had the leftover pumpkin in my fridge just waiting for the right recipe.
Since I am now on a true pumpkin kick,
and I love to have a good cup of coffee by my side in the morning when I do some reading,
I knew this would be the recipe for my reveal.
It was so easy to throw everything into a pan and bring it to a slight boil.
I like that you can use whatever milk you normally drink in this.
We drink fat free, so this is even a slightly skinny drink…
well, it was until I substituted caramel ice cream topping for the sugar:-)
At least I tried to get rid of some calories for you, right?
That has to count somehow!
To froth the milk mixture, you use your blender. That just made frothing so much easier.
Even fat free milk can get a good froth going on that way.
I divided the mixture into two cups, just like Heather said, and poured the coffee right on top.
(One other thing I slightly changed was how much coffee I added.
I wanted a slightly stronger coffee taste, so I double the amount.)
Since I was putting cool whip and extra caramel on top, I didn’t worry about
messing up my cool frothed milk look by pouring the coffee in.
(yes, I know…I completely destroyed the so called skinny factor of this drink now)
Then I sat outside with my new favorite drink and a few books.
Pumpkin Latte, quiet time, good books to study…
now if only the weather would cooperate and get cool!
- 2 c. fat free milk
- 4 Tbsp. canned pumpkin
- 2 Tbsp. caramel ice cream topping
- 2 Tbsp. vanilla
- 1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
- 1 c. strong coffee
- 1/2 c. cool whip
- 1/4 tsp. sea salt
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Jocelyn is the baker, photographer, and writer behind Inside BruCrew Life. She is married to her best friend, and they have three great kids. She spends her days baking sweet treats, and then trying to find ways to give the treats away without eating them all. Grab a cup of coffee and visit while she shares life from their kitchen.
This sounds like heaven in a mug!!!
Yum! THat looks so good Jocelyn! I pinned it to my “Pumpkin Goodies” board! Have a wonderful week! Angie xo
I had Heather a couple months ago. She’s one of my favorites! Great choice! I talked about pumpkin coffee love in my SRC post today…. where I had YOU!
Perfect for a quiet morning…now if I could just find one of those
Actually, I’d take this any time of day in the midst of my chaos – love that it’s salted caramel!
Becca @ Crumbs and Chaos
Awesome. I just posted on instagram, seriously two minutes ago, my shot of coffee….Pumpkin spice. LOVE fall. Can’t wait to start baking with pumpkin. That is such a pretty picture too by the way
I’ve never tried anything like this before so would be curious as to it’s taste. Would you happen to know if there is a substitute for cool whip? I’m not sure I can get that here in the UK. PS I also have my eye on your pumpkin oreo cheesecake which looks amazing!
I love making pumpkin lattes at home and yours takes the cake! So creamy looking and with caramel, mmmmmmm!
The salted caramel took it over the top…so good!!!
oh wow, this looks absolutely delicious! I make a homemade pumpkin spice latte, + i love the addition of the salted caramel in this. yum!
Salted caramel makes just about everything much better:-)
This looks like heaven, I mean it! I think I’m going to have left over pumpkin today, and I know how I’m going to use it! Thanks for this!
Thanks…I can’t wait to see what you used pumpkin in:-)
So glad you enjoyed this coffee. It’s currently in the high 80′s in the PacNW or I’d be busting open a can of pumpkin to make this!
Thanks for all of your sweet words and happy SRC day! 
XO
Heather
I enjoyed it totally…even with 90* weather! I love pumpkin that much!!! Thanks for a great recipe!
Wowza, this drink really caught my eye! So cozy! I’d love one of those curled up on the couch about now!!
Blessings,
Leslie
Those look and sound delish – I used pumpkin in some cinnamon rolls last week and now I’m ready for everything pumpkin!
One word for this: DELISH. I am so glad you published this recipe because with the fall weather approaching, I’m going to want to make all my coffees at home! YUM!!
Fall is right around the corner and I’m stock-piling recipes to make. This is definintely going on the list. It sounds fabulous; I love pumpkin and salted caramel so I can’t wait to try it together!
YES! I am totally ready for fall and the pumpkin-y spiced drinks (and food). Sooo glad you posted this so I can have it in my aresenal for cooler weather (if we ever get any–what’s up with that?!?!).
I am still waiting for cooler weather too. We had about 2 days of 60′s and then back to the 90′s.
I’m so glad that fall is around the corner because of recipes like this! Thanks for sharing
Yay! Me too!
Wow, this looks so perfect for an evening in front of the fire and TV snuggled up with a blanket when the evening start cooling down since autumn is impending! I’m not a coffee girl myself but my fella is.
-Lisa.
Sweet 2 Eat Baking
Pumpkin is my favorite fall flavor and I love pumpkin coffee so much that I stop at Dunkin every morning for their pumpkin spice coffee! The thought of making for myself on the weekend makes me SOOO happy!! Thanks for sharing!
That looks delicious and perfect for autumn!
What a perfect recipe for fall — I’ll keep this one tucked away for Bible study meetings in just a few weeks. Looks amazing. And, makes me long for fall!!
Hello Fall! I love it.
I’m drooling which is really not good but wow this looks delicious!
Thanks:-)
Ooooh…Jocelyn. I can’t wait to try this!!!
Great idea for upcoming fall!
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Come on Fall and cool weather, I’m ready for one of these!
Looks so warm and inviting..perfect for the cool fall days! Great SRC pick!
Looks good, but too rich for me!
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Mmm, sounds and looks delicious!
This sounds AMAZING!! I’m definitely going to whip up a batch of these this fall!
What a delicious choice for SRC! This looks so good, I want one now!
Such a unique idea, I’ve never heard of pumpkin-latte
I really wish I could taste it
I have to tell you – you got me in a “pumpkin-mood” this last week
Thanks. I am in such a pumpkin mood now that I broke out the first can!!!
What a treat! I will so be making this treasure of a drink in the next coming weeks as the weather will be turning cooler here in Southern NH. GREAT SRC pick!
Yum! Saving this to try as soon as I can get a can of pumpkin.
I’m so glad that I’m following you! This looks wonderful! I’m so ready for fall now:) Thanks for posting on Lil Luna link party!
Katie
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Now I can’t wait till Fall. Oh who am I kidding, I’ll just turn up the air, I gotta try this and SOON!
Oh my word, that looks SOOOOO good!
My goodness. I need to make this now! Come on fall!
wow….. i mean just wow…. this will completely change the way i celebrate autumn!
It is the perfect fall drink! Definitely celebrate with it!!!
This looks way too temping and tasty. Adding pumpkin to my next shopping list… and this recipe to my to-try list.
Hi Jocelyn : ) Dropping by to let you know that your recipe was chosen for this weeks Secret Recipe Club Editor’s Choice Award! Come by and check out your recipe highlight on SRC, and grab the button to display on your blog if you’d like.
Congrats! : )
Thank you so much!!!!
oh this looks yum
would love it if you could share this on my linky party Serenity Saturday, that runs from sat-thurs @ http://www.serenityyou.com
Natasha xx
I’ve been looking for a recipe like this – THANK YOU!!!
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Looks like a lovely fall themed coffee! I’m featuring you this week at Addicted to Recipes! http://iamaddictedtorecipes.blogspot.ca/2012/09/scrumptious-sunday-27-features.html
This looks delicious and I’m going to include it in my post, Frivolous Friday-Fall is Upon Us. Thank you.
Thank you so much for including it:-)
very very yummy! so happy autumn is on the way. I love the photo with the drink on the books… makes me think of drinking it while reading in the garden!