Pumpkin bread and 18 other pumpkin recipes you must make now

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This bread is best if made one or two days ahead to allow flavors and texture to develop. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Clarence Williams / Los Angeles Times)

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Another Brie-like cheese may be substituted for Taleggio. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Bryan Chan / Los Angeles Times)

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Pumpkin for breakfast? You bet. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Anacleto Rapping / Los Angeles Times)

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Some say this is the ultimate pumpkin pie. We agree -- it was ranked one of the L.A. Times Test Kitchen’s all-time best recipes. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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Don’t like your pumpkin pie with all the bells and whistles? Then this one is for you. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Eric Boyd / Los Angeles Times)

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Made with pumpkin puree, whipped cream and mascarpone, and layers of buttery graham cracker crumbles. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)

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These need plenty of chilling and standing time, so they’re great for making ahead of time, before company arrives. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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An unexpected way to enjoy pumpkin. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

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Pumpkin comes out of its shell in this salad. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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Technically, this is not a pumpkin recipe. But this bread pudding puts pumpkin spice to such great use that we just had to include it. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

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Serve in mini pumpkins, which can be roasted several hours ahead. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Use your own favorite pie crust recipe for this dish. (Store-bought works too!) Pumpkin recipes >>

(Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)

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This recipe puts pumpkin seeds -- pepitas -- to crunchy use. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Glenn Koenig / Los Angeles Times)

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Don’t overlook pumpkin seeds! This granola is chock-full of ‘em. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)

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Combine toasted pumpkin seeds with fragrant Spanish chorizo, chiles and corn bread. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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This pumpkin cake is for the chocolate lovers. Pumpkin recipes >>

(Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

By Rene Lynch

Oct. 1, 2013 10:34 AM PT

Pumpkin bread is hot! So is pumpkin soup, pumpkin pie, pumpkin cheesecake ....

The weather might still say summer on some days, but cooler winds are indicating a turn of the calendar and fall mode.

To slake that pumpkin thirst, we scoured the L.A. Times archives. Click through the photo gallery above -- you’ll find recipes links embedded in the pop-up captions -- and you’ll find our best and favorite pumpkin recipes.

PHOTOS: 19 pumpkin recipes you need to make right NOW

We’ve got favorites like a spiced pumpkin bread with walnuts and currants, as well as a pumpkin bread baked up fresh at the Monastery of the Angels in Hollywood that you might call downright heavenly.

We’ve also got a pumpkin soup that you can serve in tiny roasted gourds (beat that, Martha Stewart!), as well as a pumpkin pie with brown-butter streusel, a recipe that comes to us from noted pastry chef Karen Hatfield.

What’s your favorite way to enjoy pumpkin?

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