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Spicy Pumpkin Butter
Ingredients:
1/4 cup dark brown sugar, packed
2 tbsp. granulated sugar
1/4 cup water
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1/4 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/4 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 1/2 cups pureed pumpkin (canned or fresh)
Combine the two sugars, water, allspice, ginger, cloves, nutmeg
and cinnamon in a bowl. Mix well on high 3 minutes; stir. Add
pumpkin and mix well on high for 5 minutes. Allow to cool, then
refrigerate. This will keep several weeks in refrigerator or can be
frozen. Makes 2 cups.
Baked Pumpkin Slices
Ingredients:
2-3 pound pumpkin
1 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 tbsp. freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tbsp. soy sauce
1 tbsp. brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Cut the pumpkin, from top to
bottom, into 1 to 1 1/2 inch thick slices. Discard the seeds and
strings, and spread slices on a lightly oiled baking sheet. (save the
seeds to roast) Combine the rest if the oil with other ingredients
and brush a little of this mixture onto the pumpkin slices. Bake
for about 25 minutes, then brush again. Turn, brush again, and bake
until done, an additional 20 to 30 minutes. Serve warm.
Pumpkin Dip
Ingredients:
4 cups confectioners' sugar
2 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese; softened
1 can (16 oz) pumpkin, or cooked puree
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Mix together all the ingredients. Serve with graham crackers,
apples or ginger snaps.
Apple Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients:
Topping:
1 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
5 tbsp. granulated sugar
1 tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
Bread:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. ground allspice
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 large eggs
3/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground cloves
1 16 ounce can of pumpkin
2 cup granulated sugar
2 apples peeled and chopped
Combine all the topping ingredients to form a crumb like mixture.
Set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and butter two 9x5x3
loaf pans. Sift flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves
and allspice together and set aside. In another bowl mix together
pumpkin, oil, sugar, and eggs with mixer. Add the flour mixture
to the pumpkin mixture and mix well. Fold in the apples. Divide
the batter between the pans and sprinkle the topping evenly over
the top of each loaf. Bake on the middle rack of the oven for 50
minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in loaf pans
for 45 minutes and then remove to racks.
MORE PUMPKIN RECIPES:
More Pumpkin Recipes
Roasting Pumpkins
The Perfect Pumpkin
Pumpkin Sweets
Pumpkin Sprouts
Pumpkin Dessert Recipes
Pumpkin Fudge and More
Pumpkin Traditions
Herbs and Pumpkin
Harvesting Fresh Pumpkin
About the Author:
Brenda Hyde is a mom to three, married and living in the Midwest
United States on ten acres. She is also a freelance writer, editor and owner of Old Fashioned Living.com. You can read her garden blog at http://grace-whimsy.blogspot.com/.