Pumpkin Recipes - Back by Poplular Demand AGAIN LOL
-------> First here is the PUMPKIN PIE SPICE recipe:
4 tbsp cinnamon
1 tbsp ginger
1tbsp nutmeg
2 tsp ground cloves
MIX IT lol
-------> Mom's Pumpkin Puddin':
2 cups FRESH pumpkin
3/4 cups white sugar
1/2 cup bisquick
2 eggs beaten
2 tbsps melted butter
2 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
2 tsp vanillla
12 oz evaporated milk
-COMBINE IN THE CROCK POT (VERY EASY RECIPE!)
-Cook on low 6 to 7 hours -Serve with whipped cream, ice cream, whatever floats your boat LOL
--------> Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup fresh pumpkin
1 cup white sugar
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup oil
1 egg
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda dissolved in 1 tsp of milk
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate pieces
1 tsp vanilla 1/2 cup walnuts (optional)
-Preheat oven to 375
-Combine pumpkin, sugar, oil & egg, and then dissolved soda
-Sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon & salt
-Add pumpkin mix, and mix well
-Drop by teaspoonful, on lightly greased cookie sheet -Bake 10-12 minutes
-------> Pumpkin Bread
3 1/2 cups fresh pumpkin puree
1 cup applesauce
1/2 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
7 eggs
4 3/4 all-purpose flour (can substitute rolled oats for some of this if desired)
2 tsp baking powder
3 tsp of the aforementioned PUMPKIN PIE SPICE
1 tsp vanilla (I used real, but you can use imitation as well)
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp salt
-Preheat oven to 350 degrees
-Grease and flour three 9 x 5 inch loaf pans (or you can do muffins, mini-loaves, etc)
-In a large bowl, mix together the pumpkin, applesauce, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla
-Combine the flour (or rolled oats), baking powder, baking soda, salt, pumpkin pie spice, (and maybe some extra cinnamon if desired); stir into the pumpkin mixture until well blended
-Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans
-Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour
-The top of the loaf or muffins should spring back when lightly pressed
-------------------> Curried Pumpkin Soup! DELICIOUS!
4 Macintosh Apples, peeled, cored, chopped
1 tbsp butter
1 spanish onion, finely chopped
1 huge clove of elephant garlic
2 tbsp curry powder
2 tsp ground cumin
4 cups fresh pumpkin
1 handful of baby carrots
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup brown sugar
4 potatoes, peeled, diced salt and pepper to taste
-Melt butter in large saucepan over medium heat
-Add onion, garlic, cumin; saute, stirring often until onion is soft and fragrant
-Stir in apples, pumpkin, broth, sugar, potatoes
-Bring to a boil, stirring often
-Cover, reduce heat to low
-Simmer 25 minutes, stirring occasionally
-Puree soup in a food processor or a blender
-Return soup to saucepan
-Reheat, covered, over low heat I usually top it off with plain yogurt or sour cream, serve it with warm bread and butter
------> Mom's Pumpkin Pie Recipe
1 1/2 cup pumpkin
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1/2 tsp ginger
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs
1 cup evaporated milk
1 tsp vanilla
-Combine ingredients, throw into a pie shell (preferable home-made but store bought is ok)
-Bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees
-------> Home-Made Butter Pie Crust Recipe
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup butter room temperature or slightly chilled
1/4 cup ice water or really cold tap water
-In a large bowl mix the flour and salt
-Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs
-Stir in water, a tablespoon at a time, until mixture forms a ball
-(Optional- wrap in plastic & refrigerate for 4 hrs or overnight)
-Roll dough out to fit 2 9 inch pie plates
(I don't even roll it out, I simply split the dough in half, and press them into the pie plates using my palm and thumbs LOL)
-Then you can bake them at 350 for 15 min and then remove from oven if you need to use them for like a refrigerated pudding pie or
-if you are making a pumpkin pie, just pour the pumpkin filling in and then bake them together
Everyone that has tried my homemade butter pie crust has LOVED it. Go for it! LOL