Pumpkin Recipes

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i found these awhile back on a BB, i'm not sure of the poster's name but it was something like pumknluvr. they looked great though.

 

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cake

3 cups flour2 cups sugar2 tsp baking powder2 tsp baking soda1/2 tsp saltAT LEAST 2 TBSP CINNAMON4 eggs1 cup of vegetable oil 2 cups of canned pumpkin 1 cup of walnuts, chopped (I use 1-1/2 cups)1 cup chocolate chips (I use 1-1/2 cups)

In large bowl beat eggs, mix in oil, pumpkin, gradually add first 6 ingredients to pumpkin mixture, stir in nuts and chocolate chips - pour into greased and floured (bottom only) tube pan. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven about 1 hour and 10 minutes (starting checking with toothpick after 1 hour). This cake freezes well too.

Pumpkin Mousse Bars

Crust:1 c flour1/2 c quick oats1/2 c brown sugar1/2 c butter, melted

Mix flour, oats, brown sugar and butter until crumbly. Press in 9 x 13-inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool.

While crust is baking, prepare Mousse: 2 packages. (4 serving size) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling2 1/2 c milk2 c canned pumpkin1/2 c. chopped pecans (optional)1 tsp grated orange rind (optional)1/2 tsp each cinnamon1/2 tsp nutmeg 2 c whipped topping

Combine pudding mix, milk, pumpkin, orange rind, and spices in a bowl. Beat until well blended and then fold in whipped topping and pecans. Spread over cooled crust and chill; cut into 3x3 squares and serve cold with additional whipped topping.

Pumpkin Pie Muffins

2 cups flour 3/4 cups packed brown sugar1-1/2 tsp baking powder1/4 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon1/2 tsp ginger 1/4 tsp cloves 1/8 tsp nutmeg 3/4 cup canned pumpkin 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled1/4 cup buttermilk2 eggs, lightly beaten3 tbsp molasses1 tsp vanilla3/4 c coarsely chopp ed pecans or walnuts3/4 c chopped dates (optional)

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease twelve muffin cups. In a large bowl, stir together 9 ingredients. In another bowl, stir together pumpkin, butter, buttermilk, eggs, molasses and vanilla until blended. Make a well in center of dry ingredients; add pumpkin mixture and stir just to combine. Stir in pecans and dates.

Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups; bake 20 to 25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center of one muffin comes out clean. Remove to wire rack. Cool 5 minutes before removing muffins from cups; finish cooling on rack.

Pumpkin Pancakes with Ginger Butter/Maple Syrup

1 Cup White Flour 1/4 tsp salt 2 TB Brown Sugar 1 tsp Baking Powder 1 /2 tsp Baking Soda 1/2 tsp Cinnamon 1/2 tsp Nutmeg 1/2 tsp Powdered Ginger 1 Egg Beaten 1/2 Cup Plain Yogurt 3/4 Cup Milk 3/4 Cup Canned Pumpkin 2 TB melted butter In a medium bowl sift the flour, salt, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon nutmeg, powdered ginger. This can be done the night before and sealed in a ziplock bag. Make sure your baking soda and powder are fresh. In a small to medium bowl combine the wet ingredients up to the melted buttered not including. Mix well and then stir in the melted butter. Add to the flower mixture and stir until just blended. Heat a griddle or fry pan until a drop of water sizzles. Grease the surface (not necessary if non stick coating) Use about a 1/4 cup of mixture for each pancake. When the bubbles start to appear on the surface flip the pancake . Cook until browned. Serve with *Gingered Butter and warm Maple Syrup

*2 tb of crystallized ginger that has been finely chopped with 1/4 lb of softened butter. (Can be done in advance and frozen in a log shape in plastic wrap.)

Makes 10-12 pancakes. Can be frozen: Let the pancakes cool then stack them between folded waxed paper. Reheating instructions: Separate pancakes from between wax paper while still frozen. Microwave/ Wrap them in a white paper towel. Put on 30% power for 1 to 2 minutes (microwaves vary)-you want to thaw them. Then leave them in the microwave covered in paper towel and heat 1-3 minutes at 70% power until warmed through. Oven/ Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Put pancakes on cookie sheet and put in oven from 5 to 7 minutes. The more pancakes the longer the time.

Apple Walnut Pumpkin Soup with Cheddar

1 large onion, chopped2 garlic cloves, minced6 tbls. butter1 1/2 lb. pumpkin, peeled, seeded, and cut into 2 inch cubes4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and sliced1 cup walnuts2 cups apple cider4 cups chicken stock2 tsp. salt1 tsp. white pepper1/2 tsp ground allspice plus additional for garnish1/4 tsp. cinnamona pinch of ground cloves2 cups heavy cream plus additional, whipped, for garnish2 cups grated sharp Cheddar1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar

In a kettle cook the onion and the garlic in the butter over moderate heat, stirring, until they are softened. Add the pumpkin, the apples, the walnuts, the cider, the stock, the salt, the pepper, and spices, bring the liquid to a boil, and simmer covered partially, for 1 hour, or until the pumpkin is tender. In a blnder puree the mixture. In the cleaned kettle combine the puree with 2 cups of the cream, the Cheddar, and the brown sugar, add salt and pepper to taste, and heat the soup, stirring and being careful not to let it boil, until the Cheddar is melted. Ladle the soup into heated bowls and top it with the whipped cream and a sprinkling of the additional allspice. Makes about 15 cups, serving 10.

Source: 1988 Gourmet magazine

 

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Michael Slocum

MasterMixes

Monday, August 07, 2000 4:45 AM

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