Saturday, October 11, 2008

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater

I was in a pumpkin mood today. I was craving everything pumpkin. So what's a girl to do about these cravings. Well, get in the kitchen, put that apron on and cook cook cook! So I thought I'd share my Pumpkin Day!



Pumpkin Walnut Bread

This makes 4 mini loaves

1 cup canned pumpkin 2 cups sifted flour 1 cup chopped walnuts 2 teaspoons baking powder
1 cup sugar 2 eggs 1/2 cup milk 1/4 cup softened butter 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg 1 teaspoon salt

Preheat oven to 350. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and spices together. In a separate bowl, combine pumpkin, sugar, milk & eggs. Add dry ingredients and butter to pumpkin mix until well blended. Stir in walnuts. Pour into greased pans. Bake 45-55 minutes.











Pumpkin
Whoopie Pies

Shell:
1 15oz canned pumpkin 2 eggs 1 cup canola oil 2 cups packed brown sugar
2 tablespoons molasses 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice dash of nutmeg & cloves
3 heaping cups of flour

350 oven. Beat pumpkin, eggs, oil and brown sugar together until fluffy. Sift dry ingredients together. Add molasses to pumpkin mixture, then add dry ingredients until blended. Scoop with small ice cream scooper of batter onto a greased cookie sheet at least 2" apart.
Bake 15 minutes or until firm.

Cream Filling:

6 oz. cream cheese, softened 1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
2 cups confectioners sugar 3 heaping tablespoons of Fluff 1 tablespoon vanilla

Add all ingredients and beat until fluffy. When whoopie shells are cool, place a scoop full of filling on one and top with the other shell. These are wicked good!!!








Apple Pumpkin Soup


1 large onion 1/2 pound bacon, chopped 1 cup water
2 cups apple cider
1/4 cup brown sugar 4 cubes chicken bouillon
1 large granny smith apple chopped and peel on
1/3 cup crystallized ginger 2 teaspoons white pepper salt to taste

Cook bacon to almost crisp. Remove and saute the onion lightly. Add bacon back to pot. Add all other ingredients to pot. Cover and simmer for 1 hour stirring frequently. When hour is over, in batches, blend soup in blender to thicken and smooth.

I served this with a mixed greens salad with fresh cucumber and balsamic vinaigrette. I wanted to make a crusty bread but didn't have enough bread flour....so instead we had white rolls. Put a dollop of sour cream on top of soup. YUM!

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

It all looks soooo yummy! Thanks for sharing!

Becky said...

Yum! I may be baking tomorrow!

Buzzings of a Queen Bee! said...

Your photos are making my mouth water!! Yummy!
Carrie

WheresMyAngels said...

I'm so printing these off, I might even cook them!

Heather said...

I'm pretty sure I have that same recipe for pumpkin bread. I love it! And those cookies look amazing.

I just ate dinner, and now I am ready for some pumpkin bread and coffee. Guess I'll settle for the carrot cake someone brought to work. That's good, too. Cream cheese icing makes everything better.

Aubrey said...

I'm just letting you know, you are SO lucky I am not your neighbor. I don't think John would like me coming over for dinner (& dessert) all the time! LOL

Anonymous said...

I think I just gained 5 pounds looking at your pictures. Yummy!!

It's finally under 90 degrees here so I'm really getting into the fall spirit. My fave time of year!

Thanks for sharing!!

fawn & fern said...

those whoopie pies & bread were so freaking amazing.
i almost want to go have another right now...but i'm wicked full from our lunch.
love you!
i had fun today, & i'm glad you guys decided to take a spontaneous trip to Conway. : )

Rene said...

Wow girl!! Do you think you could get a hankering for some zucchini stuff and then come over and take about 100 of these suckers off my hands?!?

Annikke said...

Those sound so yummy! Especially the whoppie pies! Ever made pumpkin fudge? It is so good! I am making some tomorrow! The first time I made it my husband was grossed out and didn't want to try it. Now he requests it each year about this time!

Katy said...

Hi There, thanks for visint my blog today, you are now in the draw for the Birdie SLing Bag!
These recipes look so delicious! I'm going to make the pumpkin and Walnut bread!