1. Traditional Pumpkin Pie Recipe
5. Pumpkin Sweet Potato Coconut Pie
Description: Traditional Pumpkin pie is a must for Thanksgiving and Christmas. But, try not to forget it during the other times of the year. It has the same great taste, regardless of season.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups Cooked, strained pumpkin(or canned)
2/3 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Brown Sugar
1 1/2 cups Evaporated Skim Milk
3 Eggs
3/4 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon Ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon Ginger
1 teaspoon Grated Orange Peel
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1 Unbaked Pie Shell
Preparation Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 425 degree.
2. Mix pumpkin, sugars, orange peel and spices in large bowl.
3. Add evaporated milk and eggs.
4. Mix all ingredients well
5. Pour pumpkin filling into pie shell.
6. Bake at 450 degrees for fifteen minutes.
7. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for 45 minutes more.
TIP: If crust begins to get too brown, loosely cover crust only with foil.
Variations:
* Substitute allspice for nutmeg.
* Add 2 tablespoons of Bourbon for Bourbon Pumpkin pie.
Serving Tips and Suggestions:
* Everyone likes a little pumpkin pies with their whipped cream. Try putting a cherry on top of the whipped cream for color.
Fresh blueberry or shaved chocolate also is effective in adding color. Use chocolate sparingly, as too much affects taste.
Description: High in cholesterol, but outstanding in taste. Even those of us with high cholesterol cheat once in a while.
Number of Servings: Twelve
Ingredients:
Cake Ingredients:
2 Sticks(One cup) Butter
3 Eggs
2 1/2 cups Flour
1 cup Granulated Sugar
1/2 cup Pumpkin(canned or fresh pureed)
1/2 cup Sour Cream
1 teaspoon Vanilla
2 teaspoons Baking Powder
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/3 teaspoon(or less) Salt
Filling Ingredients:
8 ounces Cream Cheese
1/3 cup Granulated Sugar
1 Egg
1/4 cup Canned Pumpkin
1 tablespoon Corn Starch
1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
Preparation Directions:
Filling Preparation:
1. In a mixing bowl, beat ingredients until very smooth.
2. Set aside and prepare cake batter.
3. Pour into glass dish on top of batter as described in cake instructions below.
For Cake:
1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl, cream butter, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
3. Add eggs and beat well.
4. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
5. Mix in pumpkin and sour cream. Blend thoroughly until smooth.
6. Pour 1/2 of batter into a buttered 13x9 inch glass baking dish.
7. Add the filling mix, spreading the batter evenly in the dish.
8. Add remaining batter and lightly swirl into filling.
9. Bake for 50 to 55 minutes.
10. Allow to cool.
11. Cut into twelve servings
Serving Tips and Suggestions:
Add Whipped cream on top when serving.
Description: A traditional, healthy snack to during fall pumpkin carving.
Make sure to check out the various different flavors you can use.
Ingredients: Seeds of one pumpkin and salt.
Preparation Directions:
1. Extract sees from pumpkin.
2. Separate and discard pulp.
3. Thoroughly wash seeds in warm water.
4. Spread seeds out onto a cookie sheet.
5. Sprinkle generously with salt.
6. Put into oven and bake at 350 degrees for approximately 20 minutes.
7. Check every five minutes and stir, adding more salt or to taste.
8. Check seeds to see if they are done by taking a sample out, allowing to cool and tasting. If the insides are dry, they are done.
9. Allow to cool and serve.
Flavor Variations:
There is no rocket science required here. You can make as many different flavors of pumpkin seeds as you can imagine. Replace the salt from the recipe above with the suggested seasoning. Here are some we suggest you try:
* Cheesy Pumpkin Seeds- sprinkle with Cheesy popcorn seasoning.
* Tex-Mex Style- Sprinkle powdered Taco seasoning onto the seeds. This is better mixed in a bowl first. Add more red pepper powder for a really hot seed!
* Cajun style- Mix seeds in a bowl with a packet of cajun seasonings mix. If you like it really spicy, add extra hot sauce.
* Garlic Salt- yum!
Hint: Want more ideas? Just think about the flavors of popcorn and give it a try!
Serving Tips and Suggestions:
* Try using reduced salt for an even healthier snack.
* Leftover seeds can be kept fresh in an airtight container or frozen for extended periods.
Description: This is grandma's favorite recipe. We provide the pumpkins each year. A week or two later, the kids are rewarded with this mouth watering, seasonal goodie. It's one of the things that makes us look forward to going "over the river and through the woods..."
We don't think there's a better pumpkin cookie recipe than this one.
Ingredients:
1 cup Shortening
3/4 cup Sugar
1 cup Cooked, strained Pumpkin(or canned)
1 Egg
2 cups Flour
1 cup Raisins
1/2 cup Molasses
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon Salt
Preparation Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 375.
2. Cream shortening and sugar.
3. Mix in pumpkin ,egg, and molasses.
4. Stir in dry ingredients, spices and raisins.
5. Drop by the spoonful onto an ungreased baking sheet.
6. Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
Serving Tips and Suggestions:
* These cookies taste best with a cold glass of milk.
Pumpkin Sweet Potato Coconut Pie:
Early American settlers didn’t take long to turn native New World pumpkins into a sweet custard “pye” in the old English tradition. If you’re still serving your pumpkin pie in that time-honored way, we’ve got a revolution for you. This fusion recipe starts with a typical colonial pumpkin custard (seasoned with cinnamon and allspice), mixes in some soulful sweet potatoes, and then gives it a Caribbean stir of coconut milk and a vanilla-scented candied coconut topping.
Ingredients:
1 can (15 ounces) cut sweet potatoes in syrup, reserve 1/4 cup syrup, drain remainder
1 can (15 ounces) 100% pure pumpkin
1/2 cup canned coconut milk
1/3 cup light brown sugar
3 large or extra large eggs, divided
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
1 prepared, refrigerated single-crust piecrust
1 cup sweetened flaked coconut
1/3 cup light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Combine sweet potatoes, reserved syrup, coconut milk, pumpkin, brown sugar, melted butter, 2 eggs, cinnamon, ginger and allspice in the work bowl of a food processor. Process in pulses until completely smooth, about 1 minute.
Line a pie plate with prepared crust and crimp the edges. Note that you will have to roll the crust to be about 1 inch bigger all around if using a 9 1/2-inch pie plate. Fill crust with the filling and even the surface. Bake for 45 minutes.
Meanwhile, mix the remaining egg, coconut, corn syrup and vanilla in a mixing bowl until well combined. Spread over the surface of the baked filling. Return to the oven and bake until golden brown, about 40 minutes, until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool for at least
1 hour before serving.
Servings: 12
