someone wanted canned pumpkin recipes... Since my Mother is a well known chef/author, you'd think I'd have these on disk or something but no...
A few before I go make dinner...
PUMPKIN BREAD
3 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 1/2 c. salad oil
2 c. sugar
4 beaten eggs
1. c chopped nuts
2 c. pumpkin (cooked, canned)
Blend dry ingredients together. Combine oil and sugar; mix well; add dry ingredietns, eggs, pumpkin and nuts. Pour into greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 55 minutes.
PUMPKIN SOUP (lots of variations on this)
3 Tbsp. butter
1 med. onion, finely chopped
5 c. chicken broth
1 tsp. salt
black pepper to taste
1 (1 pound) can pumpkin
1/2 c. heavy cream (or evap milk )
Melt butter in heavy saucepan and cook the onion over moderate heat, until soft. Add the broth, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Add the pumpkin and mix well; lower heat and summer, covered, for 45 minutes. Add the cream and heat through; stir continuously. Serve hot. If desierved, sprink with nutmeg, cinnamon, or top with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkle of chives...
PUMPKIN CAKE
1/2 c. butter
1 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
1 egg
2/3 c chopped nuts
1/3 c milk/buttermilk/or ?
3/4 c. pumpkin
2 c. flour
1/4 tsp. soda
3 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
Cream butter and sugar, add pumpkin and egg. Stir dry ingredients, add with mmilk and nuts. Beat well. Bake in greased and floured pan at 350 degrees. Serve with whipped cream.
PUMPKIN PUDDING
1 16 oz. can pumpkin
3/4 c sugar
1/4 c flour
2 tbsp butter, sotened
1 tsp. grnd. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp cloves
4 eggs
1 1/4 c milk
1/2 c whipping cream (optional)
2 tsp run (optional)
In a large mixing bowl thoroughly combine the pumpking, sugar, flour, butter, cinnamon, salt, and cloves. Add eggs; lightly beat eggs into pumpkin mixture with a fork. Add milk' mix well.
Place a 10/6/2-inch baking pan in a 13x9x2-inch baking pan on oven rack; pour in the pumpking mixture. Pour hot water into outer pan to a depth of 1 inch. Bake in a 350 oven about 45 minutes, or till knife inserted comes out clean. Cool pudding; chill (although my DH likes it warm).
Combine whipping cream and rum; beat till soft peaks form. Spoon pudding into 9 dessert dishes. dollop each with whipped cream mixture.
Betty crocker pumpkin cookies:
1 1/2 cups brown sugar (packed)
1/3 cup shortening/margarine
2 eggs
1 3/4 c canned pumpkin
2 3/4 c flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp ginger
1 cup raisings
1 cup chopped pecans
Heat over to 400. Mix sugar, shortening, eggs, and pumpkin thoroughly. Blend dry ingredients; add to pumpkin mixture, stirring until well blended. Add raisings and pecans. Drop batter by tsp. on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned. Cookies may be iced when cool with a thin butter icing.
now...which ones did I forget? (my favorite is the bread!)
Oh, if you do have the pie mix, not regular...
PUMPKIN TRIFLE
1 pound cake (16 ounces), cut into 12 slices
6 TBSP organce juice
1 c cranberry-orange relish
3 cups whipping cream
3/4 cup powdered sugar
2 cups Libby's pumpkin pie mix
1 cup sliced almonds, toasted
Drizzle cake slices with orange juice. Spread with cranberry sauce/relish; set aside. In large bowl, beat whipping cream and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form; forld in pumpkin pie mix.
In trifle bowl, arrange 4 cake slices on bottom. Layer with 3 cups pumpkin mixture. and 1/3 c almonds; repeat laywers two more times. Cover; chill several hours or over night.
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