RECIPES
Four Pumpkin Recipes for Fall
by: Rachel Paxton
Fall is a great time to try out some new pumpkin recipes.
There's nothing like the smell of fresh baked pumpkin bread
or cookies in the kitchen! You have to give this pumpkin
cornbread a try.
Cranberry Pumpkin Bread
2 eggs, beaten slightly
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 1/4 cups flour
1 cup chopped cranberries
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Cooking Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine eggs, sugar, vegetable
oil, and pumpkin, mixing well. Combine flour, pumpkin pie
spice, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Make a well
in the center of the batter and add the pumpkin. Stir in
cranberries. Spoon batter into 2 greased and floured loaf
pans. Bake for 1 hour.
Pumpkin Cupcakes
3/4 cup melted butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 cup canned pumpkin
Cooking Instructions:
Combine butter and sugar, beat in eggs 1 at a time, sift
in dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in pumpkin. Pour
into greased cupcake pans. Bake 15 minutes at 375 degrees.
Pumpkin Cornbread
1 cup pureed pumpkin
1 cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
1/4 cup sugar
2 cups corn meal
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, separated Cooking Instructions:
Heat milk, butter, and sugar in saucepan to melt butter.
Put pumpkin in a bowl and add milk mixture. Add corn meal,
1/2 cup at a time, and stir to blend. Add salt and egg
yolks and stir in. In another bowl, beat egg whites and
fold in batter. Grease an 8 inch square pan. Bake at 375
degrees for 35 minutes.
Pumpkin Cookies
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 cup cooked pumpkin
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup chopped pecan nuts
Cooking Instructions:
Mix oil, sugar, egg, and pumpkin together and add remaining
ingredients. Drop by spoonfuls on greased cookie sheet.
Bake 10 to 12 minutes at 350 degrees. Makes 3 dozen cookies.
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About The Author
Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who is the
author of What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook containing
more than 250 quick easy dinner ideas. For more recipes,
organizing tips, home decorating, crafts, holiday hints,
and more, visit Creative Homemaking at http://www.creativehomemaking.com.
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(11-5-2006)
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