Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Steaks, Salad and Mini Pumpkins
I received these little pumpkins in our CSA box and was surprised to learn that you can actually cook them. I'd always assumed they were bred for decoration and were not flavorful, but I was wrong. They are sweet and tasty and bake in no time.
-1 mini pumpkin per person
-nutmeg, sumac, salt, pepper and honey to taste
Cut the top off the pumpkins and scrape out the seeds. Sprinkle in some spices, put the tops back on and bake on a cookie sheet, on 375 for about 30 minutes (until a knife goes in easily).
-nutmeg, sumac, salt, pepper and honey to taste
Cut the top off the pumpkins and scrape out the seeds. Sprinkle in some spices, put the tops back on and bake on a cookie sheet, on 375 for about 30 minutes (until a knife goes in easily).
Labels: beef, dinner recipes, homemade, pumpkin, salad
Friday, November 16, 2007
Pumpkin-Cranberry Cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting
Alexis wanted to make a fun, non-traditional Thanksgiving dessert and settled upon cupcakes. She modified a basic pumpkin cupcake recipe from MarthaStewart.com and added 1 cup of chopped, fresh cranberries and came up with a lovely cream cheese frosting.
Cranberry Pumpkin Cupcakes:
-2 cups flour
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-1 teaspoon baking powder
-1 teaspoon salt
-1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-1 teaspoon ground ginger
-1 cup packed light-brown sugar
-1 cup sugar
-1 2 sticks butter, melted
-4 eggs
-2 cups pumpkin puree
-2 cups flour
-1 teaspoon baking soda
-1 teaspoon baking powder
-1 teaspoon salt
-1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
-1 teaspoon ground ginger
-1 cup packed light-brown sugar
-1 cup sugar
-1 2 sticks butter, melted
-4 eggs
-2 cups pumpkin puree
Mix all the dry ingredients. Whisk all the wet ingredients together. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Spoon into paper cupcake cups in a muffin tin and bake on 350 for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cream Cheese Frosting
-8 oz cream cheese
-1 stick butter
-1 lb powdered sugar
-1 ts vanilla
-1 pinch salt
Mix all ingredients with a hand mixer or a stand mixer and frost the above cupcakes, when cool.
-8 oz cream cheese
-1 stick butter
-1 lb powdered sugar
-1 ts vanilla
-1 pinch salt
Mix all ingredients with a hand mixer or a stand mixer and frost the above cupcakes, when cool.
Labels: cranberry, dessert recipes, homemade, pumpkin
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