Happy Halloween Punkin’!
All the rage this season is pumpkin, and I jumped on the band wagon. With the help of pinterest (where most or all of my ideas stem from) my most recent dessert adventures have all included pumpkin. One of my favorites has been the dump, stir, and bake cake. Adding a can of pumpkin to a boxed cake mix and baking can't get much easier. My first attempt at this was good, but the second was exceptional. The second time I added the can of pumpkin to a Krusteaz Coffee Cake mix. Incredible. Danny and I couldn't get enough. A friend of mine described it as a fall festival in her mouth. This has nothing to do with my baking skills, just the pure genius and simplicity of the recipe.
No need to add anything else to the mix except the pumpkin. Bake as directed on Krusteaz box. Enjoy!
What else can you do with pumpkin? My next try was a Pumpkin Pie Crumble. Borrowed from "Annie Oakley's Kitchen" it is my contribution to a Saturday afternoon football watching party. What better way to spend a fall afternoon than watching football, eating chili, and sharing pumpkin dessert?
Of course we continued our Halloween tradition of carving pumpkins and roasting the seeds. I tried a few new recipes to roast the seeds, but I can honestly say that the extra effort involved in the new recipes was not worth it. My simple way of spraying the seeds with some cooking spray and sprinkling with salt or cinnamon/sugar and roasting in the oven is just as good as the other more complicated ways.
Next year I will for sure return to my easy way.
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| Salted Seeds |
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| Cinnamon & Sugar Seeds |
Danny decided to go with the more complicated, ambitious pumpkin carving design. I went for the straight forward, simple, get it done design. Sounds like our personalities showed in even our carving choices. Both turned out great and added some Halloween cheer to our deck.
Check out the detail on that Aubie the Tiger pumpkin! Obviously we miss our Auburn Tigers! War Eagle! |
| Of course Thach joined in on the celebrating! |
Happy Halloween to you all! Enjoy some pumpkin treats for us!!
MF
