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.
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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