Harvest Pumpkin Butter Food

HARVEST PUMPKIN BUTTER

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the first five ingredients. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until thickened. , Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve on English muffins.

HARVEST PUMPKIN BUTTER

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine all the ingredients.
• Mix well.
• Bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
• Reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes or until thickened.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
• Serve.

HARVEST PUMPKIN DIP

Steps:

• Beat first five ingredients until blended. Gradually beat in pumpkin until smooth. Serve with fruit. Refrigerate leftovers.

HARVEST PUMPKIN-SPICE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Lightly grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1 inch pan (glass is best) with shortening.
• In large bowl, beat eggs, granulated sugar, oil and pumpkin until smooth.
• Stir in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger and cloves.
• Stir in chocolate chips, spread in pan.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light brown.
• Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 2 hours.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until smooth.
• Gradually beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, on low speed until smooth and spreadable.
• Spread frosting over bars.
• Sprinkle with walnuts.
• For bars, cut into 7 rows by 7 rows.
• Store in refrigerator.
• Tastes better the day after!

HARVEST PUMPKIN SOUP

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place pumpkin halves, cut sides down, on a rimmed baking sheet. Bake until soft, about 50 minutes. Scoop out flesh, and puree in a food processor (you should have 2 cups).
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add reserved seeds and fibers from pumpkin, and cook for 4 minutes. Add stock, water, and thyme, and bring to a gentle simmer. Cook for 9 to 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt remaining 5 tablespoons butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add pumpkin puree, parsnip, potato, and turnip, and cook for 5 minutes. Add shallots, and cook until soft, about 4 minutes. Add wine, and cook until liquid has reduced by half.
• Strain pumpkin-seed mixture, reserving broth and discarding solids. Add broth to pumpkin-wine mixture. Bring to a simmer; cook 20 minutes. Let cool.
• Pass soup through a food mill into a clean saucepan, or puree in a food processor in small batches until smooth. (If soup does not reach desired consistency using a food processor, press it through a fine sieve to remove any remaining lumps.) Heat soup in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Stir in cream, sugar, salt, and pepper, and serve.

PUMPKIN BUTTER (COOKED)

Steps:

• In a 2 quart saucepan, combine the pumpkin, sugar, pumpkin pie spice and gelatin; mix well.
• Place over medium high heat and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer, stirring constantly for 5 minutes.
• Spoon hot pumpkin mixture into hot jars, filling to within 1/4 inch from top.
• Remove air bubbles; wipe jar rims.
• Cover at once with metal lids, and screw on bands.
• Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes.

PUMPKIN BUTTER

Steps:

• In a stainless steel pot, combine pumpkin, sugar, brown sugar, and salt; bring to a simmer. (If using fresh pumpkin, stir until it's tender, about 20 to 30 minutes.)
• Continue simmering until the mixture starts to thicken, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer to a blender; blend until smooth. Return mixture to pot and heat for 10 minutes on low until it reaches desired thickness. Remove, cool, and serve.

PUMPKIN HARVEST MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
• In small bowl, combine butter, 2 Tbls cinnamon, 1/2 c of the sugar and 2 Tbls of the flour.
• Mix until crumbles form, set aside.
• In large bowl, combine remaining flour, wheat germ, sugar, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and allspice In separate bowl, combine pumpkin, oil and eggs.
• Whisk to blend.
• Add wheat germ mixture and stir until blended.
• Stir in apples and raisins.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups.
• Sprinkle butter mixture over each muffin.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until tops are golden brown and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

HARVEST PUMPKIN-SPICE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan with shortening. In large bowl, beat eggs, granulated sugar, oil and pumpkin until smooth. Stir in flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger and cloves. Stir in raisins. Spread in pan.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until light brown. Cool completely in pan on cooling rack, about 2 hours.
• In medium bowl, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla with electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, 1 cup at a time, on low speed until smooth and spreadable. Spread frosting over bars. Sprinkle with walnuts. For bars, cut into 7 rows by 7 rows. Store in refrigerator.

AUTUMN HARVEST PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, mix first 4 ingredients; cut in butter and shortening until crumbly. Whisk together egg, water and vinegar; gradually add to flour mixture, tossing with a fork until dough holds together when pressed. Divide dough in half so that 1 portion is slightly larger than the other; shape each into a disk. Wrap; refrigerate 1 hour or overnight., Preheat oven to 425°. On a lightly floured surface, roll larger portion to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. deep-dish pie plate. Trim crust to 1/2 in. beyond edge of pie plate. Refrigerate until ready to fill., Roll smaller portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with a floured pumpkin-shaped cookie cutter; place some cutouts 1 in. apart on a baking sheet, reserving unbaked cutouts for decorative edge if desired. Bake until golden brown, 8-10 minutes., Meanwhile, beat together filling ingredients until blended; transfer to crust. flute or decorate edge with unbaked cutouts, brushing off flour before pressing lightly onto edge. Bake on a lower oven rack 10 minutes. Cover edge loosely with foil. Reduce oven setting to 350°. Bake until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean, 45-50 minutes., Cool on a wire rack; serve or refrigerate within 2 hours. Top with baked pumpkin cutouts before serving.