Orange Spice Pumpkin Pie Food

PUMPKIN SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat overn to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan. In a large bowl, combine the dry cake mix, eggs, pumpkin, water, oil, pudding mix and cinnamon. Beat at medium speed for 5 minutes. Stir in pecans. , Pour into prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 45-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Frost cake or serve with whipped cream.

ORANGE-SPICE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to a 10-inch round.
• Transfer to a 9-inch diameter pie dish.
• Fold overhang under and crimp edge decoratively.
• Pierce dough all over with fork.
• Freeze pie shell for 15 minutes.
• Line crust with foil and dried beans or pie weights.
• Bake until sides are set, about 12 minutes.
• Remove foil and beans or weights.
• Bake until crust begins to color, pressing with back of fork if crust bubbles, about 5 minutes longer.
• Transfer crust to rack.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees.
• Whisk pumpkin and brown sugar in medium bowl to blend.
• Add remaining ingredients and whisk until blended.
• Pour filling into crust.
• Bake pie until filling is set in center, about 1 hour, covering rim of pie with foil to prevent overbrowning, if necessary.
• Transfer pie to rack and cool 30 minutes.
• Chill uncovered until cold, at least 3 hours.
• Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and keep chilled after the pie is cold.

ORANGE SPICE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F.
• Line 9-inch pie pan with dough.
• Whisk sugar, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg in small bowl.
• Whisk pumpkin and eggs in large bowl until well-blended.
• Whisk in spice mixture.
• Slowly whisk in 3/4 cup cream until combined.
• Whisk in rum and orange peel.
• Pour into pie crust.
• Bake 10 minutes.
• Reduce oven temperature to 350°F.; bake an additional 40 to 45 minutes or until slightly puffed around edge and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (Mine seemed to take forever to cook and did take longer than 50 minutes.).
• Cool on wire rack 2 to 3 hours.
• Store in refrigerator.

ORANGE AND SPICE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Make crust:
• Blend flour, butter, sugar and salt in processor until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add yolk, 3 tablespoons ice water and orange peel. Process until moist clumps form, adding more water by teaspoonfuls if dough is dry. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill 1 hour. (Can be made 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated. Let soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out.)
• Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 400°F. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 14-inch round. Transfer to 9-inch glass pie dish. Trim overhang to 3/4 inch; fold under and press into 1/2-inch-high standing rim. Using scissors, make diagonal cuts in dough rim at 1/2-inch intervals; press cut rim pieces alternately in and out. Pierce crust (not dough rim) all over with fork. Freeze crust 30 minutes.
• Line crust with foil; fill with dried beans or pie weights. Bake until crust edge is dry and set, about 12 minutes. Remove foil and beans. Bake crust until lightly colored, pressing with back of fork if crust bubbles, about 8 minutes. Transfer crust to rack and cool completely. Reduce oven temperature to 325°F.
• Make filling:
• Whisk first 10 ingredients in large bowl until well blended. Pour into prepared crust.
• Gently cover crust edge with foil to prevent over-browning. Bake until filling puffs and begins to split at edges and is just set in center, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool pie on rack. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
• Top pie with whipped cream and orange peel strips, if desired. Serve cold or at room temperature.

ORANGE-SPICE PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Bring all ingredients to room temperature.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Grease loaf pan.
• Sift first 8 ingredients together.
• In mixer bowl beat together butter, brown sugar, white sugar, and orange zest (the 2 tsp) on medium speed until well combined, about 2 minutes.
• Add eggs, pumpkin puree and beat another 2 minutes.
• Remove bowl from mixer and fold in, by hand and in two additions, the sifted dry ingredients until just barely mixed.
• Pour into the pan and bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 55-60 minutes.
• Cool for 15 minutes on a rack and then turn upside and tap gently to remove loaf from pan.
• For the glaze:.
• Whisk all glaze ingredients together in a small saucepan set over medium heat.
• Bring to a simmer and cook about 5 minutes, until slightly thickened.
• Pour through a sieve into a heatproof bowl.
• Brush onto warm loaf.

SOUR CREAM ORANGE PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425° F.
• Combine eggs, pumpkin, sweetened condensed milk, pumpkin pie spice, 2 teaspoons orange peel and salt in medium bowl; mix well.
• Pour into prepared pie shell.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Reduce temperature to 350° F.
• ;bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until knife inserted near center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes on wire rack.
• Combine sour cream, sugar, orange juice concentrate and remaining orange peel in small bowl.
• Spread sour cream topping over pie.
• Bake for an additional 8 minutes.
• Cool completely on wire rack.

ORANGE-SPICE PUMPKIN BARS WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Grease bottom and sides of 15x10x1-inch pan with shortening; lightly flour (or spray with baking spray with flour).
• In large bowl, beat bar ingredients with electric mixer on low speed, scraping bowl occasionally, until moistened. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Spread batter evenly in pan.
• Bake 23 to 27 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In 2-quart saucepan, heat butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, until light golden brown. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar, vanilla and enough milk until smooth and spreadable. Immediately spread frosting over cooled bars. Refrigerate about 15 minutes or until set. For bars, cut into 8 rows by 6 rows. If desired, garnish each bar with orange peel strip.