Pumpkin Pecan Muffins

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Moist pumpkin pecan muffins bring the taste of fall to your tea party or breakfast table

Mini muffins often find their way onto our breakfast menu, and they are absolutely a staple for afternoon tea. These wee pumpkin pecan muffins are easy to make. The pecan pressed into the top of each muffin dresses them up for setting out on a pretty tray for afternoon tea. Remember to be gentle when you mix muffins if you are using wheat flour. Too much stirring will activate the gluten in the flour and you will have chewy muffins, instead of tender yumminess!   Pumpkin Pecan Mini Muffins   Print Prep time 10 mins Cook time 10 mins Total […] Read more »

Sweet Pumpkin Dip

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Sweet pumpkin dip - great with ginger snaps or apple slices.

It’s pumpkins, apples and squash all the time at our house right now. We have scored bulk loads of these awesome fall harvest fruits and veggies, and we are using them to the max! Perfect time to whip up some pumpkin dip! Pumpkin dip makes a great snack or party offering. Pair it with apples, or our favorite, ginger snaps. If you are eating low carb, just powder the sweetener of your choice in a blender or coffee grinder (I keep one just for this purpose.) And if you are starting with a fresh pumpkin, check out our tutorial on […] Read more »

Pumpkin Deviled Eggs

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Kid friendly Pumpkin Deviled Eggs - not spicy!

  Find our Pumpkin Deviled Eggs recipe and tutorial at Build A Menu   Check out these cuties! Sure, deviled eggs (angeled eggs?) are often associated with Easter, but we like to eat them all year ’round. Why not make them fun for fall? Along with little brother Josh, we made this recipe for our friends at Build A Menu. I (Mrs. Brown) had seen a recipe that looked like this, that was spicy hot (sriracha sauce!) and knew we could come up with a way to make them kid-friendly. Sure enough, these pumpkin deviled eggs aren’t spicy and we […] Read more »

How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Puree for Baking

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Around our house, Autumn makes us think of pumpkins. We like to decorate with our table with cute little pumpkins, but even more, we like to eat pumpkin treats! Many pumpkin recipes call for canned pumpkin puree, but you can make your very own pumpkin puree from scratch… all you need is a pie pumpkin. Large pumpkins that are sold for carving don’t work well for cooking as they are usually more stringy and have a higher water content. So look for a pie pumpkin when you want to make fresh pumpkin puree. Ingredients: 1 pie pumpkin Equipment: cutting board […] Read more »