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Pumpkin Soup

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Pumpkin Soup
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Recipe Type: Soup
 
Ingredients
  • 2 tbsp. butter
  • 1 lg. onion, chopped
  • 1 lg. potato, diced
  • 3 c. chicken broth
  • 16 oz. canned pumpkin
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • ¼ tsp. nutmeg
  • ⅛ tsp. pepper
  • ½ pt. heavy cream
Instructions
  1. In a large quart pan cook onion and potato in butter until onions are clear.
  2. Add chicken broth and heat to a boil.
  3. Cover and cook over low heat until vegetables are tender.
  4. Remove vegetables from the broth and blend in a blender until smooth.
  5. Return to broth vegetable puree to the broth and add the pumpkin and remaining ingredients except for the cream.
  6. Heat to a boil. Once soup reaches a boil, reduce heat to low, cover and allow to simmer for 10-15 minutes. Add the cream and heat through.
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Pumpkin Pie

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Pumpkin Pie
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Recipe Type: Pie
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Serves: 8-12
 
Ingredients
  • ⅛ tsp. salt
  • ⅔ c. sugar
  • 2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice (or ½ tsp. cinnamon and ½ tsp nutmeg)
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1⅔ c. milk
  • 1½ c. pumpkin, cooked and mashed
Instructions
  1. Sift dry ingredients together first and slowly mix in all wet ingredients. After preparing the pie crust, pour in the pumpkin mixture. Bake at 450 degrees for 10 minutes then reduce the temperature to 325 degrees and bake for an additional 35 minutes or until when a knife inserted in the center of the pie comes out clean. Cool and serve.
  2. PASTRY CRUST:
  3. ½ c. flour
  4. ¼ c. shortening
  5. ½ tsp. salt
  6. ½ tbsp. water
  7. Cut shortening and salt into flour. Add cold water and mix. Roll out crust on a floured board and place it into a 9 inch pie pan.
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Pumpkin Bread

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Pumpkin Bread
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Recipe Type: Bread
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Ingredients
  • 1 c. butter, softened
  • 3 C. sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 3 c. flour
  • 1 tbsp. baking powder
  • 1½ tsp. baking soda
  • 1½ tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1½ tsp. ground cloves
  • ½ tsp. ground ginger
  • 16 oz. fresh pumpkin, cooked and mashed
Instructions
  1. In a large bowl, combine all ingredients, wet first then dry adding the pumpkin last.
  2. Pour into two greased loaf pan and bake at 350 for 1 hour.

 

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Corn Pudding

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Corn Pudding
Recipe Type: thanksgiving
 
Ingredients
  • 1 can corn, drained
  • 1 C. Milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • Pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Whisk eggs in bowl and add the milk, sugar, flour salt and pepper. pour mixture in an 8 inch baking disk. Top with corn and dot the top with butter.
  2. Bake uncovered at 350 for 60 minutes or until when a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. let stand for several minutes before serving.

 

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Cornbread Stuffing

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Cornbread Stuffing
Recipe Type: Thanksgiving
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Ingredients
  • 4 C. crumbled cornbread
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • pepper to taste
  • ¼ tsp sage
  • ½ C. butter, melted
  • 3 tbsp. chopped onions, cooked
  • chicken broth, enough to moisten
  • sausage, browned (optional)
Instructions
  1. Crumble cornbread in a greased casserole dish and mix in seasonings.
  2. Pour melted butter, onions and chicken broth over the top and mix.
  3. Bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes

 

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Cranberry Sauce

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Cranberry Sauce
Recipe Type: side
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Ingredients
  • 2 C. fresh cranberries
  • 1 C. orange juice
  • 2 tsp. cornstarch
  • 1 tbsp. grated orange or lemon peel
  • 2 tsp. cold water
  • 3 tbsp. orange liquor
  • ¾ C. sugar
Instructions
  1. In a saucepan, combine the orange juice, cranberries and sugar and bring to a boil. Stir frequently to prevent burning.
  2. Once boiling, reduce heat and allow to simmer for 10-12 minutes until the cranberries are soft and remove from heat.
  3. Using a fork. mash up the cranberries and mix in the remaining ingredients adding the liquor last.
  4. Refrigerate before serving.

 

 

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