Pumpkin Recipe Round-Up!

Pumpkin season has arrived!  (Even if I didn't want to admit it recently).  So I thought it would be a good time to round-up some favorite pumpkin posts from this here blog!

First off, using read deal pumpkin is always a good thing!

Check out this post on how to Roast Your Own Pumpkin!

Craving a savory pumpkin treat?

Spicy Pumpkin Hummus should do the trick!

Something sweet you say?

How about a cookie?
Disappearing Pumpkin Cookie Chews or Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Something sweet but semi healthy?

OK - Pumpkin Granola with Candied Pepitas

Something sweet for breakfast or dessert?

Here you go - Pumpkin Banana Muffins with Cinnamon Glaze

Well my friends, have a pumpkiny Wednesday!

♥TCW

Disappearing Pumpkin Cookie Chews

After the great pumpkin cookie debacle of 2011, 

I knew I wanted to modify my accidental copy-cat recipe.

Hence, I bring you...

Disappearing Pumpkin Cookie Chews

When you make these, they will disappear.Even when The Cyclist your friend who says they hate coconut, complains about you putting it in cookies and "ruining" themand refuses to eat them,they will still eat them anyway.And your cookies will disappear.Like magic.
OK, moving on.I wanted to keep the same idea of the Pumpkin White Chocolate Chip Cookies,but add some extra flava (that's fancy for flavor).
I opted for my original idea of adding:Golden Raisins (although Craisins would be good, I just didn't have any)AlmondsCoconut
In the original recipe I used my own pumpkin puree,but this time opted for this goodness...

(from a can).

You'll measure out that pumpkin like so...

And if you are like me and love your Kitchen Aid Mixer,

you'll dump all the ingredients in at once...

...mix...

...then add the good stuff...

...and mix some more...

...and the final result is...

...well...

cookie dough.

Duh!

Full recipe is below.  You can also find it at Tasty Kitchen.P.S.If you are wondering why everything is in thirds, it is because my measuring cups are crappy,I'm missing some,and,I think I thought I was using a 1/2 cup until I started writing.It's OK though. The Cyclist bought me new fancy measuring cups because he loves me.♥♥♥♥
Ingredients:1 2/3 cups Flour

1 cup Pumpkin

1/2 cups White Sugar

1 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar

3 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice

pinch of Salt

1 Stick of Butter, Softened (or 1/2 cup)

1 Egg

1/3 C chopped golden raisins (packed) + 1/3 C whole golden raisins

2/3 C raw sliced almonds (un-salted)1/2 C flake coconut6oz or 1/2 bag White Chocolate Chips

How to:

Put the pumpkin, sugars and butter in your mixer and mix until blended.

Add the egg and mix until blended.

Mix all of the remaining dry ingredients in a separate bowl, then add in parts to the pumpkin/sugar/egg mixture.  Mix until blended.

Add raisins, almonds and coconut and mix until blended.

Add white chocolate chips last and mix in your mixer or stir in with a wooden spoon.

I let my dough sit in the fridge overnight, then baked all the cookies the following day.

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.





**I've shared this recipe at the following sites - follow the links for more great and tasty recipe ideas.Alli N' Sons - Sweet Tooth Friday

Two Maids a Milking - Two Maids a Baking

Pumpkin Madness Day Three - The Pumpkin Cookie Caper

After making that Spicy Pumpkin Hummus and thinking it was a recipe fail,

I wanted something sweet!

So, I thought, roasted pumpkin + ??? 

Could I make a pumpkin sugar cookie?

No, I wanted more.

But chocolate chips + pumpkin.  No.

I had butterscotch chips.  No.

Ah-ha!

White chocolate chips!

Pumpkin white chocolate chip cookies with brown sugar!

YES!

I even ran to the store at 9PM to buy white chocolate chips.

And I made these....

(I was still playing with Hipstamatic so these pics are kinda scary)

And then I came to work on Monday and saw this....

http://whatsgabycooking.com/white-chocolate-pumpkin-spice-cookies/

and this...

Photograph: TK Blog

What the what?!

Was this girl peeking in my window Saturday night?

But alas, this cookie recipe was originally posted by Cassie at Bake Your Day  long before the idea entered my mind.

But seriously, look at the similarities between our recipes:

Mine/Cassie's

1 cup Flour/2-¼ cups All-purpose Flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder/1 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda/1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon/1 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
3 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice/2 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice
pinch of Salt/½ teaspoons Salt

1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar1 Stick of Butter, Softened (or 1/2 cup)/½ cups Butter, Softened
1/2 cups White Sugar/1 cup Granulated Sugar
1 cup Brown Sugar/½ cups Brown Sugar

1 cup Pumpkin/1 cup Pumpkin Puree
1 egg/1 whole Egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
6oz or 1/2 bag White Chocolate Chips/1-½ cup White Chocolate Chips

Anyway, the only thing I would change in my recipe is to add a tad more flour.  The cookies were super moist, which I like, but weren't sticking quite enough.

I swear I did not see this recipe until Gaby's post on Monday!

Just ask the peeps I brought cookies to at Sunday night's Savage Sprints!

I obviously won't be posting this to Tasty Kitchen as it is just too similar.  

It is posted below, with my fix on the flour.

Additionally, it was suggested to me that these would be good with craisins...and I started thinking about that and sliced almonds....so I may be modifying this in the near future!!

Ingredients:

1 cup Pumpkin

1/2 cups White Sugar

1 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 teaspoon Cream of Tartar

1 Stick of Butter, Softened (or 1/2 cup)

1 egg

1 1/4 cups Flour

1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder

1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

3 teaspoons Pumpkin Pie Spice

pinch of Salt

6oz or 1/2 bag White Chocolate Chips

How to:

Put the pumpkin, sugar and butter in your mixer and mix until blended.

Add the egg and mix until blended.

Mix all of the dry ingredients in a separate bowl, then add in parts to the pumpkin/sugar/egg mixture.  Mix until blended.

Add the white chocolate chips last.

I let my dough sit in the fridge overnight and baked all the cookies the next day.

Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes.

Enjoy!