NaBloPoMo: Baking with fresh pumpkin
November 29, 2008emily No Comments »What’s that? You’re still using canned pumpkin for all your holiday baking? Good lord, why? Fresh pumpkin tastes much better and is fabulously easy to bake with! Follow along:
First, get yourself a pie pumpkin. They’ll be near the winter squash in your grocery store. They look like this:
Cut it in half (be careful!) and scoop out the seeds and strings.
It should look like this:
Place the halves face down on a tray and put them in a 325 degree oven. You’ll know they’re done when you can easily pierce the meat of the pumpkin with a skewer. Let it cool for a bit, then scrape the pumpkin clean.
Once you’ve done that, just whirl it in the blender and use it in your favorite pumpkin recipe! It’s as easy as pie… maybe even pumpkin pie.
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