Month: November 2023

Easy Pumpkin Cookies

INGREDIENTS:

  • 500g cooked pumpkin
  • 2 eggs
  • 120 ml apple sauce
  • 3tsp vanilla extract
  • 500g self raising flour
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 tsp ground cloves

Method

  • Preheat oven to 175C.
  • Lightly grease two baking sheets.
  • Beat the pumpkin, eggs, apple sauce, and vanilla together in a large mixing bowl.
  • Stir in the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves until well blended and creamy.
  • Drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto prepared baking sheets. Bake in preheated oven until tops are firm when lightly touched, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool on racks.

PUMPKIN GINGERBREAD

Next month is October. This is me getting prepared for the pumpkins.

INGREDIENTS:

  • 250 g sugar
  • 100 ml vegetable oil
  • 3 eggs
  • 65 ml water
  • 500g pumpkin puree
  • ½ tsp ground ginger
  • 1 tsp ground allspice
  • ½ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¾ tsp ground cloves
  • 180 g plain flour
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • pinch salt
  • 1 ½ tsp baking powder

METHOD:

  • Preheat oven to 175c.
  • Lightly grease a loaf tin.
  • In a large mixing bowl, combine sugar, oil and eggs and beat until smooth.
  • Add water and beat until well blended.
  • Stir in pumpkin, ginger, allspice and cinnamon.
  • In medium bowl, combine flour, bicarb, salt, and baking powder.
  • Add the dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and mix just until all ingredients are combined.
  • Spoon into prepared loaf tin. Bake in preheated oven until, about 1 hour