As promised, Zoey and I roasted a pumpkin! I didn't get many pictures because I decided to roast the pumpkin at 10pm and I was already a little tired.
Here's what we did:
1. Cut the pumpkin in half and scoop out the seeds for later roasting (yum).
2. Place the pumpkin face down on a baking sheet with some water.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 90 minutes.
4. Open the oven and see this:
5. Scoop the pumpkin out and blend in a food processor.
6. Bake pumpkin oatmeal cookies!
I am pretty sure that I can freeze the leftover pumpkin but I am not quite sure how to do that yet so it is in my fridge. I am guessing that one pumpkin made about as much pumpkin mush as 2 cans of pumpkin. So at $4.00 a pumpkin I am about breaking even. Except, the money went to a local farm near my house and I don't have to dispose of 2 cans.
Overall, a success! I am not sure if the fresh pumpkin made the cookies any better because they are already the best treat ever in my mind. This new batch was equally as amazing.
So there you have it- we roasted our own pumpkin this year and I will probably pick up some more at the farm this weekend. I have heard that I can also use butternut squash to make "pumpkin puree" and I may try that since the butternut squashes are only $1.00 right now.
If you have any tips on how to freeze this puree, leave me a comment!
5 comments:
I just bought my first pie pumpkin yesterday! I want to try making pumpkin gingerbread cookies:)
Pumpkin gingerbread cookies sound really good!
I froze a load of roasted pumpkin last year. Just scoop the flesh into a tub or you could blitzz it up first.
Wow! Awesome! I love fresh pumpkin.
Yum, looks awesome!
Have you ever tried roasting the pumpkin seeds too? Holy yum, they're amazing! Add a little salt and they're the perfect snack.
*I'm using your pumpkin oatmeal cookies for dessert tomorrow night p.s. Thanks for the awesome recipe!
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