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anyone cook down their halloween pumpkins?

1stTimeMommy2Be1stTimeMommy2Be
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this is the first time i've ever done it... my mom was staying with us this past weekend and we baked 4 pumpkins and froze them in 4 cup ziplocks... that's a TON of pumpkin! I made 4 loaves of choc chip pumpkin bread! yummmmyyyyyyyy
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  • missnessitamissnessita

    someone brought that into my office today!! it was sooo delish!!

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  • shall923shall923 member
    We roasted the seeds. They were so good. I had never done that before.
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  • kshields104kshields104

    image1stTimeMommy2Be:
    this is the first time i've ever done it... my mom was staying with us this past weekend and we baked 4 pumpkins and froze them in 4 cup ziplocks... that's a TON of pumpkin! I made 4 loaves of choc chip pumpkin bread! yummmmyyyyyyyy

     

    I didn't know you could do that.  Do you have the recipe for the pumpkin bread, do you mind sharing it?? Thanks!

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  • bebebluesbebeblues
    My granny always cooked her pumpkins down. She'd make pumpkin bread, pumpkin rolls, and her homemade pumpkin pie is the ONLY pumpkin pie I like. I need to ask my mom how to find that receipe...I have a pumpkin that we were supposed to carve and never got around to.
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  • 1stTimeMommy2Be1stTimeMommy2Be

    we took the pumpkin, WHOLE, and put them without the lids into the oven at like 350/400 i think... about an hour or hour & a half later, when it was wilted and really ugly looking, we pulled it out and let it cool... then we peeled the pumpkins,.. if they are done cooking, the skin comes off quickly with just your fingers... mush it together in a big bowl and then put into ziplocks in 4 cup sections...

     https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Spiced-Pumpkin-Bread-840

    FYI, 16 oz = 2 cups

    i didn't use walnuts... instead i added lots of choc chips.... i also added a teaspoon of vanilla ( i saw it in another recipe and thought it sounded like a good addition)

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  • mchell9mchell9 member
    image1stTimeMommy2Be:

    we took the pumpkin, WHOLE, and put them without the lids into the oven at like 350/400 i think... about an hour or hour & a half later, when it was wilted and really ugly looking, we pulled it out and let it cool... then we peeled the pumpkins,.. if they are done cooking, the skin comes off quickly with just your fingers... mush it together in a big bowl and then put into ziplocks in 4 cup sections...

     https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Spiced-Pumpkin-Bread-840

    FYI, 16 oz = 2 cups

    i didn't use walnuts... instead i added lots of choc chips.... i also added a teaspoon of vanilla ( i saw it in another recipe and thought it sounded like a good addition)

    This sounds like a plan to me!  Thanks for sharing!!  I have 4 pumpkins and would hate to see them go to waste!  Do you deseed the pumpkins and atke out all the gook?  I'm assuming yes right?  Also- what about a bigger pumpkin- slice it then put it in the oven?? 

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  • 1stTimeMommy2Be1stTimeMommy2Be
    yes... remove stem & i removed the seeds and gook bc i had them carved... i would imagine that you are supposed to do so, but honestly i don't know... as for cutting it up, i know you can do that... my mom said she used to cut it into small pieces and boil it until someone told her about this.... it was soooo easy this way bc i had to do NOTHING... we put two into the oven as soon as the trickortreating was over... my pumpkins were HUGEEEEE... i just took a shelf out of my oven and put them on a cookie sheet each... don't forget the cookie sheet or you are going to have a TON of gook and "juice" in your oven and won't be able to remove the pumpkin :)
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  • megjr8megjr8 member

    mmmm  

    Someone took our pumpkin off our porch in the middle of the night and smashed it in the street... only one on the street and it's ours!!

    In memory of precious Julia, sweet baby James, and now Timmy who fought so hard.


    Natural miscarriage - April 2009 ~ We love you, 'Blueberry'
    Lydia, born July 12, 2010
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  • kshields104kshields104
    thanks for the recipe and the lesson.  I have 2 pumpkins sitting on my porch and know have something to do with them!! I am excited!!
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  • mchell9mchell9 member
    imagemegjr8:

    mmmm  

    Someone took our pumpkin off our porch in the middle of the night and smashed it in the street... only one on the street and it's ours!!

    I guess someone drank their haterade!  That bites :( 

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