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pumpkin pie recipe using real pumpkin

Pumpkin Pie Recipe Using Real Pumpkin

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Here is a pumpkin pie recipe using real pumpkin that all your guests will love.While you may choose to buy pre-cooked and canned pumpkin, you should at least give this version a try once! You might find you like it better!

 

Ingredients 
2 eggs separated

1/2 cup brown sugar 

1 1/4 cups cooked mashed pumpkin 

3/4 cups evaporated milk

1/2 teaspoon salt 

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 

1 envelope of unflavored gelatin

1/4 cup cold water 

1/2 cup sugar 

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract 

1 baked 9 in pastry shell 

 

Method
Beat egg yolks until thick. Add brown sugar, and beat until thick.  Add pumpkin, milk, salt, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg stirring well.  Pour pumpkin mixture into top of double boiler; bring water to a boil.  Cook over water until mixture is thickened. Soften gelatin in cold water; add to pumpkin stirring well.  Set mixture aside to cool.   
Beat egg whites until foamy.  Gradually add 1/2 CUP SUGAR, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating until stiff peaks form. Beat in vanilla. Fold egg whites into pumpkin mixture.  Pour filling into pastry shell. Chill. 
Next, the most important part of all.  Make some home made whipped cream and put lots on each piece you serve.  That will make it even better.  If you have never made home made whipped cream just look for a recipe any where on the internet its really simple and well worth it.   

Best Ever Mashed Potatoes

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Everybody has their own method for making mashed potatoes, here’s mine. I use Yukon Gold potatoes for a couple of reasons. They are less starchy than Russet potatoes but mostly I use Yukon’s because I don’t have to peel them!  

I hope you enjoy this recipe. It really is a time saver not having to peel all those potatoes!


Ingredients 
2 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes

1 stick unsalted butter, cubed

4 Tbsp Heavy Cream

1 – 2 Tbsp milk

Salt and Pepper to taste 

Method
1. Wash, scrub and quarter the potatoes. Place them in a medium saucepan and add enough water to cover. Heat on high until the water boils. Reduce the heat and simmer potatoes, covered, for about 20 minutes. You want to be able to push a fork through the thickest potato.

2. After the potatoes pass the fork test, drain completely. At this point, you can either put them back into the pot that you cooked them in or go ahead and put them into the serving bowl. I usually put them back into the pot so that the butter has help melting. Add butter and cream, mash everything together using a potato masher. Add milk only to achieve desired consistency.

  3. Once the potatoes, butter and cream are well mixed and smooth, add salt and butter to taste. 
 

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

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Okay, I know that you can buy a can of cranberry and plop it on a plate. However, once you see how simple and easy it is to make it yourself you might just give it a try. A bonus is that the house will smell absolutely wonderful as you are cooking it! You can use fresh or frozen cranberries, if using frozen simply thaw before cooking. If you don’t have a cinnamon stick substitute 1 TBSP ground cinnamon. This recipe makes a tart cranberry sauce, if you want it to be sweeter simply adjust the sugar to 1 Cup. 

Ingredients:
1 pound cranberries
2 large apples (Granny Smith or other tart apple)
¾ Cup sugar
1 stick cinnamon
¼ cup water

Method:
Peel, core and cut the apples into chunks. Add all ingredients into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer until the apples and cranberries cook down and the mixture thickens. Remove the cinnamon stick. Don’t be afraid to taste the cranberry sauce and add more sugar until it suits you! You can make this up to a week in advance and store it in the fridge! One more thing to mark off your list