All Things Pumpkin

I absolutely love fall. But I am pretty sure I already blogged about that. The other part of fall that I love includes baking / cooking with pumpkin. These recipes are great for fall! It makes you want to sit next to the fire with a good cup of coffee. Oooh and I love coffee too!

This pumpkin bread recipe is phenomenal and I have been making it for several years. Some new recipes that I  tried include pumpkin pancakes and pumpkin pie oatmeal and both were fantastic. 

Extra Moist Pumpkin Bread

Makes 2 loaves.

Ingredients:

4 beaten eggs

3 cups sugar

1 cup oil

3 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

½ tsp baking powder

1 ½ tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp nutmeg

2 cups pumpkin (1 lb can)

2/3 cup water

1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions:

Pre-heat oven to 350

Mix all ingredients. Pour into loaf pans and bake for 60-70 minutes.

Option: Add cream cheese frosting.  But it really doesn’t need it.

Pumpkin Pancakes

1 cup buttermilk pancake mix ( I cheated and used a mix)

1 cup cold water

1/3 cup canned pumpkin

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Nonstick vegetable cooking spray

Butter, room temperature

In a medium bowl, whisk pancake mix, water, pumpkin, cinnamon, and ginger until just blended (do not over mix; mixture should be lumpy).

Spray a heavy griddle with nonstick spray and heat griddle over medium heat. Spoon 2 tablespoons of batter onto griddle to form each pancake. Cook for 2 minutes or until bubbles appear, then turn pancakes over and cook for 2 minutes longer. Transfer pancakes to plates. Top with butter and serve with warm syrup.

*Amaretto Syrup Option – Nick decided to get fancy a make a nutty flavored syrup to go along with the pancakes. We have 100% maple syrup in the fridge, so he mixed 1 cup of the syrup with 3 Tbsp of Amaretto and heated in on the stove top. We had to let it simmer a while to cook out some of the alcohol. But it was very tasty. 

Pumpkin Pie Oatmeal

I found this recipe on pinterest and the original recipe is here.

I made a few changes, so here is my receipe.

Ingredients:
1 serving oatmeal (cooked) I used ½ cup Old Fashioned Oats
2 tablespoons pumpkin puree
1 tablespoon agave nectar
1 dash cinnamon
1 dash nutmeg
1 dash ginger
1 dash cloves
1 splash almond milk (or more)

If not sweet enough, add splenda or more agave nectar.

When the oatmeal is finished cooking add the pumpkin puree, brown sugar and spices and cook to heat.

Add a splash of milk to cool the oatmeal and to get it to the consistency that you prefer.