Pumpkinisation

[oreouk]

It was that time of year so A2 and I turned our minds to the tricky question of what we were going to carve into our pumpkins this year. My challenge was solved when I received an Instructables e-mails that was talking about making your own pumpkin carving tools but that also included a very cool pumpkin picture which I promptly snaffled. A2

Comments

[eoforyth]

Very nice carving. The ones the kids did here were much simpler, in the traditional scary face style, although the size of Phoebe's one could have lent itself to something more ambitious (huge pumpkin!!!)

Oh, pumpkin cookies - could you send me the recipe? Actually, I could do with several recipes for using the flesh up (huge pumpkin!!!)

[oreouk]

Oven: 170 fan assisted or 190 normal/ GM4

Cream together:

8oz butter
8oz granulated sugar

Add and beat in well:

1 cup slightly warm cooked and puréed pumpkin
1egg (lightly beaten)
1tsp vanilla essence

Sift together and add:

10oz plain flour
1tsp baking powder
1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda
1/2tsp salt
2-3tsp cinnamon
1tsp allspice
Nutmeg

Consistency at this point should be squidgy but not runny. Put a sheet of parchment or baking liner onto a tray and put mix on in teaspoon sized chunks - space reasonably well as they spread out.

Bake 10-15 minutes depending on your oven. Makes loads. At least 5 trays full.

[oreouk]

Also thanks!

I have a pumpkin pie recipe at home too - I should make that but it frustratingly starts "take 2lbs of raw pumpkin" which is unhelpful when one has already cooked the pumpkin down.

[hrrunka]

And they looked excellent in your window on Friday evening. :)

[muninnhuginn]

Very fine. Cats on sickle moons are a favorite of mine.

I did intend to carve the pumpkin from our veg. box (they had no swedes to do a proper job), but it was a tad on the small side and would have required surgical tools. (It went well in soup instead--very tender.)