Pumpkin Butter and Pumpkin BUTTA (Instant Pot)

Pumpkin Muffins slathered with Pumpkin Butta? Yes, please.

PUMPKIN SEASON IS UPON US! I love pumpkin. Love seeing those cute little sugar pumpkins pop up in stores and at the Farmer's Market. Not that I go to the Farmer's Market a ton. I love sweet pumpkin treats and like to have them year round. These two recipes can be made during peak pumpkin season and kept in the freezer to be enjoyed later.

(Winter Squash) Pumpkin Puree- Instant Pot

Instant Pot Pumpkin Puree ready for the freezer.

It's Pumpkin season y'all! Before we go any further, I mean: it's winter squash season y'all! We are huge fans of winter squash around here. So many varieties to choose from, SO yes, make pumpkin puree. But don't forget all the other wonderful varieties which are great for both savory and sweet applications!

Any of these winter squash can be made in the Instant Pot, oven, or slow cooker.

GPAC Pumpkin Pie Shakes (GF/DF options too)

 It's pumpkin season! I love pumpkin. These Pumpkin Pie Shakes are the BEST. It's like drinking a piece of pumpkin pie. I first posted them in 2008, HERE. I've made pumpkin pie, just so I could make these shakes. I'm serious. If you have leftover pie- I don't even know what that is, but if you have leftover pie, you can cut it into small slices and freeze them. The shakes stay nice and cold when it's frozen.

You can make these shakes if you don't have pie, or if you prefer a gluten free/dairy free option. Both are easy peasy. You can use Coconut Dream ice cream, frozen yogurt- plain yogurt frozen in an ice cube tray works awesome, any kind of milk you like. If you want the texture of crust, almond meal sprinkled on top of the gluten free shakes is yummy.

Pumpkin Spiced Caramel Rolls

I can't tell you how many times I've made these, tweaked this, baked these, tweaked some more. I mean really. It's one of those things where I would bake them, and we would like them, but I wasn't jumping up and down. I wanted some Pumpkin Spice flavor, pumpkin flavor, I wanted tender rolls, gooey caramel, then I wanted cream cheese glaze, crunchy seeds, no seeds. I finally tonight made some that I just think are PERFECT for us. I may at times leave off the Pumpkin Spice Glazed seeds, I may use a Maple Cream Cheese glaze. But the Pumpkin Spice caramel roll is so good as pictured above. The tender pumpkin spiced dough, the gooey caramel, the crunchy candied pumpkin seeds. SO perfect. I also have thrown the flour, yeast and heated pumpkin mixture into my bread machine to let the machine mix, knead, and proof for the first rise and it's worked beautifully. 

Here are some pictures of  my journey...

GPAC Pumpkin Cream Cheese Spice Cake

 It's PUMPKIN season!! YAY! I LURRVE pumpkin. Go type in "Pumpkin" in the search box to your left, and you will see how much. Pixie my four year old saw sugar pumpkins at the grocery store and started clapping, "they have pumpkins!!" So yes, pumpkins are a huge deal here. I either bake, steam, or put them in the crock pot to processes them. Then the seeds- NOM NOM, roasted of course.

The Great Pumpkin Experiment- Wild Rice and Pumpkin Soup, Baked in a Pumpkin

(I have updated this recipe; scroll all the way down past the photos. I am sorry I don't have a jump-to-recipe button. I don't know how to put one in.)

I love pie pumpkin season. I make a bunch of pumpkin puree and put it in my freezer. Today I went to the store with Piglet, and we got three pie pumpkins/sugar pumpkins. I made puree with two of them, and one of them I made this soup with/in. I wasn't sure how it would turn out, but it was GOOD. The pumpkin tasted a little bit like a cross between acorn, butternut, and spaghetti squash in this soup. (In other words, it tasted like squash- well, it is, isn't it???) Both the older girls liked, not loved the soup- they did say the pumpkin tasted like spaghetti squash. Pixie girl wasn't as convinced; she actually wasn't hungry because I let her snack before dinner. I had to keep trying to give her bites- three- before she started eating a little. The presentation is fun but in the end a 4-pound pumpkin is a bit much. It would be great if we were having company. 

Notes for next time:

Cube the pumpkin and sauté or roast it in butter with the onions and garlic, and make it in a pot. This was fun but it took way too much time and effort to bake in the pumpkin.

 Add a sprig of rosemary, or to change it up, curry powder and coconut milk. 

Pre-cook the rice!  I didn't boil the rice, but I should have, it would have cooked faster for me. 

Crock Pot Pumpkin Butter

I love pumpkin... pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin bread, pumpkin soup, pumpkin cheesecake, pumpkin bread pudding, pumpkin ice cream, pies, and more pies, pumpkin muffins... you get the idea... anyway as much as I love pumpkin I had never tasted pumpkin butter until today. OH SO GOOD! I wonder though when I make things if they taste the way they were meant to taste? Eh doesn't matter this is yummy. I had it in crepes and on pumpkin bread and oatmeal toast today.

It's so easy to make too!
More PUMPKIN recipes can be found HERE.
Make this in a pressure cooker, find the method HERE.

Roasted Pumpkin Soup

Roasted Pumpkin Soup

Hello everyone! I know I'm posting fifty billion pumpkin recipes (or it seems like it to me), but I love pumpkin so here I am embracing the season. Creamy, flavorful, warm, quick to make for a weeknight meal. Serve it with salad, turkey sandwiches, or a brie and cranberry grilled cheese.

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bundt Cake

Pumpkin Cheesecake Bundt Cake

Sometimes you can cake, sometimes you want cheesecake. Sometimes you want both. This cake is similar to the Pumpkin Spiced Cheesecake muffins we love. Layers of pumpkin cake, a layer of cheesecake filling, topped off with a cinnamon streusal or a pumpkin spice glaze. Despite all the layers it's very easy to put together and bake up. This is the perfect coffee cake, Afternoon tea cake, or after meal dessert.

It's time... GPAC Pumpkin Spiced Latte

No, not Hammer time... Pumpkin Spiced Latte time. I saw pie pumpkins at the grocery store so I picked some up!  Original post here.

There's no pumpkin in that latte you're sipping. It's a syrup. I know you knew that, but let's say you want real pumpkin in your latte, less sugar from syrups and you want to save yourself some $$. Well, make your own! Easy Peasy. Of course if you want some peace and quiet while drinking this, you'll have to give the kids a little treat also... don't worry, I've got you covered. I guess this is Pumpkin Spiced latte as opposed to Pumpkin Spice Flavored Latte.
Are you looking for a Pumpkin Spiced Syrup? Check HERE.

Oven Roasted Pumpkin Puree

Slow Cooker Pumpkin Puree

Instant Pot Pumpkin Puree

Pumpkin Cheesecake Squares

It's pumpkin season y'all, like you haven't read that 10 times already on this blog. I'm not going to apologize. I'm just a huge pumpkin fan. I made these Pumpkin Cheesecake Squares using this recipe HERE. Pixie helped me. It was a test. I'm so please with the way these turned out. The only thing is I used those crescent rolls that that says 65% bigger. Don't do that. They (in my opinion) are too big!

Pumpkin Recipes on GPAC
Pumpkin Pie Shakes 2008
Pumpkin Pie Shakes 2011
Pumpkin Pie Shakes 2012
E book
Pumpkin Syrup and Chai Syrup for lattes and more
Oven Roasted Pumpkin Puree
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Puree
Instant Pot Pumpkin Puree
Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins
Pumpkin and Wild Rice Soup
Search Pumpkin in the search box on the left for more!

Pumpkin Puree (Crock pot)

Pumpkin season is finally here. I love pumpkin. Search "pumpkin" here on the blog and you'll see how much I love pumpkin. There's breads, muffins, soup, ice cream, pumpkin butter, lattes ... nom nom. This is the easiest way I make pumpkin puree. I have roasted it, but this is easier to me.

Pumpkin Pie Shakes - variations

Yes, I've posted pumpkin pie shakes before, here's the link. I keep making them. So good. Here are some variations

- make them with Pumpkin Chai Spiced ice cream

- add some of this... either one NOM NOM.

- make a crustless pumpkin pie, use yogurt in place of ice cream for a smoothie

- no pie? Use pumpkin puree or pumpkin butter

- sprinkle the top with ginger snaps or graham crackers

- use coffee ice cream (NOM NOM)

- add a dash or pumpkin pie spice, just realized I never posted my pumpkin pie spice recipe! Oops.

Pumpkin Pie Shakes

Do you have leftover pumpkin pie? Shame on you. I didn't know that was possible, I mean it's two days after the big meal. I actually didn't cook a meal this year, we went to some friends. I took some mashed potatoes, rolls, creamed spinach, green bean casserole, French silk pie and DH made some pumpkin cheesecake (I love that man). So this shake you see here is not made from left over pie, I made the pie just to have. OK on to the point. Pumpkin pie lovers I know you're thinking, "why mess with perfection?" But just hear me out and try this one. It's divine.

Pumpkin Spice Glazed Pumpkin Seeds

These Pumpkin Spice Glazed Pumpkin seeds are crunchy and spicy. Use these to top salads, yogurt, soups, hot or cold cereal, stir them into granola, or use them for a special treat. They are like candy. Put them over the scones I just posted last week/
Simple to make you can swap out the seeds for walnuts, pecans, cashews. Whatever you like.

I sprinkled them on Pumpkin Spiced Caramel Rolls.

Coconut Cream Pumpkin Ice Cream (GF/DF)

I love pumpkin. I usually stock up on it in the fall. Both pumpkins to process and freeze and canned pumpkin. I have an abundance of canned pumpkin right now that I needed to use up so I don't have to store it in my tiny kitchen. I also have quite a bit of coconut milk since it was on sale. So, I thought, what should I make?

Pumpkin Pie Bars

Yes, another pumpkin recipe. I saw this one and I had to try it. The crust is buttery, but not greasy. I love the oats in it. I left the nuts out but if you use them, toast them a it first. I love nuts but Diva can't have walnuts.
The filling is like a pumpkin pie filling. It was good but DH and I both agreed that it needed more spice so I added some to the recipe. Next time I make this I will use less granulated sugar or add another 4 oz of creamed cheese, we just don't like things that sweet. But it's an awesome dessert. Easy to make, great pumpkin flavor and very good.

GPAC Pumpkin Whoppie Pies (Made with Palm Sugar)

Yes, more pumpkin. Yummy pumpkin. I just made a huge batch of pumpkin puree and put some in the freezer. So of course I had to make some of these!
I made these with palm sugar, so they were less sweet, and I used less sugar on top of that. They were still plenty good with the filling. I spread some pumpkin puree on some of them also, because I haven't made pumpkin butter yet this year... so good.
If I were to make these without the filling I would use more palm sugar. Palm sugar just isn't as sweet as cane sugar. But it's got a lower glycemic index. (I put a chart at the bottom of this post so you can see where it "ranks")

Pumpkin Pie Spice

It's almost here! Fall! I'm so excited. I love fall weather, gorgeous fall leaves, boots, and pumpkin, pumpkin, PUMPKIN! I'm finally getting around to sharing how I make my Pumpkin Pie Spice with you! I love mixing my own spice seasonings, I can tweak them to our liking.
This pie spice is fragrant and flavorful. I used some whole spices, but pre ground works great. Sometimes I add powdered vanilla to this mix also.

Pumpkin Spice and Chai Syrup

I saw this on Pinterest. Most of the recipes are standard- one part water, one part sugar, pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves.  I adapted those recipes to my tastes. I like my pumpkin spices to pop.  I used the same method for the Chai spiced syrup.