Today we had Pumpkin Day. It was school and pretty much all we did. We learned some facts about pumpkin, read a fall book, and the girls helped me do all the pumpkin things, finishing it off by making pumpkin muffins. Joel brought home two neck pumpkins yesterday, which really makes a lot of pumpkin puree! I had this much to puree:
Praise the Lord for my food processor! I got 15 one-cup bags of puree out of this. I'm taking some to Randa. Let me know if you need any! It is incredibly hard to find pumpkin in the store, which is why I started this. I also learned today that some people have a skin reaction to the enzymes in pumpkin flesh. Including me.
It made the palm of my hand kind of swell up and crack and the skin all flake off. I lost all sensitivity in my fingers for about 1/2 an hour. It was weird. My hand is pretty much back to normal now. You can still see little spots of dry skin on the tips of my fingers.
We made pumpkin chip muffins to use one bag of our puree and to celebrate all of our hard work. They are really good! I used bittersweet chocolate chips instead of cinnamon, but I'm sure cinnamon chips would be great too!
1/2 c shortening
1 2/3 c flour
1 c sugar
1/2 t baking soda
1/2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
2 eggs
1 c pumpkin puree
1 c cinnamon chips
Cream shortening and sugar. Add eggs and combine well. Add dry ingredients and mix well. Add pumpkin and mix. Add chips and distribute evenly. Grease or line muffin tin. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
Pretty simple and delicious! The girls enjoyed pumpkin day very much. Pnut especially is a big fan of roasted pumpkin seeds. I think she just likes the salt! Pumpkin candles smell better than pumpkin roasting in the oven:)
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