Sunday, October 18, 2009

Pumpkin Shortage On Store Shelves~Not Mine!

Pumpkin Puree Tutorial:1.Cut pumpkins in 1/2 and seed.

2. Place cut side down on a lined cookie sheet and bake @350 for about 1 1/2 hrs! Its done when its fork tender! 3. Let cool for about 20 min. or so! Then scrape the pumpkin meat out of the skins in to a bowl! If your pumpkin flesh is wet or soupy it will need to be strained or run through a mill. (I just pored the liquid off mine)


5. Put pumpkin in freezer safe containers....I just used my wide mouth jars! I ended up with 4 pint jars plus 2 cups I left aside to make a double batch of pumpkin scones!
My scones turned out a bit heavy.....but I think it was because my towel recipe did not say to add baking soda and/or powder! I think next time I will go ahead and add some.....that should make them lighter and rise a bit!
Also I added some ingredients to the pumpkin puree that I used for the scones....pie spice,cinnamon,salt and 3 teaspoons brown sugar. (store bought canned pumpkin has similar things in it)

I want to add, it is not safe to "can" pureed pumpkin.
Only whole pumpkin chunks can safely be canned to be shelf stable.
I froze my puree. (in the jars)


Happy pumpkin season to all~
There is no shortage @ my house!

Blessings,
Georgiann

3 comments:

The Little Miss said...

oh my gosh Im going to try this!!! What a wonderful tutorial!
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Anne Marie said...

oh! please forgive me for not responding sooner!!

just take those apple peels and cores, cover them with water in the pot, boil - let boil 20-30minutes..........strain..........

then use that ratio of your now apple juice with the recipe on the pectin box (you'll see there how to do the rest)

hope that helps........

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Camie