Recipe: Pumpkin Pie and Pumpkin Cake

This article provides three different pumpkin pie or cake recipes that you can use to comapre with your current recipe.

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The next time you decide to bake a pumpkin pie, you might try borrowing a few ideas from any or all of them. Pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg serve as the basic ingredients for most pumpkin recipes.

Pumpkin Cake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup margarin
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups solid pack pumpkin
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/4 cups lowfat milk
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/4 tsp baking powder
• 3/4 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp ground nutmeg

Directions:

• Mix sugar, margarine, and salt to a consistent blend.
• Mix in pumpkin and maintain consistency in the blend.
• Add the eggs and milk, again, mixing slowly to maintain consistency in the blend.
• Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a separate bowl.
• Add the dry mixture to the pumpkin batter, still maintaining its consistency.
• Pour batter into lightly greased baking pan.
• Bake at 350 ^o for 35 to 40 minutes (use the knife test)

Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients:

• 1 1/3 cups oat bran 2 egg whites
• 1 cup rolled oats
• 2 tbsp. corn oil
• 1 1/4 cup skim milk
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 3/4 cup whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 2 tsp. cinnamon
• Vegetable oil spray
• 1/2 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ginger
• 3/4 cup canned pumpkin

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 400^o.
• Combine oat bran, rolled oats and milk in bowl.
• In separate bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, baking powder, salt and spices.
• Blend pumpkin, egg whites, oil and raisins in a third bowl, and then add to the oat-milk mixture. Add in the flour sugar mixture and stir in contents just until moist.
• Spray 12 muffin pan cups with vegetable oil spray and divide the batter equally among them.
• Bake 20 to 25 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Pumpkin Pie

Pie crust ingredients:

• 1 C quick cooking oats
• 1/4 C whole wheat flour
• 1/4 C ground almonds
• 2 Tbsp brown sugar
• 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 Tbsp water

Pie Filling Ingredients:

• 1/4 C packed brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 egg, beaten
• 4 tsp vanilla
• 1 C canned pumpkin
• 2/3 C evaporated skim milk

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 425^o
• Mix oats, flour, almonds, sugar, and salt together in small mixing bowl.
• Blend oil and water together in measuring cup with fork or small wire whisk until emulsified.
• Add oil mixture to dry ingredients and mix well. If needed, add small amount of water to hold mixture together.
• Press into a 9-inch pie pan and bake for 8-10 minutes, or until light brown.
• Turn down oven to 350^o F.
• Mix sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt together in a bowl.
• Add eggs and vanilla and mix to blend ingredients.
• Add pumpkin and milk and stir to combine.
• Pour into prepared pie shells.
• Bake 45 minutes at 350^o. (use the knife test)

© 2007. Patricia A. Michaels