Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Rolls
There’s just something about an ooey gooey cinnamon roll. Well, besides the fact that ooey is a hard word to spell. Or possibly easy, but it isn’t actually in the dictionary and ooey just looks wrong. But I’m sure you know what I mean. Just look at this roll here. Glaze dripping off the fork and the roll, flecks of cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg begging to be savored.
Confession time. I’ve NEVER had a Cinnabon. Double confession time. I never liked cinnamon rolls. Until now. Now I want them All. The. Time. I just had one literally five minutes ago and already I’m looking at the pan calculating how many more I can eat before I gain five pounds. This is why I bring my baked goods into the office on a regular basis.
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Freshly sliced Pumpkin Hazelnut Bread
Last Friday was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, the leaves were turning all sort of bright fall colors, and it was cool enough for me to switch to my long sleeved running shirt and consider digging out my knit cap. After a very pleasant 4 mile run, all I wanted was to bake. Luckily, with the day off, I could indulge that desire. I have a weakness for bread, particularly sweet breads like zucchini bread. Since I had a big batch of pumpkin puree leftover from the Winter Luxury pumpkin I picked up from Local Roots Farm, I went on a search for a pumpkin bread recipe.
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So we’ve endured the horrible pumpkin gutting, made a tasty main dish, and now we’ve got a big mound of pumpkin guts and seeds. We don’t like to waste food, and we love seeds, so we decided to try our hand at roasted pumpkin seeds. This was a simple recipe, although a little disturbing, since pumpkin guts were still involved.
When you try to separate out pumpkin seeds from the rest of the innards, your hands get messy. Just embrace the messiness and start pulling out the seeds. You don’t need to remove all traces of pumpkin, [...]
When I was a child, mom HATED carving pumpkins. I never understood this until I then tried to carve my own for the very first time. Have you ever tried to gut a pumpkin? The smell is… well… distinctive. You’ll never forget that smell for the rest of your life. It isn’t even a bad smell, but it is very distinctive.
The feel of pumpkin innards isn’t all that pleasant either. Unlike a lot of other squash, pumpkins have this amazing combination of stringy, spongy, slimy, and springy. You need a rather sharp spoon or a [...]
