Pumpkin Pie, Gobbler and Goodies

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Electronic Pleasure Pumpkin Pie

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Ryan’s Famous Pumpkin Nut Bread

Source: Foodgeeks.com

Ingredients:

1 cup butter, melted

4 eggs

1 can (14-1/2 oz.) pumpkin

1/2 tsp. salt

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. ground cloves

1 tsp. ground nutmeg

1 tsp. ground cinnamon

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2-3/4 cups flour

1 cup chopped nuts

Melt butter.

Add eggs and pumpkin. Beat thoroughly.

Add sugars, baking soda and powder, and spices.

Beat thoroughly until all lumps are removed.

Add flour. Beat thoroughly.

Add nuts and mix.

Spoon into 2 greased bread pans.

Bake for 1 hour at 350°F.

Test with toothpick to ensure loaves are ready.

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Foodgeek: robertjaimes

Crust:

2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 tbsp. cinnamon

1 tbsp. brown sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 cup vegan margerine (cold!)

5 to 6 tbsp. ice water

Pie Filling:

1-1/2 cups canned pumpkin or 2 cups steamed, mashed, fresh pumpkin

1/2 cup apple butter *

3 tsp. egg replacer (powder)

1/4 cup hot water

1/2 cup maple syrup

2 tbsp. lemon juice

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 tsp. cinnamon

1/2 tsp. allspice

1/2 tsp. grated nutmeg

1/4 tsp. finely grated ginger, or powdered ginger

Directions:

Crust:

In food processor, combine first 4 ingredients and pulse until combined. Add the COLD vegan margarine in chunks and pulse until broken up to pea size chunks. 8 pulses is the average with my machine.

Add 5 Tbsp. of ice water and pulse again until moisture is just spread throughout the bowl. 4 pulses is the average with my machine. Dump into zip top bag and refridgerate at least 1/2 hour, up to 3 days in advance.

Roll out cold dough on lightly floured surface to 1/4-inch thickness. Line pie plate with dough and cut off excess crust (there will be extra). Fold edges under to create a smooth edge. Cover with plastic and chill until ready to use.

Filling:

Combine the egg replace with the hot water and mix well. Combine all remaining ingredients with the egg replacer in a bowl and fold until well combined.

Pour into prepared pie crust and bake on middle rack of 375°F oven for an hour. Allow to cool completely before serving.

If you want to be "fancy", roll out the extra crust dough and cut out a design (like a pumpkin). Brush with water and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake the design on a cookie sheet for 15 minutes after the pie comes out of the oven. (I usually turn the oven off and cook it as the oven cools down.) Cool on a wire rack.

Place the crust design on the pie before serving.

Comments from robertjaimes :

Allow to chill overnight for best results.

* Apple Butter is usually found near the Apple Sauce in most markets. It does NOT contain butter.

[Amelia]

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See, the animals have their own Thanksgiving preferences. poooor creatures..

amelia, would you give me the code please for making words activated for hyperlinks to sites within messages so the whole url doesn't show but is clothed with words?

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What did the mother turkey say to her disobedient children?

If your father could see you now, he'd turn over in his gravy!

Why can't you take a turkey to church?

Because they use such FOWL language

What did the turkey say before it was roasted?

Boy! I'm stuffed!

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States.

Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October in Canada.

The pilgrims arrived in North America in December 1620 but celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day in the fall of 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the presence of about ninety Wampanoag Indians with Massasoit,the Wampanoag chief. The festivities lasted three days.