Question:
holiday dessert
Pumpkin Nut Bread
I make this slightly spicy, moist and flavorful Pumpkin Nut Bread ahead of time and freeze it for giving during the holidays.
To make these festive I affix seasonal sugar decorations to each individual mini bread with icing and then wrap in colored cling wrap or cellophane.
3 cups sugar
3 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
4 large eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups pumpkin puree (fresh or canned)
2/3 cup water
1 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 3 large or 8 small loaf pans.
Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the eggs, oil, pumpkin and water. Beat well with an electric mixer. Stir in the walnuts with a wooden spoon.
Pour the batter into the loaf pans filling each half to two-thirds full.
Bake for 60-90 minutes for large pans, 30-45 minutes for small ones.
The bread is done when a toothpick in the middle comes out clean.
Cool in the pan for ten minutes, then loosen the edges of the bread with a knife and turn out to cool on a rack.
Pumpkin Macadamia Cheesecake
My friend Merry Mary makes this cheesecake for Thanksgiving ~ it sounds DIVINE
Mary's Macadamia Pumpkin Cheesecake
CRUST
1/4 pound butter, softened
1/2 cup macadamia nuts, chopped
7/8 cup flour
3 tablespoons brown sugar
FILLING
3 8 oz pkgs cream cheese, at room temp
3/4 cup sugar
3 eggs
1/2 cup whipping cream, NOT whipped
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons maple syrup, PURE, only
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
TOPPING
1 cup sour cream -- 1/2 pint
3 tablespoons sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup macadamia nuts
CRUST
Mix all ingredients in 10 inch spring ring
form pan. Place pan a notch above the middle of the oven and broil at 350
degrees. Stir often until mixture is slightly browned and
consistency of corn meal.
Remove from oven and pat mixture down with a rice
paddle (it fits comfortably inside a 10" pan) until even and firm
in bottom of the pan. Be careful not to burn the crust!
FILLING
In a large bowl, beat neufchatel cheese and 3/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and whipping cream.
Stir in pumpkin, maple syrup and spices. Pour into chilled crust.
Bake in preheated 325 degree oven for 1 hour on the upper shelf. On
the lower shelf place a large pan with some hot water in it.
TOPPING
In a small bowl, combine sour cream, 3 tablespoons sugar, and
vanilla. Stir until blended. Spread over hot cheesecake. Sprinkle
chopped mac nuts over top. Bake 10 minutes in 350 degree oven. Crack
the door of the oven and let stand until cool. Refrigerate at least 4
hours.
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