I used leftover mashed sweet potatoes in a pumpkin muffin recipe and everyone raved about how pumpkin-y they were…in my case, I think it was the warm spices that fooled them…
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Your secret is safe with me @Rooster…
^ This. I found the same to be true with a pumpkin challah-type bread I used to make at Thanksgiving. Not enough oomph.
I do like sugar pumpkin in baked pasta dishes so I’ll still process and freeze when a sugar pumpkin comes my way.
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Good idea, and I’ll use certain types of pumpkin for savory eating as well. For baked sweets, a hard no @tomatotomato. 
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We had a big sack of unopened whole wheat flour looking for a baking buddy…made challah. The shape is supposed to be apples but once baked took a pumpkin shape! Egg wash,seeds, honey drizzle.
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Love these. How did you like them?
They are so buttery. I am surprised how fluffy they are using all ww flour. Went well with sweet potato sage soup.
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Haven’t been able to get canned pumpkin in our grocery delivery orders, but sugar pumpkins were available in our produce box. So I roasted two whole, scooped them out, puréed, and froze it. These two pumpkins gave about 8 cups of purée. Future bread, pie, and ravioli.
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Brownies in lieu of a birthday cake for a long-distance family celebration.
Based on Alice Medrich’s cocoa recipe with some tweaks made over time (and a couple today).
Half with walnuts (“some” people griped that they were missing the last few times - I don’t like nuts in my brownies, so they only go in by special request) and half with chocolate chips (utterly unnecessary but why not).
I carried the ingredients and the implements with me for our long weekend trip - including measured parchment for the loaf tin (half recipe).
Now to make everyone wait till the birthday celebrity wakes up on the other side of the world…
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Potato puffs. Store bought puff pastry, repurposed mashed potatoes with added garlic, herbs and baby peas.
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Those look like heaven on a plate.
Recent cakes & things
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Wow! Now that’s heaven on a plate!
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Next time more spice! But, the puffs went nicely with eggs.
Sourdough journey: week 8 and i have cracked it, so much to learn and a bit of time getting to know your own starter.
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I’d been holding onto Dorie Greenspan’s Chocolate Birthday Cake recipe ever since it appeared in the Times Magazine, knowing that’s what I wanted for my next milestone birthday. Well, said milestone BD came yesterday, and my wife made the cake. It’s relatively easy, and is exactly what a kid would want on their birthday–just right with a big glass of milk. The buttermilk in the cake and frosting keeps it from being too sweet.
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Happy Birthday! Glad you got the cake of your choice - wishing you many more birthdays @StephanieL!
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I can feel the crunch of the crust!
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Discussion on this beautiful loaf can be read here:
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Thank you!
