Fall Baking has begun...with pumpkin!

I have been ready for fall for several weeks now - but fall is officially here because it finally feels that way! Pumpkins and mums are showing up in the store, the weather is cooling down, and my alleriges are going full blown. LOL. I decided that Sunday's will be my baking day, therefore last Sunday I decided to bake with pumpkin. So I made two new recipes: Pumpkin muffins and pumpkin cookies. Enjoy!

#1 Low-Fat Pumpkin Muffins

Hands-On Time:	10 minutes
Total Time:	29 minutes
Servings:	24

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 1 box dry Ducan Hines Spice Cake Mix
• 1 whole egg
• 1 8 oz. can solid packed pumpkin
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cup Craisins (optional) - I added these and they made the muffins delicious!

1. Mix everything together well (mixture will be thick).
2. Divide evenly into 24 cupcake tins lined with cupcake papers. Bake at 350 degrees F for 17-22 minutes.

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#2 Pumpkin-Chocolate Chunk Cookies

total time 28 min

prep 15 min

servings 42 servings, 1 cookie each

 

What You Need

2-1/2 cups flour

1-1/2 tsp.  baking soda

1/4 tsp. salt

3/4 cup  butter or margarine, softened

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup  packed brown sugar

1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice

1   egg

1 cup canned pumpkin

1 tsp.  vanilla

1 cup BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunks

1 cup  chopped PLANTERS Walnuts

 

Make It

HEAT oven to 375°F.
MIX flour, baking soda and salt. Beat butter, sugars and pumpkin spice in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg, pumpkin and vanilla; mix well. Gradually beat in flour mixture until well blended. Stir in chocolate and nuts.
DROP by heaping tablespoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto baking sheets.
BAKE 12 to 13 min. or until lightly browned. Cool on baking sheets 1 min.; remove to wire racks. Cool completely.

TIP:

Pumpkin Pie Spice Substitute

No pumpkin pie spice on hand? No problem! Here's an easy way to make your own. For each 1 tsp. of pumpkin pie spice needed, just combine 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon, 1/4 tsp. ground ginger, 1/8 tsp. ground allspice and 1/8 tsp. ground nutmeg.