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Bays English Muffins Pumpkin Pudding

October 30, 2015 · by Carrie Trax ·

It’s that time of year where you can find fresh pumpkins everywhere and what a great time to create some pumpkin inspired dishes. It is easy to cook your own pumpkin in just a few easy steps. Follow these directions and you will have fresh pumpkin for pie, muffins and more, cooking fresh pumpkin for puree. I created this pumpkin dish by using Bays English Muffins instead of bread. The English Muffins are the perfect texture for making this pudding. Remember to look for Bays English Muffins in your store’s refrigerated section. All their muffins are made to order, and leave the factory within 24 hours of baking and are shipped across the country in refrigerated trucks.

Bays English Muffin Pumpkin Pudding with Vanilla Sauce
6 Bays English Muffins
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup sugar
2 cups milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup fresh pumpkin puree or canned
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/4 cup pecans, chopped

Cut each Bays English Muffin into 9 pieces and place in large bowl, set aside. In medium bowl beat eggs, sugar, milk, vanilla and pumpkin puree. Pour pumpkin mixture over Bays English Muffin pieces and stir in the dried cranberries, let set for 1 hour. You can also pour directly into the baking dish, cover, refrigerate and bake the next day. Spray a 12-inch or 13×9 baking dish. I used a pretty decorative ceramic pie plate. Pour mixture into baking pan and place on a baking sheet and then add about 2 cups of water to the baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until golden brown and knife inserted comes out clean. Remove and cool for about 10 minutes if you would like to serve warm. Drizzle with the warm vanilla sauce and sprinkle with the pecans and serve. Once cooled completely you can refrigerate to serve later or the next day.

Vanilla Sauce
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 tablespoon flour
1/8 teaspoon salt

Mix everything together and bring to boil for 3-4 minutes, stirring constantly. Set aside for 5 minutes, then pour on warm bread pudding

Pumpkin Roll

November 25, 2014 · by Carrie Trax ·

The pumpkin pie is the traditional dessert at the Thanksgiving table and here is a great and easy recipe to make “Nana’s Trax Pumpkin Pie”. If you are looking to add something new to the Thanksgiving dessert table this pumpkin roll is the perfect addition. The soft sponge cake with just the perfect amount of spices is rolled with cream cheese icing and dusted with confectioners sugar.

Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Icing
Cake:
1/4 cup confectioners sugar
3/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1 cup sugar
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
2/3 cup fresh* or can pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)

Icing:
8 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup confectioners sugar
6 tablespoon butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 10x15x1-inch baking pan with cooking spray and line with a piece of parchment paper (this will make it easy to flip the cake after it is baked). Spray parchment paper with cooking spray and dust with flour, set aside. Lay out a large cotton kitchen towel on your work surface and dust with confectioners sugar.

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, nutmeg and salt. In a bowl of an electric mixer beat the eggs and sugar until the mixture is very thick. Beat in the vanilla and pumpkin puree. Add in the flour mixture and mix until combined. With a spatula evenly spread batter in the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 13-14 minutes, or until the top springs back when lightly touched. Remove from oven and immediately turn the cake onto the confectioners sugar dusted kitchen towel. Carefully peel off the parchment paper. Starting at one of the short ends, rolling up the cake and towel together. Cool on wire rack.

To make the cream cheese filling beat the cream cheese, confectioners sugar, butter and vanilla in the bowl of a electric mixer until smooth.

When the cake has cooled, unroll and remove the towel. Spread the cream cheese filling over the cake, leavening a 1-inch border all around. Starting at one of the ends, re-roll the cake. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate until ready to serve. Dust with confectioners sugar before your serve. This can be made a few days ahead of time.

*How to prepare a fresh pumpkin

Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seeds & Goat Cheese

November 9, 2014 · by Carrie Trax ·

With Thanksgiving approaching soon I wanted to start planning my meal. With the newest addition to my kitchen the Ninja Blender and attachments I wanted to see if I could use it with every recipe I will be making for the Thanksgiving table. So the challenge begins and the first thing we will start my Thanksgiving meal off with is a “Roasted Pumpkin Soup”…

Roasted Pumpkin Soup
3 pounds sugar pumpkin, seeded and peeled
1 onion, peeled and quartered
2 shiitake mushrooms, stemmed, cleaned
1 garlic clove, peeled
1/2 cup olive oil
2 teaspoon coarse salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
4 cups chicken or vegetable stock
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 cup roasted pumpkin seeds*
1/3 cup crumbled goat cheese with dried cranberries

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cut pumpkin into 2-inch pieces. Combine pumpkin, onion, mushrooms, and garlic on a rimmed baking sheet. Add oil, salt and pepper; toss to coat, then spread in a single layer. Roast until pumpkin is tender when pierced with the tip of a sharp knife, about 30 minutes, rotating pan and tossing vegetables halfway through. Let cool.

Transfer vegetables to the Ninja blender and pour in 2 cups stock; push the Auto-iQ Food Puree button. Just sit back for a minute and wait. The soup has been pureed perfectly. Add soup to a pot with remaining 2 cups of stock. Bring soup just to a simmer and add the heavy cream. Continue simmering until heated. Remove from heat, and season with salt and pepper if needed. Serve in a bowl and top with toasted pumpkin seeds and goat cheese. Great recipe you can make 1 or 2 days before Thanksgiving!

*I used the pumpkin seeds from the pumpkin I used to make the soup. Here is a recipe for Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

Recipe adapted from: Martha Stewart

Nana Trax’s Homemade Pumpkin Pie

November 23, 2013 · by Carrie Trax ·

This is the recipe I have been using to make homemade pumpkin pie for the last 30 years. The recipe came from my husband’s grandmother “Nana Trax”. She is also the one who taught me to make homemade white bread. As she got older and could not knead the bread dough any more I would go to her house almost every Saturday morning to help make the 5 loaves of bread she would bake. During those Saturday mornings she would share other recipes and gossip and this pumpkin pie always reminds me of those times. I have fancied the pie up by adding some cutout leaf shapes but the taste of this rich and smooth pie is still the same recipe passed from one generation to the next.

Homemade Pumpkin Pie / Blue Hubbard Pie ~ Makes 2 pies
2 cups Pumpkin or Blue Hubbard squash puree
2 cups evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
2 unbaked pie shells ~ homemade (see recipe below) or store bought

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place pumpkin or Hubbard squash puree in large bowl. Add evaporated milk, sugar and eggs. With a hand whisk mix until combined. Add the salt, cinnamon, ginger and allspice. Mix until all the ingredients are combined and mixed well. Divide mixture between the two unbaked pie shells. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. It is that easy!

Homemade Pie Crust
3 cups Bob’s Red Mill flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups shortening
1 egg
5 tablespoons cold water
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
In large bowl combine the flour and salt. Add shortening and with pastry blender combine until the flour mixture resembles small crumbs. In small bowl combine egg, water and cider vinegar. Add all at once to the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Divide dough in half and wrap in plastic wrap, refrigerate 30 minutes. When ready roll out one piece at a time to fit your pie pan. Remove any extra dough around the edge and roll the dough under and crimp the edges. Do not crimp the edge if you plan on adding a leaf border. Repeat with the second dough ball. With the extra dough roll out and cut out shapes with small cookie cutters. I used a new set of pie dough cutters that I bought at Williams-Sonoma. They cut out the shape and if you push harder they emboss the shape as well. If adding a leaf cutout to the pie’s outer crust you need to wet the dough with a little water and then lay down the leaf cutouts around the pie before adding the filling. For the cutouts in the center of the pie you will need to place them separately on a baking sheet and bake for about 10-12 minutes until golden brown. Add to the pumpkin pie once it has cooled to a warm temperature.

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Bays English Muffins Pumpkin Pudding

Pumpkin Roll

Roasted Pumpkin Soup with Pumpkin Seeds & Goat Cheese

Nana Trax’s Homemade Pumpkin Pie

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