11 Ways to Use Pumpkins
October 14, 2008 by Linette Gerlach
Filed under Fall In The Garden, Garden Recipes, Preserving the Harvest
If you have a patch full of beautiful orange pumpkins , here are a few ways to keep them from going to waste.
- Paint your pumpkins
- Carve them with power tools
- Pumpkin cookies With Cream Cheese Icing
- Pumpkin pie
- Pumpkin serving bowls
- Pumpkin Crunch Cake
- Fall Displays
- Pumpkin cheesecake
- Pumpkin Bread
- Roast the Pumpkin Seeds
- Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
What else do you do with all those pumpkins in your pumpkin patch?
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Gooey Butter Pumpkin Cake!!
My very favorite is pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. They are so good.
We’ve only ever used pumpkins for decorating. I think I am I am going to try to make the Pumpkin Crunch Cake or the Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. They both sound great! Thanks!
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I cannot wait to make cookies and pumpkin pie this year. Thanks!
mmmm…pumpkin bread!
I love pumpkin bread and pumpkin coopkies.
Thanks for including me.
Neat ideas!!!!!!!!!!
I love to just put them around my house for a pop of color. I also make a ton of pumpkin rolls, but I use canned pumpkin for that.
I haven’t tried pumpkin bread but that sounds delicious!!
mostly for decorations
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We did not get many pumpkins this year but thanks for the wonderful ideas!!
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And don’t forget…Pumpkin Bars and Pumpkin Cupcakes…both favorites around here. Still have not tried pumpkin soup, but we did make pumpkin ice cream recently and it was YUMMY!
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number 3 sounds yummy!I think I will try making some tommorrow!
I bake pumpkin muffins…they are soo yummy! The kids like to paint pumpkins for Halloween.
I’d try the pumpkin cheesecake!
Extra pumpkins go to the neighbors.
Wow – Who knew!?! Thanks!!
I love roasted pumpkinseeds. I like to use pumpkins as centerpieces.
I make pumpkin bread.
Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies! I can’t wait to try them! Thanks for sharing with us!
throw them out of hotel windows??? i’m one of those green rock stars, hahaha!
Anything Pumpkin is fine with me, yesssssssss !
We make pumpkin muffins!
I always plant a few pumpkins every year, just for Halloween and fall decorations. I love pumpkin bread, too, it’s so moist. Thanks for having the contest!
I love pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, and pumpkin cookies. Thank you so much for an opportunity to win!
Good ideas
I love pumpkin soup!
We carve and use LOTS of pumpkins for Halloween display.
Homemade pumpkin pie is a favorite around here , we also cook up the seeds.