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   Coconut Pumpkin Halwa/ Pumpkin Dessert- Mathanga Varattiyathu Fall is the perfect time to enjoy your favorite pumpkin recipes. We have been enjoying it this season in several ways, making pumpkin bread , muffins ,pies , and pancakes. Are you looking for dessert ideas with pumpkin? Then why not try a delicious halwa. The recipe I am sharing today is a sweet delicacy, a rustic confectionery from Kerala. It is one of the many traditional forgotten sweets of Kerala made with simple, locally available ingredients.  Rice and coconut are a staple in all traditional Kerala snacks and sweets. The sweetener can be regular sugar or jaggery. It is gently laced with the flavor of cardamom and ghee/clarified butter. Pumpkins are in season, and there is no better time to try this recipe. Making chakka vilayichathu/ Jack fruit preserve was a yearly tradition back home in Kerala. Vilayichathu/ Varattiyathu is a term used for something that is cooked and reduced like halwa. But a halwa...

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies  Baking partners challenge recipe for November is Whoopie pies-a delicious treat loved by both young and old. Since this is the month of pumpkins, Swathi suggested making something with pumpkin as the key ingredient. This recipe was suggested by Anitha of Anitha's Kitchen Diary. Whoopie Pies is a traditional Amish recipe. It consists of sandwiched cake like cookies with a sweet cream filling and you can make a variety of flavors and fillings. Here I used cream cheese filling, you can also try vanilla butter cream or marshmallow fluff cream. Pumpkin whoopie pies is moist and  delicious and a great holiday treat. Thanks Anitha for this wonderful recipe. Ingredients All purpose flour- 1 1/2 cup Brown Sugar- 1/2 cup Sugar- 3 tbs Butter - 1/2 stick (4 tbs) Egg-2 Pumpkin puree- 1 cup Baking soda- 1/2 tsp Baking powder- 1/2 tsp Salt- 1/2 tsp Ground ginger- 1/2 tsp Ground cinnamon- 1/2 tsp Clove powder- a pinch Nutmeg- a pinch Vanilla e...

Pumpkin Pie Pumpkin pie is perfect holiday recipe. It has a flaky and tender crust and a smooth custard filling. The filling is sweet and mildly spiced and easy to make. In order to  make tender and flaky crust, make sure that the ingredients are cold and work quickly to avoid the butter from melting. This recipe is adapted Joy of Baking and William- Somona Ingredients For the crust All purpose flour- 1 1/2 cup Cold unsalted butter- 1 1/2 stick Sugar- 1 tbs Salt- 1/2 tsp Ice water- 5 tbs Filling Pumpkin puree- 2 cup Egg- 3 Heavy cream- 1 cup Sugar- 3/4 cup Brown sugar- 1/2 cup Salt- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon- 1 tsp Ginger- 1/2 tsp Clove- 1/8 tsp Nutmeg- 1 pinch  To make the pie crust , put all the ingredients in food processor ( except ice water) and process for a few seconds till the butter gets incorporated with the flour and resembles course sand. Add ice water little by little, till the mixture combines and will hold together when pinched. If it...

  Ginger Pumpkin Bread with Maple Brown Butter Icing Baking partners   challenge for this month is pumpkin bread. Fall is the perfect time to enjoy your favorite pumpkin recipes. And I’m so ready for all the delicious pumpkin treats. This month's baking challenge has a fall theme. These recipes are suggested by Tamy . There were two pumpkin bread recipes- a yeast bread and a quick bread. I selected the sweet non-yeast version of quick bread with maple brown butter icing. I wanted to try the brown butter glaze, and I am glad I took part in this challenge. The glaze beautifully coats the top and drips down the sides.  I bet pumpkin bread never looked better! One bite and you will be pleasantly surprised. It is the kind of dessert you need for the holidays to share with your family and friends. It tastes better the next day, and the flavors develop, and it turns buttery and moist. Do you love pumpkin bread? For me, it is a classic holiday treat, a cherished recipe for...

Pumpkin Cake roll Pumpkin cake rolls is perfect for holidays and is a yummy dessert You can make it well in advance. It is thin sheets of spiced pumpkin cake sheets filled with sweet cream cheese frosting. Recipe source from here Ingredients All purpose flour- 3/4 cup Sugar- 1 cup Pumpkin puree- 2/3 cup Eggs-3 Baking Soda- 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon- 1/2 tsp Ground ginger- 1/3 tsp Ground Clove- 1/3 tsp Salt - a pinch For the filling Cream cheese- 8 ounce Butter- 2 tsp Lemon Zest- 1/3 tsp Vanilla essence- 1 tsp Confectionery sugar- 1 cup Pre heat oven to 375 degree. Grease a 15-in x 10-in baking pan or a jelly roll pan.Line it with wax paper and grease the top of wax paper again and keep aside. ix all the dry ingredients,flour,ground cinnamon,ground ginger,ground clove,salt and baking soda and keep aside. In a large bowl beat egg till it is light and pale ( you an also separate egg yolks and whites and beat separately). Gradually add sugar one spoon at a t...

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins Baking partners challenge #3 is  muffin/cupcake. This moths theme speaks about colors and flavors of fall and the Halloween spirit and nothing says Halloween, like pumpkin :) So keeping with the festive theme, Swathi, suggested baking a muffin/cupcake featuring pumpkin. Three delicious recipes were suggested by the baking partners and we can select one or bake all three. I made Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin suggested by Reshmi of Easy Cook..This recipe is from one of my favorite sites Joy of Baking. Thanks Reshmi for suggesting this wonderful recipe. This months theme was challenging for me as I have never tried baking with pumpkin puree. I made this with home made pumpkin puree.The muffin was delicious,moist and full of flavor  and chocolate chips is a sweet surprise and makes it even more exciting  for kids. Unlike regular muffins it is little more rich with the addition of butter and chocolate chips. Baking partners is a l...