Pumpkins, Pumpkins

It seems they are everywhere.....besides all of the flavors of pumpkin...spice....I grew sugar pie pumpkins in my garden....So I harvested one, Needless to say I might have let it set too long on that one,....well I harvested another one...I so wanted to make this pie pumpkin into something other then a decoration.....

 

after ya harvest your pumpkin, or maybe ya got it from the store

anywho....washed and dry it off

 

 

cut in half

 

 

now

clean out the pumpkin,

clean all of the seeds and the strings

 

 

 

the guts

 

now

 

 

place both pumpkin halves

( if they both fit)

in a pan with some water

and bake for 90 minutes or

until fork tender

( I bake mine at 350 degrees)

 

 

After baking until fork tender

let cool

then cube or scrape or

 just peel the rind off

Sorry I didn't get any pics of this

then using a food processor

and puree the cooked pumpkin

Feel free to add cinnamon, or nutmeg or both

and put in a freezer bag

to make that pumpkin pie, or

maybe pumpkin bread

now ya have pumpkin puree in the freezer