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(And Happy Friday too!)
I will admit I get a little excited about Fall. And so do the boys(thanks to me!!!)! It is just how we do things around here. And we like it!!!
We are all up early to get ready for our Fall party later this morning. The table is set, decorations are out and lots of goodies just waiting to sink our teeth into. Pictures to come soon! Sugar high around 11AM.
I just love welcoming in this season. The colors, the changes in nature, the chills to come and oh the great food that comes with Fall.
And you know one food I am anxious to talk about.........PUMPKINS!!!!
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| Pumpkin Patch 2010 |
Make sure to check in on Tuesdays and Thursdays through October 23rd for a good old pumpkin time!
I have a few of our favorite recipes to share and some new ones I will try out too.......if you love pumpkin come back and check them out!
Before I share the Pumpkin Pie Bar recipe I wanted to give you a little history about pumpkins.
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Pumpkins are believed to have originated in North America. Seeds from related plants have been found in Mexico dating back to 7000 to 5500 B.C.
References to pumpkins date back many centuries. The name pumpkin originated from the Greek word for "large melon" which is "pepon." "Pepon" was changed by the French into "pompon." The English changed "pompon" to "Pumpion." American colonists changed "pumpion" into "pumpkin."
Native American Indians used pumpkin as a staple in their diets centuries before the pilgrims landed. They also dried strips of pumpkin and wove them into mats. Indians would also roast long strips of pumpkin on the open fire and eat them. When white settlers arrived, they saw the pumpkins grown by the Indians and pumpkin soon became a staple in their diets. As today, early settlers used them in a wide variety of recipes from desserts to stews and soups. The origin of pumpkin pie is thought to have occurred when the colonists sliced off the pumpkin top, removed the seeds, and then filled it with milk, spices and honey. The pumpkin was then baked in the hot ashes of a dying fire.
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Perfect ending to go right into the Pumpkin Pie Bar recipe.
This recipe I found in an old Kraft Foods magazine and was in luck to find it online too. I tried another recipe out last year and this is almost exactly the same.
You can find the recipe here .
I don't know about you but when I eat a slice of pumpkin pie it must have a dollop of whipped topping.
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| Photo courtesy of Kraft Foods |
All my guys thought it needed more sugar, but I intend to leave the recipe as is. I am happy Brant reminded me of the whipped topping to sweeten them up. It was perfect!!!!!
Add a healthy dollop of whipped topping, homemade of course, and you have a perfect Pumpkin Pie Bar!!!!
Hope you can try them soon!!!!
What are you planning to make this weekend? Something pumpkin? Please share....tell me ALL about it!!!
Happy Fall! Get outside and do something FUN!!! And don't forget to come back and check out all the PUMPKIN madness!!!!
3 comments:
Well, we had a pre-fall celebration yesterday during our craft time. We enjoyed pumpkin bread, warm apple crisp and a friend brought Rugelach.
It was all so wonderful. Today we will have a special apple butter from TN and our traditional Ginger Crinkles. It isn't fall without our Ginger Crinkles. We will decorate our home for fall while listening to autumn music. Tonight, we will begin our fairly new tradition of watching All Creatures Great and Small. We relate this series to fall as that is when we discovered them for the first time. Happy Autumn!
YUMMMMY on the bars...I'm totally making those. And have fun at your fall party! Sounds like a blast.
Thank God fall is here and we are getting out of this unbelievably hot summer, lol! I enjoyed your little tidbit history on the pumpkin, and that pumpkin bar looks yummy! I'm a new follower via GFC. ;-)
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