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Recipe switch ups for the traditional pumpkin pie

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Madison Baking Examiner

Make the change this Thanksgiving.  Stop following the pumpkin pie recipe on the back of the can or making the same pie year after year.  These pumpkin pie switch ups may surprise the family’s taste buds this holiday season.

Pumpkin cheesecake can be a hit, but to avoid the heaviness of a cheesecake on an already heavy meal day such as Thanksgiving try a pumpkin cream pie.  This pie is easy to make and has the best of both a traditional pumpkin pie and a cheesecake all topped off with a brown sugar whipped cream.  To get this recipe, click on the Food Network link below.

Pumpkin pie is one of many sweets on Thanksgiving.  The endless choices can make the dessert table seem looming.   Make bite size pumpkin pies so everybody gets a taste of all of their favorites.  To do this, mix up your favorite pumpkin pie recipe and use a small circle cookie cutter to cut out pie dough.  Press the circles into the bottom and up the sides of a mini muffin tin.  Pour the pumpkin mixture over crust and bake until filling is set. When baking the pies use the temperature your recipe calls for but cut back the baking time.  Try baking them for 15 minutes, check the pies for doneness and then check on them every five minutes until done.

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Pumpkin pie doesn’t even have to be a pie at all.  Make pumpkin pie into cookies or breakfast for an on the go treat.  If you have a picky eater child cookies may be a great way to introduce them to pumpkin pie.  As for breakfast; a recipe from Martha Stewart combines donuts, muffins, and pumpkin all into one delectable way to start Thanksgiving morning.  These two recipes are in the Betty Crocker and Martha Stewart links below.

If you’re traveling this holiday season and do not have time to make your own pumpkin pie or not a pie person stop by Gigi’s Cupcakes in Hilldale Mall.  Gigi’s offers a variety of cupcakes, along with some seasonal flavors that can be pre-ordered for pick-up. 

Hours and information for Gigi's:

Mon-Sat: 10 am - 7 pm
Sunday: 12 pm - 5 pmPhone: (608) 661-PINK (7465) Hilldale Mall
554 N. Midvale Blvd.
Madison, WI  53705

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/sandra-lee/pumpkin-cream-pie-recipe/index.html

http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/pumpkin-pie-cookies

http://www.marthastewart.com/331754/pumpkin-doughnut-muffins

You can switch up what you do with pumpkin pie and your pie plates
You can switch up what you do with pumpkin pie and your pie plates
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Stephanie Carley

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Stephanie will be graduating in May of 2012 from the University of Wisconsin Platteville with a degree in communication technologies with an emphasis in journalism. Writing and baking are her passions in life. She would like to combine the two and share them with others. She experiments with...

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