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Samhain Recipe

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffins

3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
1/4 cup water
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease and flour muffin pan or use paper liners.

2. Mix sugar, oil, eggs. Add pumpkin and water. In separate bowl mix together the baking flour, baking soda, baking powder, spices and salt.. Add wet mixture and stir in chocolate chips.

3. Fill muffin cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes.

Taken from http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Pumpkin-Chocolate-Chip-Muffins/Detail.aspx

Beltane Recipe

Fried Honeycakes

1/2 cup sweet white wine
2 tablespoons sugar
1 egg
1 cup honey
2/3 cup flour
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
Oil for frying
1/8 teaspoon salt

Beat the wine & egg in a medium bowl. Combine the flour, cinnamon, salt & sugar in a small bowl. Stir into the egg mixture. Let stand 30 minutes. Combine the honey & nutmeg in a small bowl. Heat 1/2-inch of the oil in a frying pan until hot, but not smoking. Drop the batter into the oil 1 tablespoon at a time; fry until golden brown. Drain on paper towels. Dip into the honey.

Taken from http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/7039/AshlinCD.html

I know of a very lovely spicy pumpkin soup, perfect for this time of year! It is very easily made into a vegetarian/vegan soup by using vegetable broth instead of chicken broth. smile

Ingredients:
4 macintosh apples, peeled and finely chopped
1 tablespoon butter
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 tablespoon curry powder
1 teaspoon cumin, ground
1 (14 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 cups chicken (or vegetable) broth
1 cup water
1 teaspoon white sugar
sour cream or yogurt

Directions:
1. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add onion, garlic, apples, curry, and cumin; saute, stirring often, until onion is soft and fragrant. Stir in pumpkin, broth, water, and sugar.
2. Bring to a boil, stirring often.
3. Cover, and reduce heat to low.
4. Simmer for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5. Puree soup in a food processor or a blender.
6. Return soup to saucepan; reheat, covered, over low heat. Ladle soup into bowls, and swirl a little sour cream or yogurt in the center of each bowl.

Notes:
After I saute my onion, apples, garlic, curry and cumin, I like to leave a little bit of it out and add it in at the end once everything's pureed so that my soup has little chucks of stuff in it and it's not just one consistency. =]