Pumpkin Ginger Bread ( For Baking Partners)

Due to October being the Halloween month most of the recipes posted in various blogs are pumpkin based .
 As Pumpkin is inevitably used during this month  Baking Partners too suggested some pumpkin based dishes and this Pumpkin Ginger Bread caught my attentions.

As the name itself suggests the bread has a lovely gingery flavour and is super moist . It tasted yummy just with butter . Thanks Swathi   for this lovely recipe.

Ingredients :

2 tbsp..............warm water
1 tbsp.................active dry yeast
1/3 cup ..................warm milk
1 ..........................egg beated
1 cup ...................pumpking puree
1 tbsp..................vegetable oil
3 cups..................maida
2 tbsp..................sugar
1 tsp....................salt
1 tbsp..................finely grated ginger

Method :

In a large bowl mix warm water, sugar and yeast and keep aside to rise for 15 minutes.

After 15 minutes the yeast would have formed a foamy mixture.

Now add milk , beaten egg, pumpkin puree, salt  and oil and mix well.

Add to it half the maida and beat vigorously.

The mixture should be very loose and sticky.

Now add the remaining maida and knead very well for 10 minutes with hands.

You will get smooth and elastic dough.

If the dough is still sticky you can add more maida.

Now apply oil and make a ball of the kneaded dough.

Keep the dough in a big greased bowl and plastic wrap it.

Keep it aside for 1 hour till it becomes double in size.

Now punch and knead the dough well and keep it it greased bread tin.

Let the dough again rise for 45 minutes.

Bake the bread in a preheated oven at 200 degrees for 1/2 an hour or till it is done.

When baked the bread top becomes hard and when pressed with finger it should spring back.

This is an indication that the bread is perfectly baked.

Slice the bread when it is completely cooled.

Pumpkin Truffle Pops ( For Groovy Gourmets)

As every one is aware this is the month of Halloween and so Groovy Gourmets selected Halloween treats as the  theme for this month.

We were supposed to prepare somthing spooky for the event and I tried making these pops. Though I tried hard to make the faces scary I somehow ended up with these funny n cute looking faces and loved them popping in our mouth.

 As Halloween is incomplete without pumpkin treats I decided to make this pops with pumpkin. These Pumpkin pops are very easy to make and a great  fun to have for both kids as well as adults.

They taste very delicious and can be kept for few days in fridge.

Ingredients :

1/2 cup................pumpkin puree
1pack...................digestive biscuits ( I used digestive marie )
1/2 cup..................instant milk powder( I used Nestle)
1/4 cup..................sugar
1/4 tsp..................nutmeg powder
1/4 tsp.................cinammon powder

Chocolate Cover :

100 gm ................bitter chocolate ( Used Morde brand)
2 tbsp..................coffee powder
2 tbsp..................sugar
1 tbsp..................unsalted butter



Method for the pops :

Grind together marie biscuits, sugar and milk powder .

Add the puree, cinammon powder and nutmeg powder to it.

Now grease your palms with little butter and make small lemon sized balls of this mixture.

Keep the balls in fridge for about 1 hour .

Mine were in fridge for almost whole day.

Method for the chocolate sauce :

In a thick bottomed small vessel mix all the ingredients given for sauce.

Keep them stirring continuously on a slow flame .

Let the chocolate melt and coffee powder mix properly.

Remove from gas when thick and cool it.

Dip the chilled pops in this sauce and again keep them in fridge.

You can have these yummy pops as they are or can make eyes or mouth with icing if you want.





Also Sending this entry for the following events : 

diwali-special-dishes 

Halloween event  

lets-cook-with-pumpkin 

  dish-it-out- ( sugar - butter ) 

spotlight-festive event