Re-Purpose Your Halloween Pumpkins to Cook + 7 Easy Recipes

How to Repurpose Your Halloween Pumpkins

Here is how to bake your pumpkin so you can use it to cook!  Check out our favorite recipes below!

 

• Pumpkin(s)
• Cutting Board
• Pan
• Aluminum Foil
• Knife
• Spoon
• Oven

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 F.
2. Cut off stem, and cut pumpkin in half
3. Clean the pumpkin insides: If seeds and insides are still in there, scoop all of those out with a strong spoon or ice cream scoop. Set aside seeds for roasted pumpkin seeds! (See recipe below)
4. Bake the halves: Line a large pan with aluminum foil and place the pumpkin halves face down. Bake in oven for 1.5-2 hours (depends on how thick/big your pumpkins are)
5. Check pumpkins every so often to see if they are tender by sticking a fork in them. Once they’re soft, they’re ready to be cooked with!
6. Let cool & scrape off skin: Let cool for ~30 minutes, then take a spoon and start scraping the soft/inside of the pumpkin from the skin. Place into a bowl. You can throw away/compost the skin when done, you won’t be needing them.
7. Mash cooked pumpkin in bowl, and it’s ready to use for any of these recipes!

7 Easy Recipes to Use Your Cooked Pumpkin

Pumpkin Waffles: Recipe Here

(Use your mashed pumpkins instead of the puree)

Classic Pumpkin Soup: Recipe Here

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds: Recipe Here

Pumpkin Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies: Recipe Here
(Use your mashed pumpkins instead of the puree)

Crock Pot Pumpkin Spiced Latte: Recipe Here
And Lastly, the Classic…

Skinny Pumpkin Pie: Recipe Here