Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a medium mixing bowl, beat eggs slightly. Add sugar, oil, pumpkin and beat thoroughly. In a separate bowl, sift together the dry ingredients and stir into pumpkin mixture. Mix until smooth. Stir in chocolate chips. Fill greased muffin tins 2/3 full. Bake 15 -20 minutes. Yields 2 dozen.
Jill’s comments:
I like to use mini muffin tins and create a larger quantity of bite sized treats!
How Do I Use Fresh Pumpkin in a Recipe?
Instead of using canned pumpkin in a recipe, try our guide for using fresh pumpkin. We have the equivalent measurements and how to make homemade pumpkin puree.
Sixteen ounces of canned pumpkin is just shy of 2 cups (16 ounces would be 2 cups). A 3-pound pie pumpkin will likely give you enough puree for your recipe. Here are some good tips for using fresh pumpkin:
Pumpkin math: After cooking and draining, this is about what to expect from a typical cooking pumpkin.
2-1/2 pound pie pumpkin = 1-3/4 cups puree
3-1/2 pound pie pumpkin = 2-1/2 cups puree
6 pound carving pumpkin = 2-3/4 cups puree
5 pound round pumpkin = 3-1/3 cups puree
Pumpkin storage: Puree can be refrigerated in a tightly sealed container up to 3 days or stored in the freezer up to 6 months.
Cooking Fresh Pumpkin Puree
Prep: 50 minutes Roast: 1 hour Stand: 1 hour Oven: 375°
1. Preheat oven to 375°F. Scrub pumpkins thoroughly. Cut pumpkins in 5-inch-square pieces, discarding stems. Remove seeds and fibrous strings (save seeds for roasting, if desired). Arrange pumpkin pieces in a single layer, skin side up, in a foil-lined shallow baking pan.
2. Roast, covered, for 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until tender. When cool enough to handle, scoop pulp from rind. Place, in batches if necessary, in a blender container or food processor bowl. Cover and blend or process until smooth (or for a chunkier puree, blend or process until slightly chunky).
3. Place puree in a 100% cotton cheesecloth-lined fine mesh sieve (use a double thickness of cheesecloth). Allow to stand for 1 hour to drain. Press lightly to remove any additional liquid (discard liquid).
-From Better Homes & Garden Magazine
| From the kitchen of: | Jill Price |
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| Ingredients: | 4 eggs 2 cups sugar 1-1/2 cups vegetable oil 16 oz can pumpkin 3 cups all-purpose flour 2 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp grated nutmeg 1/2 tsp ground cloves 1 tsp ginger 2 tsp baking powder 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 2 cups chocolate chips |
