It’s that time of year again, it’s time for delicious combinations of the crisp fall leaves and pumpkin spices. However, if you’re residing in Doha, there is not much that we see of fall here so we’re bringing you the next best thing to bring the essence of fall in your kitchen.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bread

Ingredients

  • 2 cups of flour
  • 1 tsp of cinnamon
  • 1 tsp. of baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp of baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp of kosher salt
  • 1/2 tsp of ground ginger
  • 1/4 tsp of ground nutmeg
  • 1/2 cups of melted butter
  • 1 1/4 cups of granulated sugar
  • 1 cups of pumpkin puree
  • 1/4 cups of sour cream
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. of pure vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cups mini chocolate chips

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 350°. Line a loaf pan with a baking sheet and spray with a cooking spray.
  2. Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, salt, ginger, and nutmeg in a bowl.
  3. Use a separate bowl mix melted butter, sugar, pumpkin puree, sour cream, vanilla and eggs with hand beater.
  4. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until smoothly combined. Reserve two tablespoons of chocolate chips for later and fold in the rest. Transfer the batter to the pre-heated pan and sprinkle the tip with the set aside chocolate chips.
  5. Bake for about 1 hour to 1 hour 20 minutes. Be sure to keep a check by inserting a tooth pick into the batter. A clean tooth pick equals a baked cake. If the top seems to get too dark, cover the top with tin foil after the 1-hour mark.
  6. Cool for 15 minutes and serve.

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Pumpkin Muffins

Ingredients

  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 tsp of baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp of baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp of kosher salt
  • 2 tsp of pumpkin pie spice
  • 1 cups of canned pumpkin
  • 1/2 cups of honey
  • 2 large eggs
  • 6 tbsp of butter, melted and cooled
  • 1/4 cups of Greek yogurt
  • 1 cup of toasted and chopped pecans
  • 2 tbsp. of sugar

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 325° and line the muffin tin with liners.
  2. Wisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and pumpkin pie spice together in a large bowl. Proceed to add pumpkin, honey, eggs, butter and yogurt and mix until smoothly combined. This is the stage where you should fold in ¾ cup of pecans.
  3. Make sure the batter in evenly distributed among the muffin liners and top with the remaining pecans and sugar.
  4. Bake till the muffins are golden brown for about 30 minutes. Perform the toothpick test to check if they are done.
  5. Cool the muffins and serve.

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Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups of flour
  • 1 tsp of baking soda
  • 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice
  • 1/2 tsp of salt
  • 1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup of brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup of granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup of pumpkin purée
  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tsp of pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method

  1. Start by pre-heating the oven to 375° and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
  2. Whisk together flour, pumpkin spice, baking soda and salt.
  3. In a different bowl, mix the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in pumpkin, egg and vanilla extract as you beat the mixture until combined. Then add the dry mixture In .
  4. Beat until the flour is evenly mixed and fold in chocolate chips.
  5. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.
  6. Scoop 1” balls onto the baking sheets and bake until risen and golden for about 12 minutes.
  7. Set out to cool and enjoy!

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Pumpkin Pie Brownies

Ingredients

  • 1 box brownie mix, plus ingredients called for on box
  • 1 can pumpkin puree
  • 1 can sweetened condensed milk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 tsp of pumpkin pie spice
  • Salt
  • 2 cups of chocolate chips
  • 3/4 cups of heavy cream

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 350° and line your baking pan with parchment and grease with cooking spray.
  2. Make the brownie batter according to the packaging instructions. Transfer into a pan once done.
  3. Beat together pumpkin puree with condensed milk, eggs, pumpkin spice, and a pinch of salt. Slowly pour over the brownie mix and smooth out with a spatula.
  4. Bake for 55-60 minutes. Leave to cool in turned off oven with the door propped open for 30 minutes, then move to a baking rack to cool completely.
  5. While waiting for the brownies to cool completely, make a chocolate ganache. Place chocolate chips in a heat safe bowl and heat heavy cream in a different, heat safe bowl until it bubbles for about 5 minutes. Pour the cream onto chocolate chips. Allow to sit for 5 minutes and whisk until smooth.
  6. Pour ganache over brownies and refrigerate until set for about 30 minutes.
  7. Enjoy!

Written By: Bisrat Atalay Tasew

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