Vickie's Fabulous Fall Food

Vickie brought this yummy Pumpkin Bread Pudding today to MOPS, and was sweet enough to share the recipe! Thanks Vickie.

Bread pudding

2 cups half and half

1 15-ounce can pure pumpkin

1 cup (packed) plus 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice

1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

10 cups 1/2-inch cubes egg bread (about 10-ounces)

1/2 cup golden raisins

Caramel sauce

1 1/4 cups (packed) dark brown sugar

1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter

1/2 cup whipping cream

Powdered sugar

preparation

For bread pudding:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Whisk half and half, pumpkin, dark brown sugar, eggs, pumpkin pie spice, cinnamon and vanilla extract in large bowl to blend. Fold in bread cubes. Stir in golden raisins. Transfer mixture to 11x7-inch glass baking dish. Let stand 15 minutes. Bake pumpkin bread pudding until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 40 minutes.

Meanwhile, prepare caramel sauce:

Whisk brown sugar and butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until butter melts. Whisk in cream and stir until sugar dissolves and sauce is smooth, about 3 minutes.

Sift powdered sugar over bread pudding. Serve warm with caramel sauce.

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Mouthwatering Monday...Gorilla Bread!

Ingredients:
1/2 cup sugar
3 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup butter
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 8-oz package cream cheese
2ea (12-oz)cans refrigerated biscuits (10 count)
1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees & Spray a bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.

Step 1:Mix the sugar and cinnamon; set aside.

Step 2:In a saucepan, melt the butter and brown sugar over low heat,stirring well; Set aside.

Step 3:Cut the cream cheese into 20 equal cubes.

Step 4:Press the biscuits out with your fingers and sprinkle each with 1/2 tsp. of cinnamon sugar.

Step 5:Place a cube of cream cheese in the center of each biscuit, wrapping and sealing the dough around the cream cheese.

Step 6:Sprinkle 1/2c. nuts into the bottom of the bundt pan. Place 10ea prepared biscuits in the pan. Sprinkle with 1/2 of the cinnamon sugar mixture, then pour half of the melted butter mixture over the biscuits.

Step 8: sprinkle with 1/2c.nuts.
Layer the remaining 10 biscuits on top. Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon mixture. Pour the remaining butter mixture over the biscuits and sprinkle
on the remainng 1/2c.nuts.

Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes.
Place a plate on top and invert. ENJOY!
-submitted by Deb Macaluso

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Banana Bread

Banana Bread Recipe-from Carrie Malvig
Ingredients

* 3 or 4 ripe bananas, smashed
* 1/3 cup melted butter
* 1 cup sugar (can easily reduce to 3/4 cup) (i did do 3/4 cup :o)
* 1 egg, beaten
* 1 teaspoon vanilla
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* Pinch of salt
* 1 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour

No need for a mixer for this recipe. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). With a wooden spoon, mix butter into the mashed bananas in a large mixing bowl. Mix in the sugar, egg, and vanilla. Sprinkle the baking soda and salt over the mixture and mix in. Add the flour last, mix. Pour mixture into a buttered 4x8 inch loaf pan. Bake for 1 hour. Cool on a rack. Remove from pan and slice to serve.

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