HOW TO CUT AND USE FRESH PUMPKINS

If you buy a pumpkin and want to use it . it is so hard to try to cut this up. One slip of the knife and you are cut. So to get the pumpkin out without having to cut the skin off, take the pumpkin and cut in half. Get the strings and the seeds out of it. Then spray a cookie sheet. Place the pumpkin cut side down on it. Let it bake for 45 minutes on 350. If a larger pumpkin may have to bake a little more. Or you can bake it whole on a cookie sheet. Just don't let is scortch. Let cool. Then take and just scoop the pumpkin from the skin. This makes so much better tasting pies and cakes. You can freeze or then can the pulp. Just put the pulp in a food processer and run until smooth. Or you can just mash with a potato masher. If to thick add about 1/4 or less cup of water. Then put in ziplock bags and freeze for all of your pumpkin recipes. After thanksgiving last year I could not fnd any more canned pumpkin in our area. For the pumpkin rolls use 2 cups of pumpkin pulp to a ziplock bag which equals 16 oz.