It's the Great Pumpkin

Cream of Pumpkin Soup
http://allrecipes.com

3 tablespoons margarine, softened
1 tablespoon brown sugar
4 slices whole wheat bread
1 cup chopped onion
2 tablespoons butter, melted
2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 cup heavy whipping cream

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Combine butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Spread butter mixture evenly over one side of each bread slice. Place bread, buttered side up, on a baking sheet. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, or until bread is crisp and topping is bubbly. Cut each slice of bread into 8 small triangles or squares.
Saute onion in butter in a medium saucepan until tender. Add 1 can chicken broth; stir well. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes.

Transfer broth mixture into the container of a blender or processor. Process until smooth. (Note: give this a min or two to cool before blending. Really hot liquid spurting out of the blender, down your shirt and all over the wall is not good...I know these things now.)

Return mixture to saucepan. Add remaining can of broth, pumpkin, salt, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, and ground pepper; stir well. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Stir in whipping cream and heat through. Do not boil. Ladle into individual soup bowls. Top each serving with Cinnamon Croutons.

Because I'd read reviews on this recipe, I halved the salt and doubled all the spices. Then after tasting it, I followed other reviews suggestions of adding a bit of brown sugar and cayenne pepper as well. Both additions helped a lot. It wasn't a very 'pumpkiny' tasting soup.



Kid Rating

Christopher Robin
Collin
Isaac
Annette

I also made chocolate cake.

Collin: "Oh cake! What's the cake for?"
"I wanted cake."

A few minutes later enter CR:
"Oh Cake! Is it somebody's birthday?"
"No"
"Is it isn't a holiday?
"No"
"Are we going somewhere?"
"No"
"Why did you make cake?"
"I just wanted cake."

Isaac: "Oooooo caaaakkkkeeee. What's the cake for?"
"I wanted cake."

After Dinner.
Collin: "What are we going to do with the cake?"
"I'm thinking about putting it in a box for ten years."

CR: "What are we doing with the cake?"
"I'm putting it in a BOX for TEN YEARS now go do your CHORES!"

I just wanted cake.