PIE-in-a-PUMPKIN -PUMPKIN PIE

FROM GLUTEN FREE GOBSMACKED (glutenfree.wordpress.com)
ingenious & looks delicious
(make 2 mini-pumpkin pies)
2 mini pumpkins (about the size of a softball)
3 tbsps brown sugar
1/4 cup crushed walnuts (or pecans, etc)
1 tbsp butter, softened
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp ground ginger
1 pinch of sea salt (optional)
2 small scoops vanilla ice cream (optional)
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 375F.
2. Cut off the top 1/2 inch of the small pumpkins. Scrap out the seeds and the pulp.
3. In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, walnuts, butter, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg & ground ginger.
4. Divide the sugar mixture in half, adding half to each pumpkin.
5. Replace the tops on the pumpkins & place the pumpkins into a baking dish.
6. Add about 2/3 cup of water in the bottom of the baking dish. (Enough to come up about 1/2 inch on the pumpkins while they bake.)
7. Bake pumpkins for 25-30 mins until tender.
8. Add a scoop of vanilla ice cream into each pumpkin and serve. Or just serve as is.
9. Enjoy the pie-in-pumpkin by scraping the sides (and top!) of the pumpkin and dipping in to the sweet center ingredients/nuts/sugar.

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