This fresh and cinnamony pumpkin mash is warm and creamy and made with real pumpkin (not canned!).
Yummy-Yummy-Yummy. Just took my last bite of fresh and cinnamony pumpkin mash. It’s warm and creamy yet it has some fleshy pulp since it was made with a real live pumpkin (didn’t use the canned stuff this time).
Cooking with fresh pumpkins adds a rustic taste. I spiced it up and added some subtle sweetness but this little baby is savory too. Tonight it was a side dish garnished with marshmallows and coconut flakes, but I’m thinking about adding some of the smashed pumpkin as a topping to my oats in the morning too.
Pumpkin Mash
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4-5 cups 1x
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This fresh and cinnamony pumpkin mash is warm and creamy and made with real pumpkin (not canned!).
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Ingredients
- Pumpkin Mash
- 2 small sweet pumpkins, quartered and seeded
- 2 bananas, mashed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp ground ginger
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup dark brown sugar
- garnishes: mini marshmallows, sweetened flaked coconut, and chopped walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven 350 degrees, and roast pumpkins 45-60 minutes until soft.
- Remove skin of pumpkin and place in bowl. Mash and add other ingredients.
- Place pumpkin mash in ramekins and garnish with toppings; put back in oven for 5 min or until marshmallows melted and beginning to brown.
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Love all the spices you used here, your mash looks so good with those marshmallows 🙂
I do, I do… I used some of the extra mash in “pumpkin biscuits”…but I still have some leftovers 🙂
mmmmm, have any leftovers?
This looks so yum and kid- friendly!
Great idea. Maybe this could replace our trad’l sweet potato casserole at Thanksgiving!
Looks so delish, love the marshmallow topping. Would not have thought to mix with banana either! Thanks!