I had some more leftover pumpkin to use up so I decided to try some "no bake" pumpkin balls. I tried two versions - both have similar ingredients and take about the same amount of time to prepare. Here they are in order of which I preferred!
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Recipe from Gimme Some Oven. I liked these, definitely no lack of sweetness due to both the dates and honey. I also like the combination of spices. I would definitely make these again.
I used medjool dates. I toasted the coconut (unsweetened) and pumpkin seeds for 10 minutes at 350F.
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Recipe from The Lean Green Bean. This version was also good, not as sweet. These balls were not as textured looking due to the grinding up of the ingredients and as a result held together slightly better.
For Canadian Thanksgiving, I wanted to find a pumpkin cheesecake recipe to try. I've made cheesecake many times before but I've always tended to gravitate towards a lime or chocolate version.
This recipe is from allrecipes.ca. Not too many ingredients and only 2 packages of cream cheese (my requirements!). This cheesecake was pretty good. The pumpkin flavour was subtle. Perhaps I could have increased the cinnamon and nutmeg as suggested by some reviewers of this recipe. I enjoyed the gingersnap crust too but next time I'll omit the chopped pecans, I don't think they added anything.
Overall, a nice cheesecake!
I was in the mood to make something with pumpkin - I tried this recipe from Ambitious Kitchen. This bread was yummy! Definitely on the "make again" list. In fact, I will probably use the rest of the pumpkin from the can to make another loaf!
A few notes
- I used slightly less honey and chocolate chips (probably 1/4 cup honey and a heaping 1/4 cup chocolate chips)
- My batter seemed quite dense when mixed so I had a feeling it wouldn't take 50 minutes to bake in the oven. I checked the bread at 40 minutes and it was ready.
