Spooky Sunday

I hope everyone had a fun and spooky Halloween weekend. This weekend I carved pumpkins, made toasted pumpkin seeds and tried to dress my pets up in Halloween costumes. How did you spend your weekend?


Pumpkin seeds tossed in olive oil, sea salt and garlic salt, then toasted.




This is Patch, and she tolerated the clown costume just long enough for me to snap a picture.

Pumpkin Slice

One of my favourite parts of fall is anything and everything pumpkin flavoured. I will never turn down a slice of pumpkin pie no matter how much turkey I've had and Starbucks' pumpkin spice latte is one of my guilty pleasures. My mom has a killer pumpkin slice recipe, and I couldn't resist making two trays of it this weekend while I was out visiting my family. Here is the recipe:

Pumpkin Slice

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 14 oz. can of pumpkin (or fresh pumpkin if you have it on hand)
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp. ginger
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1/2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt

Mix all ingredients. Pour into 9 x 13 inch pan and bake for 25 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool.

Icing

• 4 oz. cream cheese
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups icing sugar

Beat ingredients together then spread over cooled pumpkin slice.

Enjoy!