In 14 years of pumpkin selling My mom and I have never made any pumpkin treat from scratch, one reason is we are so busy in the month of October and the second reason is we are blessed to have awesome customers like Mrs. Jeanie that bake us pumpkin treats using our very own Brookfield pumpkins.
Tonight though my roommate Ashley wanted to take a stab at making pumpkin bread using our pumpkins and so I supervised and feel that I should share our experience! 
1. First Ashley picked the perfect pumpkin out of the field. We have a variety of pumpkins that are called Pik-A-Pie and are perfect for this occasion. We also have several specialty gourds that will work well too!
2. Ashley then cut the pumpkin in half. Her words of wisdom are to have a sharp knife or this could be difficult. She then scooped out the insides. If you want you can keep the seeds and make another pumpkin treat. Making Pumpkin Seeds
3. Her next step was to lay it in the pan, shell down, in about a quarter inch of water and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees.
4. When the timer went off we rushed to the stove and took the pumpkin out. She scraped the pumpkin off the skin with a grapefruit spoon and then pureed the pumpkin.
The pumpkin she picked yielded 4 cups of pumpkin and enough to make 2 breads with some leftovers that she wants to use to make a pie. She put the extra in a zip-loc bag and put it in the freezer.
The apartment smells fabulous as her Pumpkin Spice Bread cooks in our oven. I can hardly wait for this weekend to taste the bread with the rest of our pumpkin patch crew. Now when you ask us how to make pumpkin treats from scratch, I will have personal experience! We will let you know how the bread turned out!
The following is our recipe for the bread. It is a recipe out of the Frederick County Farm Bureau Women Cookbook.
Helena said,
October 9, 2009 @ 10:11 am
The pumpkin bread looks awesome! Wish I was there to have the first taste. It’s a good thing Ashley’s mom tried this last fall when Ashley brought home an edible Brookfield pumpkin from Maryland to Rhode Island, so her mom could help her through the process. I’m sure all the visitors to the pumpkin patch will enjoy the bread. Don’t forget to have the recipe available for those who wish to make the pumpkin bread. Good luck…enjoy the weekend…I wish you sunny fun!
Helena said,
October 9, 2009 @ 10:35 am
Well, I don’t know what happened to the first comments I wrote…must have done something wrong. Anyway, it’s a good thing Ashley’s mom had tried this last fall when Ashley brought home an edible pumpkin from Brookfield Pumpkin Patch and helped pumpkinette Ashley through the process last night! The bread looks sssooooo good and I wish I could have the first bite. Have a fun weekend…have extra recipes for the tasters of the bread so they can make their own! Nice job ladies!