How to Make an Easy Pumpkin Roll Recipe

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Pumpkin Roll Ingredients:

All-purpose flour (3/4 cup)

Solid pack pumpkin puree (2/3 cup)

Baking powder (1 teaspoon)

Chopped pecans (1 cup)

Butter (4 tablespoons)

Cream cheese (1 package or approximately 8 ounces)

Lemon juice (1 teaspoon)

Ground ginger (1 teaspoon)

Ground cinnamon (2 teaspoons)

Salt (1/2 teaspoon)

Confectioners’ sugar(1 cup)

White sugar (1 cup)

Vanilla extract (1/2 teaspoon)

3 eggs

For Dusting

Confectioners’ sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Take a 10×15-inch jellyroll pan and grease and flour it.
2. Beat eggs mixed with sugar with an electric mixer in a large bowl. Do it for at least five minutes. Mix in pumpkin puree and lemon juice gradually. Stir flour, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and baking powder into the pumpkin mixture.
3. Take the jellyroll pan and spread batter evenly on it. Sprinkle the chopped pecans.
4. Bake for at least 12-15 minutes or until the center of the roll is set with a soft and spongy texture. Dust two dishtowels with confectioners’ sugar.
5. Now, use a knife to loosen the edges of the baked cake and turn out on the towels. Use the towels to roll up the cake and keep it in that state for nearly 20 minutes to let it cool.
6. Take the vanilla extract, 1 cup of confectioners’ sugar, butter, and cream cheese in a medium bowl and beat them until the mixture is smooth. Spread this filling on the cake by unrolling it and then roll again.
7. Dust the roll again with confectioners’ sugar after placing it on a long sheet of waxed paper. Wrap the roll with the waxed paper and twist the both ends.
8. Keep the cake in the refrigerator overnight. Before serving, slice the roll into pieces and dust with additional confectioners’ sugar.

Pumpkin Dessert Notes:

1. You can tweak the recipe according to your taste buds. For example, there is absolutely no problem in substituting cinnamon and ginger with pumpkin spice or completely omitting the lemon juice from the recipe.
2. If you don’t like your cake to have a nutty texture, don’t use pecans.
3. The use of paper towels can be messy sometimes as the cake can stick to them. So, use aluminum foil to avoid the mess.

A pumpkin roll is delicious after your meal or with your morning coffee. However, you can make it any time of the year, especially during this fall season when everyone craves for having some pumpkin.

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How to Make Pumpkin Muffins Recipe with Yogurt

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Pumpkin Muffins Recipe Ingredients:

Yielding 12 muffins

Spooned and leveled whole-wheat flour (1 ½ cups)

Spooned and leveled all-purpose flour (1 ½ cups)

Pumpkin puree (2 cups)

Baking soda (1/2 teaspoon)

Baking powder (2 teaspoons)

3 large eggs

Vegetable oil (3 cups and more)

Plain low-fat yogurt (1 cup)

Coarsely chopped walnuts (1 ½ cups)

Pumpkin pie spice (1 tablespoon)

Turbinado sugar (1 cup)

Powdered sugar for sprinkling (2 tablespoons)

Pumpkin Muffins Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
2. Take 12 muffin tins with 1-cup capacity and brush them with vegetable oil. Set aside.
3. Whisk flours, baking soda, baking powder, and pumpkin pie spice in a bowl. Set aside.
4. Whisk eggs, yogurt, 1-cup sugar, pumpkin puree, and oil in a large bowl. Add one cup of the chopped walnuts and reserved dry items. Mingle them together until the mixture becomes moisten.
5. Pour the batter into the muffin tins and sprinkle sugar and walnuts on the top. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes.
6. Take out the muffins and let them become cool in pans for 5 minutes.

Pumpkin Recipes Tips:

1. You can replace the walnuts with any other nuts like pistachios.
2. Instead of using two types of flours, you can use just the all-purpose flour to make the recipe lighter.
3. If you are not conscious about health and like your dessert item a little bit sweeter, add cream butter and more sugar.

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These muffins will come out with a beautiful texture. Because of the use of yogurt, they will be very moist and reheated well. They will have the flavor of flour and pumpkin. If you love your muffins a little bit spicier, double the amount of spice and also add some more sugar. You can store them by keeping in the refrigerator. The frozen ones will thaw out and reheat nicely. This fall brunch recipe will become a new favorite with your family.

Do you like this fall brunch idea? Can you think of any tweaks to make it tastier or healthier? Tell us!

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Gluten Free Desserts: Delicious Poached Pears

Gluten Free Desserts Ingredients:

This preparation can be served to 4 persons

•    4 peeled slightly ripe pears
•    1 quartered, navel orange
•    1 lemon
•   Red wine or white wine (half bottle)
•    5 cloves
•    1 cinnamon stick
•    Vanilla extract (¼ teaspoon)
•    Sugar (¾ cup)

Dessert Ingredients:

1. Take a small saucepan, put it on the stove, and set the heat at medium-high.
2. Pour the wine and juice from orange and lemon and add sugar, vanilla extract, cloves, cinnamon, and one of the squeezed orange quarters on the saucepan.
3. Once the mixture is boiling, turn down the heat to simmer and add the pears.
4. Keep them cooking for at least 25 minutes until the pears become tender and can easily be pierced with a fork or knife. During this time, do not put a lid on the saucepan and keep turning the pears occasionally.
5. Scoop the pears out of the mixture and put each of them on separate plates.
6. Now, remove the spices and orange quarter from the mixture and simmer the liquid for nearly 15 minutes until it is thickened and becomes syrupy.
7. Keep the syrup in the refrigerator to become cool. After that, pour it over the pears and serve!

Looking for more special occasion dessert recipes?

These dessert recipes are perfect any time of the year!

This recipe maximizes the natural sweetness of the pears and adds a touch of delicacy with the nice flavors of cinnamon and vanilla. You can enjoy this gluten free dessert at any time. We also love these 30 gluten free desserts from Real Simple.

If you’re looking for a great gluten free blog we love the Gluten Free Girl! Some of these gluten free recipes already have our mouth watering!

This recipe is perfect for slightly underripe pears. To add an extra punch of taste, serve each of the pears with a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.

For more delicious desserts on Stagetecture try this slow cooker blueberry cobbler!

Labor Day Dessert: Raspberry Ice Cream Cake

Raspberry Ice Cream Cake Ingredients:

8 servings

1 frozen or homemade pound cake (10-3/4 ounces). The frozen one should be unthawed and the normal one should be at room temperature.

Softened vanilla ice cream (1 cup)

Cream of tartar

Softened raspberry sorbet (2 cups)

Pure vanilla extract (1/2 teaspoon)

Sugar (1/2 cup)

2 large egg whites

Chocolate wafer cookies (1/2 cup; roughly crumbled)

Ice Cream Cake Directions:

1. Cut the pound cake horizontally into 4 slices. Line a baking pan with plastic wrap while leaving two sides with 6 inches overhang.
2. Now, make the layers in the pan. The order of the layers can be one slice cake at the bottom, 1-cup sorbet, one slice of cake, half-cup ice cream, crumbs of cookies, another half-cup ice cream, another cake slice, one-cup sorbet, and finally, one slice of cake at the top. Remember that, you can decorate the order any way you want. With a slice of cake at the bottom and the top, arrange the internal layers as per your taste and liking.
3. Wrap the layered cake with a piece of plastic wrap. You have to refrigerate it for minimum one hour and can keep it in the freezer for maximum three days.

Meringue Filling Cake Directions:

1. While the cake is in the freezer, whisk together a pinch of cream of tartar and the egg whites in a heatproof bowl.
2. Put the bowl over a pan of boiling water and keep stirring until the mixture becomes foamy. Mix sugar and keep whisking until the sugar dissolves.
3. Turn off the heat and beat the mixture with an electric mixer for 6 minutes until sheeny, stiff peaks are formed. Now, add vanilla and beat for another minute.
4. Take the cake out of the freezer and top with meringue.
5. Serve!

Conscious about health? Make the cake Gluten Free and no one will know the difference! The topping can be changed with anything you like. You can use plain whipped cream or fruits like kiwis, cherries, or raspberries with drizzled chocolate on top. This raspberry ice cream cake is a fabulous recipe that your guests will surely love to taste.

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Easter Ham Dinner: Cherry Glazed Baked Ham Recipe

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Easter Ham Ingredients:

8 servings

Non-stick spray or cooking spray

Ready-to-eat ham (boneless; 5-pound)

Prepared horseradish (creamy; 1 tablespoon)

Cherry preserves (1 cup)

White wine or water (1/2 cup)

1 lemon (zested and juiced)

Cardamom (ground; ¼ teaspoon)

Cumin (ground; ½ teaspoon)

Cinnamon (ground; ½ teaspoon)

Packed light brown sugar (1 tablespoon)

Salt (1/4 teaspoon)

Easter Ham Dinner Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. Line foil in a roasting pan and spray on it with the cooking spray.
   Take a small sharp knife and incise the sides and top surface of the ham in a zigzag pattern.
3. Put the ham in the pan, pour the white wine or water, and bake for 45 minutes to one hour by loosely covering with aluminum foil in a tent.
4. While ham is getting baked, make the cherry glaze. Take a medium bowl and mix together the cherry preserves, horseradish, lemon juice, cardamom, cumin, cinnamon, brown sugar, and salt. Now, move the mixture to a small saucepan and bring it to a boil over medium heat. Keep the heat on for 2 to 3 minutes until the glaze is thickened slightly. Stop the heat and stir in the lemon zest. Your cherry glaze is ready for use.
5. Take the ham out of the oven and use 1/4 cup of the cherry glaze to brush its upper side. Then bake it again, uncovered, for nearly 20 minutes until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the middle reads 140°F.
6. Take the ham out of the oven and let it cool for 10 minutes. Place it on a cutting board and slice.
7. Arrange the slices on a serving platter and serve after pouring the reserved cherry glaze.

The baked ham is so tasty that it does not require the glaze actually. So, you can also serve the glaze separately as a sauce for the ham. The ham is moist and tender, definitely a keeper for a special occasion like Easter. Make this dish for your Easter dinner and see how your family will love it! Are you considering a ham recipe for your Easter dinner?

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26 Holiday Cocktails Recipes for Entertaining

1. Rum Hibiscus Cocktail Recipe

The drink is so splendid that you can easily make it the drink of any big event – like the Memorial Day or the Fourth of July. The mixture of rum and hibiscus tea is thirst-quenching but light in alcohol – perfect for making an occasion just a little more festive and colorful. The flavors from mint sprigs and lemon juice have made the drink even better.

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2. Citrus Mulled Wine Recipe

It is tagged as a winter cocktail but no one prevents you to take a sip on a comfortably cool fall night! The preparation is done by mixing together red wine, honey, aromatic spices, and tart citrus fruits including lemon and orange. What’s even better? You can preserve it for two weeks and the spices’ flavors deepen over time!

3. Mojito with Extra Lime Recipe

A classic Mojito cocktail is welcome in any time of the year and for any occasion! The drink is punchy enough to rock any barbecue, party, or outdoor cookout. It is quite strong because of the white rum as the base but the effect has been softened a bit by using club soda and fragrant mint leaves and fresh lime juice.

4. Strawberry Basil Margarita Recipe

A cocktail drinks list would be incomplete without a margarita cocktail drink. And, when it is combined with the refreshing goodness of strawberries and basil leaves? Ah, heaven! The invigorating, uplifting drink is a perfect afternoon cocktail and ideal for awakening your taste buds. The preparation is also easy, as you just need tequila, limeade concentrate, strawberries, basil leaves, and water.

5. Valentine’s Cosmopolitan Cocktail Recipe

How about a love-cocktail drink? Seems enticing, right? Surprise your loved ones with this red-hot cosmopolitan cocktail recipe on the Valentine’s Day or any other special day. The easy-peasy recipe just needs vodka, orange flavor liqueur, and Ocean Spray Cran-Lime juice! It is a vibrant drink that kicks and adds a taste of elegance to a function.

We’ve tried to cover a cocktail drink for every kind of occasion in this recipe roundup list so that you don’t need to look otherwise next time while planning for a cocktail drink. Our selections are so luscious that they will increase the taste of the main and side dishes manifold.

21 Holiday Cocktails Recipes from Blogger Friends

Here is a list of our favorite 21 holiday cocktails that will surely get you in the holiday spirit! These colorful and festive drinks are easy to make and will most definitely impress your friends and family this holiday season. From sparkling apple ciders to peppermint vodka hot chocolate, thereís a cocktail to please everyone. The hardest part will be choosing your favorite!

1. Sparkling Apple Cider Sangria
2. Easy Thanksgiving Drink Recipes
3. Carribbean Eggnog
4. Whiskey Espresso
5. Candy Cane Cooler Cocktail
6. Kentucky Christmas Cocktail with Candied Orange
7. Blood Orange Negroni
8. Pumpkin Apple Cider Shandy
9. The Blitzen
10. Hot Buttered Rum
11. Fireball Cider
12. Hot Holiday Cider
13. Cranberry Mojito
14. Gingerbread Sparkler
15. Cranberry Wine Hibiscus Mint Cocktail
16. Chocolate Orange Cocktail
17. Cranberry Bellinis
18. Pear Chai Toddy
19. Sparkling Candy Cane Mimosa
20. Peppermint Vodka Hot Chocolate
21. Mint Cheer Holiday Cocktail

Looking for more holiday entertaining ideas?

Look to these holiday ideas to make your holiday party memorable!

15 Holiday Hostess Gifts

20 Christmas Centerpieces

This holiday enjoy your friends, family and enjoy entertaining with Stagetcture’s inspiration.

Easter Desserts: How to Make Lemon Velvet Tart Recipe

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Lemon Desserts Ingredients:

8 servings

Chopped white chocolate bars (4 ounces)

Refrigerated piecrusts (15 ounces)

8 lemon candies

Lemon curd

Softened cream cheese (8 ounces)

Caramelized sugar spirals

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Dessert Ideas Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 425°.
2. Take a 9 and 1/2–inch lightly greased tart pan and put the piecrust into it. Press into ridged edges and fold if there is any extra dough over the pan’s outside. If there is excessive dough, pinch it to secure to the pan.
3. Take a fork and lightly prick the bottom and sides of the piecrust. Keep it in a freezer for 20 minutes.
4. Take the piecrust out of the freezer and bake for 15 minutes after placing on a baking sheet. Stop baking after it takes a light golden brown color.
5. Let it cool on a wire rack until it becomes completely cool. Use a rolling pin to tap the extra crust from the pan sides.
6. Take the white chocolate bars in a small microwave-safe bowl and microwave them at ‘High’ until smoothly melted. Stir at 30-second interval.
7. Beat the softened cheese with an electric mixer as a medium speed. Beat until it becomes fluffy. Stir in melted chocolate and beat until blended well. Then, add lemon curd and keep beating with the mixer until everything blends well together.
8. Spoon the mixture into the crust. Use a spatula to smoothen the filling. Let it freeze for minimum four hours.
9. Place the lemon candies on top of tart and sprinkle the caramelized sugar spirally against each of the candies. This is just for decoration. You use anything of your taste and choice for topping.

Easter Desserts Tips:

• Both purchased and homemade lemon curd will work fine with this recipe.
• You can skip the decoration or use just a bit of whipped cream to lessen the hassle.

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You can make the tart real quick if you have the lemon curd already prepared and allow the filling to chill properly. This spring dessert is flavorful and is a real delight for the lemon lovers. You can even skip the topping to minimize the fuss because the tart is already tasty without them. Go for it and it will be your automatic choice when you think of a lemon dessert next time.

What spring desserts are you making this season? Looking for more Easter dessert ideas? Search Stagetecture’s recipes archives.

Slow Cooker Recipe: Black Bean Chipotle Chili

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Ingredients:

Serves 6 people

•    Ground pork, bulk pork sausage, ground beef, and uncooked bulk turkey sausage/uncooked ground turkey (½ pounds)
•    Chunky salsa (1 jar of 16-ounce)
•    Chicken or beef broth (2 cans of 14-ounce)
•    2 finely chopped canned chipotle chili peppers in adobo sauce
•    Ground cumin (1 teaspoon)
•    Crushed dried oregano (1 teaspoon)
•    Chili powder (2 teaspoons)
•    Diced hash brown potatoes with peppers and onions (2 cups)
•    Washed and drained golden hominy (1 can of 15-ounce)
•    Washed and drained black beans (1 can of 15-ounce)

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Directions:

•    Take a large frying pan and cook ground beef on it until the meat color becomes brown.
•    Drain off the fat and take the meat in a 5-quart slow cooker. Pour broth and salsa and add chipotle peppers, potatoes, hominy, cumin, oregano, and chili powder into the cooker. Stir the meat into these ingredients.
•    Cook the meat for 7-8 hours by setting the cooker at low heat. You can complete the cooking within 3.5-4 hours too by setting the cooker at high heat.

Leave out the meat if you are a vegetarian. Depending on your taste, you can add cheddar cheese, sour cream, and chopped avocado as toppings and serve with tortilla chips. What would you serve with your healthy slow cooker recipe?

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Prep Time:  20 min

Cook Time 45 min

Servings: 8-10

Mother’s Day Brunch:  Ham and Cheese Quick Bread

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Ingredients

Non-stick Cooking Spray

2 cups of All-Purpose Flour

1 ¼ teaspoons of Baking Powder

2 ¼ teaspoons of Dry Mustard

¾ teaspoons of Baking Soda

A pinch of Cayenne Pepper

¾ cups of Milk

• Additional, 1 tablespoon of Milk

1/3 cup of Vegetable Oil

3 Eggs

2 tablespoons of Honey

One 6-ounce piece of Deli Ham (Finely chopped for about 1 ¼ cups)

½ cup of finely diced Havarti or Gruyere Cheese (about 2 ounces)

1 cup of Shredded Gruyere Cheese, lightly packed ( about 1 ¼ cups)

2 Scallions, chopped

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1. Directions
2. First you are going to want to preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.  Then, with the non-stick cooking spray, lightly coat a 9 by 5 by 3 inch metal loaf pan then place it aside.
3. Next for your mother’s day brunch, take a medium sized bowl and whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, ¾ teaspoon dry mustard, kosher salt and cayenne until they become a combined mixture.  Then take a large bowl and whisk together ¾ cup of milk, the oil, 1 tablespoon of honey and the eggs.  Combine the mixture until it becomes smooth.
4. Then stir in the dry ingredients until the two mixtures become just combined, after the dry and wet mixtures are combined fold in the ham, ¾ cups of shredded cheese, the diced cheese and the scallions.
5. Third, pour the batter into the non-stick prepared loaf pan and sprinkle the top of with the remaining ¼ cup of shredded cheese.  Then stick the loaf pan into the oven and bake until the combination inside has well rise, golden brown and stick a tooth pick in it to see if it comes out clean, if so then it is ready.
6. Let the pan cool for 10 minutes, while the pan is cooling take out a microwave safe bowl and stir together 1 tablespoon of honey and milk and the remaining 1 ½ teaspoons of dry mustard until this mixture is smoothed out.  Then place it in the microwave for about 20-30 seconds until it is hot and even bubbling.  Turn the loaf out on a wire rack and generously brush with the warm glaze, let that cool and serve.

Mother’s Day is a wonderful day to celebrate the women who have made such an impact in our lives.  And one great way to celebrate any holiday is with food recipes.  This mother’s day brunch recipe will be so amazing to taste but acts as a great side to fresh salads.  Also, Stagetecture readers can you think of any brunch recipes for this mother’s day?

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Spring Dinner: Pasta with Grilled Artichokes

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Ingredients

4 servings

Spaghetti (1/2 pound)

10 baby artichokes with stems (1 pound; tough outer leaves removed; trimmed and halved lengthwise)

Fresh parsley (2 tablespoons; minced)

Fresh Parmesan (2/3 cup; grated)

Extra-virgin olive oil (6 tablespoons)

1 lemon (extract juice and grate zest)

Unsalted butter (4 tablespoons)

4 cloves of garlic (minced)

Crushed red chili flakes (1/4 teaspoon)

Freshly ground black pepper and kosher salt (only for taste)

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Preparation

• Take a 4-quart saucepan and put 6 cups of water, 2 tablespoons of lemon juice, and the halved artichokes into it. Bring it to boil and then simmer by reducing the heat. Continue for 5 minutes until the artichokes are crisp and tender.
• Remove the artichokes and drain the water. Take them in a medium bowl and toss with pepper, salt, and 4 tablespoons oil.
• Take a 12″ grill pan and heat over high heat. Put the artichokes with the cut side down on the pan. Cook each side for 6 minutes and remove the heat when they are tender. Transfer them to the bowl, cover with a plastic wrap. Set aside.
• Add water and salt into a large pot and bring it to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 6-7 minutes until al dente.
• Remove pasta, drain, and set aside. Reserve 1 cup of pasta water.
  Take a 12″ frying pan and heat 3 tablespoons of butter and the remaining oil over medium heat. Add garlic and chili flakes and cook for 4 to 5 minutes until the garlic is soft.
• Now, add the cooked pasta, lemon juice, ½ cup Parmesan, and lemon zest and toss together. Pour the reserved pasta water as needed. Stir in parsley and the remaining butter and season with pepper and salt.
• Serve the pasta with artichokes and garnished with parsley and Parmesan.

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Simple and easy to make, this spring dinner preparation is a light, healthy recipe to fill your tummy. The flavor of the baby artichokes, nice tangy hint of lemon, and the subtle heat of red chili flakes has taken this dish to another level. Serve this pasta dish with red wine or Rosé.

Do you have you any healthy dinner recipe to share with us?