Creamy Maple-Pumpkin Spread
- Ready In:
- 10mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1 1/2 cups
- Serves:
- 24
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup light cream cheese
- 1⁄2 cup canned pumpkin
- 1⁄3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
directions
- Combine cream cheese, pumpkin.
- and brown sugar and beat at medium speed until well blended.
- Add syrup and cinnamon, and beat until.
- smooth.
- Cover, and chill 30 minutes.
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Reviews
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A nice, light, and creamy spread. I served it with a selection of crackers and breads at a party, but the winner pairing ended up appearing when a guest asked if I had any tortilla chips. It disappeared pretty quickly after I got those out! It was still a little too pumpkin-y for me personally (not a pumpkin fan), but I'll be sure to use this for parties again! Thanks for sharing!
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This was absolutely wonderful. I knew when I saw it that it'd be good, but this was beyond good. I used Neufchatel and Grade B maple syrup (for stronger flavor), and cut back on the brown sugar (to 1/4 cup). I'm going to try this with smoked salmon on pita for a different kind of sandwich, in addition to using it for more traditional sweet flavors. I can't thank you enough for posting this!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
Amber:
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Ashley: Adopted October 8, 1996 - Passed Away January 6, 2009
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