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From recipe provider Jude Wood: I've had the recipe for years and
usually make it for Thanksgiving or Christmas. I was going through
some of my mother Alma's recipes after she passed several years ago
and found it then.
■ 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
■ 3 cups all-purpose flour
■ 2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
■ 2 tsp baking power
■ 1 tsp baking soda
■ 1 tsp salt
■ 2 cups packed light brown
sugar
■ 2 large eggs
■ 1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin puree
■ 1/2 cup sour cream (at room
temperature)
■ 1 tsp vanilla extract
■ 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or
pecans
Preheat oven to 350F. Spray a bundt cake pan
with cooking spray. Whisk together flour, pie
spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt
in a bowl.
In a large bowl, beat butter and brown sugar
on medium speed with an electric mixer until
light and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs, one
at a time, beating until incorporated after each
addition. Beat in pumpkin puree, sour cream
and vanilla. Reduce mixer speed to low and
slowly add flour, mixing just until incorporated.
Fold in nuts. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center
comes out clean-50 to 55 minutes. Cool in
pan for 20 minutes, then invert onto wire rack
to cool completely. Transfer cake to serving
platter and frost with desired frosting.
From recipe provider Marilyn
Lee: My Granny Gragg from
Caldwell County, North Carolina,
created this pie for us at her
mountain homeplace in the
little town of Globe, about 8
miles from Blowing Rock.
■ 11/2 cup heavy whipping cream
■ 1/4 cup granulated sugar
■ 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
■ 1 cup crunchy or smooth peanut butter
■ 1 cup (4X grain size recommended)
confectioner's sugar
■ 1 graham cracker crust (plain,
chocolate or walnut)
Whip cream with 1/4 cup sugar. Mix all other
ingredients until smooth and fold in whipped
cream until well blended. Pour mixture into a
graham cracker crust and chill for several hours
before serving. In making homemade whipping
cream, you can add gelatin to whipping mixture
after you use a Ninja Food Processor or mixer to
whip up cream and 4X.
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Peanut
Butter Pie
Pumpkin
Spice Cake

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