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Most popular pumpkin recipes

By Jolinda Hackett, About.com

The most popular pumpkin recipes and best pumpkin recipes, according to you! If you're looking for a great pumpkin recipe for Thanksgiving or for Halloween, here's what everyone else thinks are the best pumpkin recipes.

1. Low-Fat Pumpkin Cookies

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These healthy pumpkin cookies are dairy-free and vegan and are made with applesauce instead of oil or margarine, making them very low in fat. Try serving these pumpkin cookies at Halloween or Thanksgiving for a healthy and low-fat pumpkin dessert. A reviewer gave this recipe 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "These cookies are a snap to make and they are delicious! I think I ate at least 3/4 of this batch all by myself. They are very soft, moist, and flavorful."

2. Easy Vegetarian Pumpkin Soup

Save time by using canned pumpkin instead of fresh pumpkin when making this easy vegetarian soup. If you prefer, you could also use fresh baked and pureed pumpkin. This is a very basic recipe for vegetarian pumpkin soup, so feel free to spruce it up a bit, maybe by adding extra spices or some diced tofu.

3. Pumpkin Scones

Vegan pumpkin scones
These moist gingered pumpkin scones will fill the kitchen with a wonderful aroma. Wouldn't it be lovely to wake up to fresh warm pumpkin scones on a Thanksgiving, Halloween or fall morning? Pumpkin scones would make a great Thanksgiving or Halloween breakfast. Use a vegan margarine to make these pumpkin scones vegan as well.

4. Pumpkin Tofu Cheesecake

Pumpkin cheesecake has all the familiar flavors of traditional Thanksgiving pumpkin pie, but combines with the rich and decadent elegance of cheesecake. This vegan pumpkin cheesecake recipe uses canned pumpkin and non-dairy cream cheese, making it low in fat as well as super quick to prepare - just blend and bake!

5. Pumpkin and Sage Pasta Sauce

Pumpkin and sage pasta sauce
Savory and aromatic, this vegetarian and vegan pumpkin and sage pasta sauce recipe is naturally lower in fat than other pumpkin pasta sauce recipes, and is perfect for an unusual main dish for autumn or anytime.

6. Easy Pumpkin Spice Cake Mix Cookies

With just a box of cake mix and a can of pumpkin, you can have fresh warm cookies to munch on while you carve up those Halloween jack-o-lanterns! These super-quick and easy pumpkin spice cookies can be made fresh in less than fifteen minutes. Use a vegan cake mix such as Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe spice cake mix for vegan cookies.

7. Gluten-Free Pumpkin Cookies

If you're looking for a gluten-free and wheat-free pumpkin recipe for Thanksgiving or Halloween, try these gluten-free pumpkin cookies with raisins. This pumpkin cookie recipe is suitable for those with gluten sensitivities or allergies.

8. Pumpkin Risotto

A fall twist on classic Italian risotto - pumpkin! Why not? Pumpkin adds a sweet and unique flavor perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or anytime. This Italian risotto recipe with pumpkin is both vegetarian and vegan.

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