Thanksgiving Yummies

Something I am SO thankful for this year, is good food. While living in Palau, I had the best, and most fresh sea food you could imagine. I miss eating coconut crab, parrot fish, and sashimi. It's just not the same back in the states. However, EVERYTHING else here is fantastic!!! Thanksgiving is my favorite food holiday by far, and in Dave's family they have thanksgiving dinner three- to four times in November! Did I marry into the right family or what?!?

My assignment this year is to make a desert. I have recently learned how to make this scrumptious Pumpkin Spice Pull-Apart Cake. My sister in law invited my to one her ward's cooking nights, and this lady demonstrated how to make it and of course had samples. It's a cake, that "pulls apart" so that its more like an easy finger food dessert. I've never seen one like this before, and think its really fun. Here's how you do it:

Ingredients:

1 pkg Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix (I had never heard of it before, but I found it the bottom shelf near the cake mixes)

1 yeast pkg.

3 C white sugar

1 C canned pumpkin

1 C chopped nuts

1 C melted butter

1/2 C water

1 egg

6 T cinnamon

2 T sugar

2 T oil

2 1/2 t nutmeg (the recipe calls for 4 and 1/2 t but I don't like the way it tastes with that much)

1 t ground giner

1 t ground cloves

In a small bowl combine, and then set aside: the cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger & cloves

In a separate mixer combine: Hot Roll mix & yeast pkg, 1 T spice mix(from bowl that you set aside), and 2 T sugar

In a small sauce pan heat: canned pumpkin, oil, and water

Then add the egg(already lightly beaten) and the ingredients from sauce pan to the flour mixture; stirring dough until it pulls away from the sides of the bowl. Turn dough out onto floured surface and shape into dough ball and knead for 5 min until smooth. Cover and let sit for 5 min.

Add 3 C sugar to remaining spice mix. Sprinkle 1/2 the chopped nuts in bottom of greases bunt pan. Divide gough into 40 pieces. Dip each piece in melted butter and in spice mix. Arrange 20 dough pieces over nuts in bunt pan. Repeat with remaining nuts and dough pieces. Sprinkle any remaining spice mix over top. Cover loosley with plastic wrap and cloth. Let rise until doubled in size (about 30 min). Remove plastic wrap and back at 350 for 30-40 mins. Immediately flip over onto serving plate. Serve warm.

VERY YUMMY!!!

This recipe is NOT hard! This is an especially good family dessert. Enjoy!!!