It's Time. Let the comfort food cooking begin!

I just love as the weather get cooler and the pumpkins come in it is time to cook up some pumpkin soup.

Growing up my mom would make this in the fall, it is a recipe that my great grandmother made. Great Grandma was from Poland and I often wonder if it was handed down in the family more then I know (I do hope so).

I make mine a little different then moms. Mostly because I use half and half, and mom would use milk. Yes I know it is fattening, but I do use Slenda (lol) instead of sugar.

I don't follow actual measured ingredients, just one of those recipes you can play with. If you make it I hope you enjoy it as much as anyone that has tried it. I actually have some of my daughters friends asking for it this year. Most of them before trying thought it the grossest sounding recipe in the world.

Anita's Babcia's Pumpkin Soup

-Peel, de-seed, and cube whole pumpkin (canned pumpkin does NOT work in this recipe). I like to use a couple good size pie pumpkins, they have a good flavor

-In a large pot add pumpkin cubes and just enough water to cover

-Add pumpkin pie spices and alittle vanilla-Boil till pumpkin is soft.

-Drain the water, but reserve some for the dumplings.

-Mash pumpkin

-Add milk and half and half to the pumpkin. Add as much as you want to soup to be. (you can use 2% milk, but then the soup will not be that creamy)
-Add more pumpkin pie spices.
-Add sugar (or Splenda®) to taste.-Slowly simmer, stir frequently, till just about boiling.

Dumplings
-Mix flour-baking powder (about 3teaspoons)

-add a little sugar (or Splenda®)

-1 to 3 eggs (depending on how many dumplings you want)

-add some pumpkin pie spices and vanilla

-Add some of the warm reserved pumpkin water and a little warmed milk just enough so your flour is mixed in, you want it the constancy of cookie dough.

Give the soup one last stir and drop the dumplings in by spoonfuls and give them a little room (don't just drop them on each other or you will have 1 large dumpling.

Cover and simmer (on the lowest setting) for 20 minutes. *

*Important thing to remember if you want the perfect dumplings. When you cover the pot after dropping the dumplings in DO NOT uncover for the full 20 minutes, you need the steam to cook dumplings.