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Spider Pull-Apart Pumpkin Bread

Makes 12 Pull-Apart Spiders

Special Supplies:

Small Bundt Type Mold Pan/Pans, ours was from Walmart Wilton Easy Flex Silicone 4 cavity Mini Fluted Tube Pan

Ingredients for pumpkin bread:

*3/4 cup Milk

*1/2 cup Extra Light Olive Oil

*1/2 Puréed Pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling

*1/2 cup Sugar

*2 Eggs

*1 teaspoon Sea Salt

*1 and 1/2 tablespoons Yeast

*1/2 cup warm Water

*3 cups to 4 cups All-purpose Flour

*1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

*1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon

*1/4 teaspoon Ginger

*Pinch Nutmeg

Directions:

Proofing Yeast:

*1 and 1/2 tablespoons Active Dry Yeast

*1 /2 cup Warm Water, 105 *F to 110*F

*1/2 tablespoon Sugar

In a medium bowl stir together the yeast water and sugar. Then set aside until bubbly about 10 minutes.

Dough:

In a large bowl whisk together 3 cups flour, whisk: Flour, Baking soda, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg. Set aside.

In a stand mixer with paddle attachment add the pumpkin, oil and sugar. Mix on medium-low speed until incorporated. Then add the salt and eggs, adding eggs one at a time, mixing until combined.

Add to the pumpkin mixture 1 cup of the flour mixture, then switch from the paddle attachment to the dough hook and add the bubbly yeast. Continue mixing/kneading together on medium-low speed, adding the flour mixture a cup at a time until the dough comes together forming a semi-sticky dough adding extra flour as needed, knead about 8 minutes.

After kneading dough, cover the dough in mixing bowl with damp lint free dish towel/flour sack towel or Saran Wrap. Allow the dough to rise for 1 to 1 and 1/2 hour or until double in bulk.

Divide the dough into 12 equal parts. Then roll each dough part, rolling with your hands making a 1 inch “Snake” cut into 1 to 2 inch pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a ball and then roll each dough ball in bowl of melted butter and then roll in the bowl cinnamon sugar mixture. Then place the dough balls into ONE of the cooking sprayed Bundt Mold. Repeat for each Bundt mold.

Cinnamon Sugar Mixture and Melted Butter for Dipping:

*1/2 cup Sugar

*2 tablespoons Cinnamon

*1/2 cup Melted Butter

Place sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl, mix together.

Melt Butter in microwave in a glass microwave safe bowl, watching carefully until melted, melt just before needed.

Directions Continued:

Let rise until double in size or about 35 minutes. Note: You can place pumpkin rolls in a warm spot like by a sunny window and cover rolls with a lint free dish towel.

Pre-heated oven to 350* F. and bake 23-25 minutes or until golden brown.

Makes 12 Pull-Apart Spiders

Remove from oven and let cool completely before decorating spider pull-aparts

White Chocolate Ganache Frosting

*5 and 1/2 cups Ghirardelli Melting Wafers

*1 cup plus 2 tablespoons Heavy Whipping Cream

*4 cups powdered Sugar, more or less depending on consistency for piping

Heat Cream in the microwave in a glass safe bowl until hot, in 30 second increments then add wafers and stir until incorporated and smooth. Then in a larger bowl add ice water and cool down the bowl with the cream mixture until cool. Then slowly whip in the powdered sugar until a good piping consistency.

Then use a piping bag with round tip like 1A tip. Fill piping bag and pipe in the spider body by filling in the center of the mini bundt pumpkin Pull-A-Part making the spider body. Then pipe on the head and legs. Note: Make sure the frosting is a thick enough consistency.

Enjoy!

Lindy

Marshmallow Ghost Brownies

*1 Box. (19.9 ounce) Brownie Mix, we used Betty Crocker Dark Chocolate Brownie Mix, make according to the recipe on the package

*1 Bag Large Marshmallows

*1 container White Frosting or Glacé Icing, see below

*See Eyes and Mouth, see Ghost Eye options below

*Brownie Pan or 9 x 9 inch pan

*Cooking Spray, like Pam

*Purple Wilton Drip Bottle, optional. See Amazon or Walmart

Brownies:

Option 1:

If you use a dark brownie pan with individual cavities-bake in a pre-heated oven at 325*F. for 25 to 30 minutes.

Option 2:

If making in 9X9 inch pan, make brownies as directed on package. Note: Add parchment paper to the pan and make sure the parchment paper comes up higher on at least 2 sides so you can remove easily. Also spray with cooking spray before adding brownie batter.

When the brownies have cooled, remove the brownies from the pan by the parchment paper cut off the hard edges of the brownies. Cut brownies into 3 x3 inch squares.

**After Brownies have cooled, add the marshmallow. Frost the bottom of one of the flat sides of the marshmallow with a small amount of icing and place marshmallow onto the center of brownie. Repeat for each brownie.

Pour icing over each marshmallow. See pictures. Note: We used a chocolate/icing drip bottle

Icing:

First Icing Option: Store Bought White Frosting, like Betty Crocker etc…

Melt 1/4 cup of the store bought frosting, melting Only 1/4 cup at a time, just until you can pour it, melt in 5 second increments in the microwave (Note: If you over melt the frosting to much it will be unusable.)

Second Icing Option:

Glac’e Icing

*1 pound of Powdered Sugar (3 and 3/4 cup)

*5-6 tablespoons Whole Milk or (I used 5 tablespoons whipping cream 1 tablespoon water it worked extremely well) you can use other milk but you will have to use more powdered sugar

*6 tablespoon Light Corn Syrup (1/4 cup and 2 tablespoons)

*1 teaspoon Clear Vanilla extract

Directions:

Whisk together in a stand mixer on medium speed, the milk and powdered sugar just until smooth no lumps.

Now stir in the light corn syrup and extract until smooth, add more powdered sugar as needed to get the good consistency for coverage on marshmallow.

NOTE: You will have extra Icing.

Tips:

If making the glacé icing make sure it’s a semi-thick consistency. Test on one of the marshmallow “ghost”.

Let ghost completely set before adding eyes and mouth if using the black piping gel or black frosting.

Ghost Eyes Options:

*1. Black Piping Gel, Wilton (Note: Gel may bleed into white part of the ghosts)

*2. Save small amount of frosting (Not Melted) and add black food coloring and pipe on eyes and mouth using a piping bag with round decorating tip.