Fall brings on an influx of family and friend gatherings for us. I have a really hard time gathering, and not bringing some form of food, and this dish is just perfect for those moments. You can’t have one without the other, can you?
I had this dip a few years back at Thanksgiving. It was amongst a whole table of hors d’oerves, and I just couldn’t take myself from it. It exudes all things fall. From it’s color, to the pumpkin and cinnamon, and since it is served warm, it is nice and cozy, too! 
Ahhh..Comfort Food.
Ahhh..Comfort Food.I have since lost the original recipe, but I am almost certain that this is just about as close to “the real deal” as you can get!
*Ahem. Please forgive the poor quality photo and the sea of white. It’s obvious I’m not a photograher, or a sprinkler.*
Warm Pumpkin Dip
Roughly 1 ½ cups pumpkin puree (or 1 can pumpkin)
8 ounces cream cheese; softened
2 cups powdered sugar
1 Tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice (if you do not have this spice, use a combination of allspice, ginger and ground clove)
Sprinkling of Cinnamon
In mixing bowl combine the powdered sugar and cream cheese until smooth. Add in the pumpkin pie spice and pumpkin. Mix thoroughly. Pour into a pie pan and bake at 350° for about 30 minutes.
Sprinkle with cinnamon and powdered sugar. Serve with graham crackers. We like to use the small, graham cracker sticks. Perfect for dipping!
Enjoy!
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Holiday Food Fest at Hoosier Homemade
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Yummy looking! And with my recent stock-ups on cream cheese, this will be a good, quick, easy dish to take to functions
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That sounds too good to be true.
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I'm still undecided on how much I like pumpkin, but this recipe sounds yummy! Heck, anything mixed with cream cheese usually is (and like Miriam I'm stocked uo on the stuff!). I'll have to take this to work the next time we have a food day.
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This looks delicious. Thanks for sharing!
Best wishes,
Janie
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This dip sounds delicious, and it's naturally gluten free. I would just have to find something other than graham crackers to serve with it.
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Oh. That looks SO good. Yum. Thanks for this, I have a simple pumpkin cream cheese recipe, but this sounds so much yummier!
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This looks so delicious. I definitely want to get around to making it this fall.
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I love pumpkin…anything with pumpkin. It almost sounds like a lighter, healthier version of pumpkin cheesecake. Gotta love that!
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So yummy! This would make a great appetizer too. Thanks for joining in the fun at the Holiday Food Fest. I hope you join us next Thurs. too!
~Liz
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Oh my. This looks absolutely fantastic! I love the flavours & everything. Definitely one to try =D.
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How creative! This sounds great for dipping fruit as well!
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What a GREAT!!! dip recipe and I love the idea of the cream cheese. YUMMY!!! YUM!!!
Geri
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Pumpkin dip is a wonderful thing! Yours looks and sounds great to me. I've made some in my mini crockpot before and everyone loved it. I used Glutino pretzels and gluten-free ginger snaps to go with it. I even liked it as cold leftovers, too. Two different tastes, but both great.
Shirley
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Yum! This looks like a great dip. I might just have to make it tonight. Sounds like the perfect munchie for a snowy evening.
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GettingFreedom Reply:
February 10th, 2010 at 10:05 am
What a great idea! We’re all snowed in here, too. The kids are going wild. I might have to whip up some and maybe some pumpkin muffins.
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