Pumpkin Gingersnap Truffles Recipe 435

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over low heat, combine pumpkin, brown sugar and spices. Cook for 5 to 6 minutes, or until mixture reduces by half and pumpkin looks dry. Set aside. In a medium saucepan over high heat, add cream. When cream boils, take off heat. In a heatproof medium bowl, add chocolate and hot cream. Let the mixture sit for a minute, then slowly begin to stir, starting in the center of the bowl and working outwards. Once the chocolate and cream are evenly mixed, add pumpkin mixture and whisk to combine. Add the butter and liqueur, if using. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until chilled.
• On a parchment lined cookie sheet, scoop mixture into small balls using a melon baller. Place in refrigerator for 1 hour, or until chilled. Remove truffles from refrigerator and dip each in melted chocolate. Roll in cocoa powder and serve.

Steps:

• Melt butter in small saucepan on medium heat. Add sugar; cook until hot and bubbly, stirring frequently. Add nuts; stir until evenly coated. Pour onto foil-covered baking sheet; cool.
• Beat pudding mixes and milk in medium bowl with whisk 2 min. Add pumpkin and spice; mix well. Stir in 1-1/2 cups COOL WHIP. Let stand 5 min.
• Arrange half the cookies on bottom and up side of 2-qt. serving bowl. Add half the pudding to bowl; top with layers of half each of the remaining COOL WHIP and nuts. Repeat all layers. Refrigerate 3 hours or until chilled.

Steps:

• Preheat your oven then mix and bake the gingerbread according to the package directions; turn out onto a rack and let cool completely.
• While gingerbread is baking, cook the vanilla pudding according to the package directions; set aside and let cool.
• When pudding has cooled, stir in the pie filling, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cardamom.
• Crumble the cooled gingerbread into pieces (about 1/4 inch, but not too finely).
• (If you have a trifle bowl, wonderful- otherwise you can use another large decorative bowl or a punchbowl to assemble the trifle in).
• Put half of the crumbled gingerbread in the bottom of the bowl, sprinkle with half of the sherry or Southern Comfort (if using), then pour half of the pudding mixture over it, and then half of the whipped topping.
• Repeat the layers with the remaining prepared ingredients as above, then sprinkle the crushed gingersnaps over the top (2 or 3 tablespoons chopped pecans would make a good addition to the topping, as well).
• Cover with plastic wrap and chill overnight in the refrigerator.
• Notes: you can use spice cake instead of gingerbread for a gentler flavor.

Steps:

• Melt white chocolate slowly in double boiler over low heat or in microwave. Transfer to large bowl, add gingersnap crumbs, pumpkin, graham cracker crumbs, sugar, orange zest, cinnamon, salt, and cream cheese and beat with electric mixer until smooth. Transfer to shallow bowl, cover and chill until solid enough to roll into balls (about 2 hours). Scoop pumpkin mixture into balls, roll in hands if desired to make smooth, place on silpat, cover with with plastic and freeze. Line a large tray with parchment paper or silpat. Melt semi-sweet chocolate and shortening and transfer to small, deep bowl. Work with about six pumpkin balls at a time (remaining put back in freezer) drop into the chocolate. Work quickly, gently spoon chocolate over to coat. Using two forks, lift truffle out of chocolate, shake off excess and transfer to prepared tray. Continue with remaining pumpkin balls. Put remaining chocolate in ziplock bag, snip corner, and drizzle swirl of chocolate in a design on top of each truffle. Put tray in refrigerator for truffles to set up. Store truffles in airtight container in refrigerator.