Deal with the Deviled Eggs Bonus Recipes

And it's here! The third book in the Yolks on You series, Deal with the Deviled Eggs, is out today. Perfect for a weekend Halloween read, or you could get the print copy for a treat! I am understandably excited about this, and I wanted to give you all a couple recipes not found in the back of the book to celebrate. They're full of pumpkin, of course.

First up...

Nutella and Pumpkin Cheesecake Filled Crescents

Ingredients:

1 8oz can crescents (a can of 8)
1/4 cup pumpkin puree
2 oz cream cheese
1/4 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
4 teaspoons Nutella

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to temperature on crescent package. Cover a cookie sheet with parchment paper or silicone mat. Lay out the crescents.

2. In a bowl, mix together pumpkin, cream cheese, and pie spice until combined and smooth.

3. Drop Nutella by 1/2 teaspoonfuls onto crescents and spread.

4. Drop cream cheese mixture on top of crescents.

5. Starting at the large end, roll crescents up, pinching to seal as you go.

6. Bake according to package instructions.

Enjoy!

The next recipe is inspired by the desire for soups in autumn. There's just something about soups, and I wanted one with pumpkin that wasn't full of apples or anything too sweet. (You're great, apples, but I just ate crescents for breakfast.) I present to you...

Chipotle Beer Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients:

1 boneless skinless chicken breast
1/4 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 onion, chopped
1/2 tablespoon smoked paprika
1/2 tablespoon chipotle in adobo
1 cup corn
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup beer (I used a dunkel)
1 15oz can pumpkin puree
shredded cheese and sour cream (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 375 F. Sprinkle chipotle chili powder on chicken breast and bake for 20 minutes or until done. Shred chicken and set aside.

2. In soup pot, saute garlic and onions in olive oil until onions are translucent.

3. Add paprika and adobo. Add corn.

4. Add broth, beer, and pumpkin. Stir until pumpkin dissolves. Add shredded chicken. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 15-20 minutes.

5. Serve with shredded cheese and sour cream. Serves 3-4. Enjoy!

Well I had a lot of fun today experimenting with pumpkin to celebrate. The crescents seem more a Dom type meal, not too complex, but the soup is definitely more Kiko's realm! For more recipes--and to find out whether Kiko and Dom can stop a murderer in time to enjoy Halloween night--go ahead and grab Deal with the Deviled Eggs!

Cheers!