17 Pumpkin Recipes to Help You Use an Entire Pumpkin

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The Great Pumpkin may have no-showed, but pumpkin remains great, indeed. Once you get past its thick outer shell, cut away the flesh, and scoop out the seeds, you're faced with the reality of just how much stuff even just one pumpkin contains. It can be overwhelming to look at your small mound of cubed pumpkin or slimey seeds or orangey purée. You might wonder: "How will I, as one human, either feed all of that to myself or force it upon my family and friends?"

In hummus, in pasta dishes, in cookies, in granola bars, and in cakes -- that's how! Pumpkin is like your coolest friend: It fits in everywhere, effortlessly. Whether you add it to a soup with goat cheese or to cookies with chocolate chips, pumpkin will flatter the other ingredients yet keep its own distinct personality.

As for using the entire pumpkin, we don't have so many ideas for the stem and the leaves, but take a look at the 17 recipes below -- we've definitely got the rest of the pumpkin (no matter how hulking) covered.

Hard Squash Hummus by Modern Farmer

Pumpkin Beer and Goat Cheese Soup by Fancy and Casual

Pearl Couscous with Roasty Roots, Chickpeas, and Pepitas by cristinasciarra

Moro's Warm Squash and Chickpea Salad with Tahini by Genius Recipes

Pasta Al Forno with Pumpkin and Pancetta by Merrill Stubbs

Birthday Pumpkin Muffins by Sadassa_Ulna

Five Minute, No-Bake Vegan Granola Bars by Gena Hamshaw

What I Do For Love Bran Muffins by drbabs

Soft Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies by Merrill Stubbs

Salted Pumpkin Crème Brûlée by EmilyC

Pumpkin Cake with Cream Cheese Icing and Caramelized Pumpkin Seeds by Sarah Jampel

Pumpkin Christmas Bread by mrslarkin

Pumpkin Rugelach with Sage and Walnuts by arielleclementine

Salted Pumpkin Caramels by cheese1227

Autumn Apple and Pumpkin Galette by A Local Choice

Sweet and Salty Roasted Pumpkin Seeds by Phyllis Grant

Honey Pumpkin Biscuits by Beth Kirby | {local milk}

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