{"id":21868,"date":"2017-12-06T05:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T12:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=21868"},"modified":"2019-10-18T11:02:41","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T18:02:41","slug":"pumpkin-bacon-spread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=21868","title":{"rendered":"Pumpkin Bacon Spread"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, I know what you are thinking — PUMPKIN AGAIN.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

I promise, I promise, this is the last pumpkin recipe this year. I told you I couldn’t get all the pumpkin recipes posted before December.<\/p>\n

So, if you have a jar of pumpkin butter left over from Thanksgiving, you just have to give this a try. Years ago when I worked at Williams Sonoma I often was in charge of doing the “tastings” during my shift, which meant I was trying to talk people into buying the things I was cooking even if they didn’t know they really needed to buy those products.<\/p>\n

I remember the first time I was told to make this pumpkin dip. I thought it sounded terrible. And, I have liked salty and sweet taste together since I was a kid and dipped potato chips into soft serve ice cream. After making this several times and people immediately snatching up a jar of the pumpkin butter I decided to give it a try and I absolutely loved the taste of the salty bacon with the sweet pumpkin butter and throw in some cream cheese and green onions and spread on a crunchy cracker and it was on my list of things to “sell” when I worked. I knew if I could get people to taste it, they would be buying the pumpkin butter.<\/p>\n

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Trader Joe’s sells pumpkin butter for around $3 and most stores are going to carry it and it will probably be under $5 which still makes for a very inexpensive appetizer for the holidays or just anytime you want a quick spread to serve to friends. Hope you will give this a try.<\/p>\n

BLAST FROM THE PAST:<\/strong><\/span> Looking for a hearty meal for these cooler\/colder months. Try my Osso Bunco<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Anything with bacon on it has to be good.<\/p>\n

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Can’t you just smell that bacon frying.<\/p>\n

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Mash the cream cheese out about 1\/2-3\/4″ thick.<\/p>\n

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Cover the cream cheese with pumpkin butter.<\/p>\n

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Cover the pumpkin butter with the crumbled fried bacon, the more the better.<\/p>\n

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Cover bacon with thinly sliced green onions.<\/p>\n

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Serve with crackers of your choice. I personally like wheat thins and Triskets the best.<\/p>\n

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Pumpkin Bacon Spread<\/div>\t
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Sweet, salty and good any time of the year.<\/div>\t
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  1. 1 jar pumpkin butter<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  2. 4-6 slices bacon, fried and crumble3d<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  3. 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  4. 6 green onions, thinly sliced<\/li>\t\t\t\t
  5. Crackers (Wheat thins and Triskets are the best IMO)<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t
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    1. Take the cream cheese and mash out to a circle or oval and put on serving platter.<\/li>\t\t\t\t
    2. Top the cream cheese with half of the pumpkin butter or enough to totally cover the cheese.<\/li>\t\t\t\t
    3. Top the pumpkin butter with the crumbled bacon and then the green onions.<\/li>\t\t\t\t
    4. Serve with crackers and enjoy.<\/li>\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>
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