Candied Pumpkin

By Tamipri

Ingredients

• 8 c. 1" cubes of fresh pumpkin, (about a 5 lb. pumpkin)
• 1/2 c. packed brown sugar
• 1/4 c. granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 Tb. flour
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1/4 tsp. ground allspice
• 3/4 c. orange juice
• 1/4 c. maple syrup
• 3 Tb. butter, softened
• chopped toasted pecans, for garnish

Details

Servings 12

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place pumpkin pieces in a single layer on a lightly greased 10x15x1" jellyroll pan; set aside. In a medium saucepan, combine sugars, flour, cinnamon, salt and allspice. Add orange juice, maple syrup, and butter, stirring until well blended. Stirring occasionally, cook over medium heat about 5 minutes. Pour over pumpkin. Spooning syrup over pumpkin every 15 minutes, bake 1 hour or until pumpkin is hot and bubbly. Transfer to serving dishes; sprinkle with pecans. Serve warm.