Pumpkin Powder

Dehydrated pumpkin turns into pumpkin powder quite nicely.

Pumpkins Decorating the Front Yard in Autumn

A Pressure Cooker/Canner is Used to Cook Pumpkins Rapidly

Raw Pumpkin (back) and Cooked Pumpkin (front)

Pumpkin Dried in Food Dehydrator

Dried Pumpkin Coming Out of the Dehydrator to be Frozen

Dried Pumpkin up Close

Dried Pumpkin Bagged and Placed in the Freezer

Frozen Pumpkin is Easier to Grind in the Blender Because it is Hard

Dried Pumpkin Ground in the Blender

Final Product: Pumpkin Powder

Pumpkin powder can be added to soups, baked goods such as muffins or pancakes, tomato pizza/pasta sauces, bread, casseroles - anywhere you would use pumpkin puree!  My favorite is pumpkin pancake mix we created and gifted to friends and family one winter.