I'll try them this week. I noticed the recipe is for a mini muffin pan and they look nice on a tray. The one I had was a regular muffin size so I think they changed it a bit. Either way they sound like a great recipe to keep and good for the coming holidays. Will post my results. Thanks.

Something I LOVE, but rarely buy due to it usually being sold in huge sizes for single me, is something called a hubbard squash. It is sort of football shaped, but rounder. Has deep furrows. Sort of looks like a huge acorn squash, but the colors of the rind are a little bit different. Sort of a bluish green, and perhaps I have seen orange ones. Anyway, the flesh is very orange. I have heard a rumor that it is hubbard squash that is used in canned "pumpkin." It is real tasty, but I can't eat it up fast enough to warrant buying it. I have made pumpkin pie from a fairly large, ubiquitous pumpkin. Not sure if it was a prime pie variety but I doubt it, a friend bought it. It was OK, pie tasted good, but yes, a stringier texture than what we are probably used to.

Ohhh, I was just going to use that crust from Ohiomom's cranberry-pear pie...it was so good! Now I am thinking that ginger snap crust sounds too good to pass up!! Alas, I'm just not that hungry today so I am going to make the pie tomorrow. Maybe that will give me time to find a good crust recipe and to chill it...mmm, I did go out and buy ground ginger for those gingerbread men last week...so I'm ready for trying a new crust! Wheeeeeeeeee, this is fun!

Winter Luxury is a best old hoard for sure in North America, but I never had the chance to test it here in sad old Europe. Iôve seen pictures, where a whole fruit was baked and seed removed afterwards. A few days after your Birthday I would like to give you seed of our best old pie pumpkin here in central Europe. It is the Bleu de Hongrie. I like the Blue Hubbards too, but the blue one from Hungary is unbeatable. Ok, on this picture color is more grey then blue, but a woman from Hungary said, that this is just right, and my quality was the best...as she remembers from her childhood, where they had no sweets but only sweet baked pumpkin for their large family. Hungarians liked it in the period of communism, when this 14" wide pumpkin looked like a oversized yeast dumpling. This post was edited by acorneti on Mon, Jan 5, 15 at 19:36