BAKED PUMPKIN FRITTERS

500ml cooked pumpkin

50ml melted margarine

50ml brown sugar

5ml vanilla essence

2 eggs beaten lightly

125ml flour

5ml baking powder

little ground cinnamon

extra brown sugar over

Caramel Sauce:

250ml milk or cream

125ml sugar

50g butter

5ml caramel or vanilla essence

Heat the oven to 190⁰C and grease muffin tins.

Mix all the ingredients except those for the sauce together.

Spoon mixture into pans and sprinkle a little ground cinnamon and brown sugar.

Bake for 30 minutes or until done.

Caramel Sauce:

Dissolve and cook for 5 minutes.

Thicken with a little maizena (dissolved in small amount of water)

Cook until desired consistency.

Pour spoonfuls of the hot sauce over the pumpkin cookies as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Let sauce soak into the pumpkin cookies before serving.

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