We had a pretty low-key Halloween here in Seattle.  Friday we went out and saw a The Heavy play at the Croc which was tons of fun, so last night we stayed in and handed out candy to the trick-or-treaters.

Earlier in the day, Grace sported her new apron courtesy of mumsy and carved a pumpkin and went on a baking spree.  Together we made Halloween Funfetti cupcakes, then she went on to make carrot cupcakes, pumpkin cranberry bread, and bran bread.  I told her she better make something savory, or else she and Elijah would have to consume all the sweets (didn't seem to be a problem); so she made some yummy cheesy onion bread.

Once the carb-coma passes, we'll hopefully have more to report!

Pumpkin Cut-Out Cookies

We've been looking for pumpkin recipes to try that aren't the standard pie/bread/muffin variety.  Grace found this great alternative to sugar cookies on allrecipes.com.  We tweaked it to our tastes and used her new Ikea animal cookie cutters!  You'll want your dough a bit thicker than you'd roll out standard sugar cookies.

Personally I think the cookies are good enough on their own, but grace suggested a cream cheese/allspice frosting which would probably taste great.  In retrospect we could have sprinkled some raw sugar on before baking, but we'll have to try that next time...