Pumpkins abound

I got the glamour job of pumpkin dismantler yesterday on these two for my mom, came out to about 12 cups of pumpkin for the freezer filling all the muffin desires as well as holiday fixins.

How to bake a pumpkin:
Preheat oven to 400
Cut out top of pumpkin, trust me, way easier, cut in half. Clean out goopies
Place cut side down on baking sheet, for small pumpkins (pie pumpkins) it's about 45 minutes, bigger ones get up to an hour and change
You'll be able to skewer it through the skin and It'll feel like potatoes do. The longer it bakes the less work it'll be so don't be afraid if the edges caramelize a bit
Pull from oven and let cool until you can peel the skin off
Squish with fork or blenderize or squish with fork until it's squish enough to place in bags and then squeeze out the teeny lumps
It smashes just like a sweet potato at this stage so it's honestly super easy even with a fork, just occasionally you get the stray goopy strings. Either pull em out or ignore them 😅

Tadaa, lots of wholesome sort of goodness that can go in muffins/pancakes/soup/curry and most certainly pie!