Delicious pumpkin spice whipped cream

So I have a friend who was nice enough to take me to the airport so as a thank you I asked her husband what her favorite food was so I could make it as a thank you surprise. Turns out she loves anything pumpkin and cream puffs. I got lucky and found a really good pumpkin cream puff recipe but the whipped cream it makes is amazingly versatile.

So here's the original recipe for the whipped cream:

• 2 cups heavy cream
•   3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
•   3 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice, or to taste
• 1/2 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

mix the cream and sugar together, once it starts to thicken add the additional ingredients and continue to mix until it becomes whipped cream.  Be very careful not to add the remaining ingredients after it's already the consistency of whipped cream because when you begin to mix the cream will separate and you'll be on your way to butter. I like using half a can because it gives you the opportunity to try again if you mess up the first batch (guilty!).

Amazing things you can do with this whipped cream:

• Put it in steamed milk with a little vanilla and some additional sugar to taste to make a pumpkin flavored steamer
• Add it to vanilla ice cream with a cream cheese glaze to get a seasonal sundae
• put it in egg bread and make cream puffs
• Use it as a topper for pancakes. I used this instead of syrup on vanilla and cinnamon pancakes and it got two thumbs up in my house.

Hope you enjoy as much as I did!

The Real About Me Page

I recently quit my day job to pursue my dreams. Unfortunately, people fail to mention that while it is worth the effort the journey is incredibly terrifying if you are financially strapped for cash.

I have a loving but neurotic family, an even more neurotic dog that sometimes I wonder if I should take to a football field and punt through a goal post, a roommate who tries psychological warfare on me just because he can, and friends who are incredibly patient with me for God only knows what reason.

I myself am neurotic and often can relate to chicken little at least when it comes to my own competency at achieving my goals.

But I love to talk, I try not to be biased, but will still have my opinions on things. I can see the merit in others arguments and still not agree based on a gut feeling, or the fact that something just feels "icky" to me about an argument even if it is rational (for instance I can see how child labor could be beneficial but I still don't feel comfortable with it).

I love science and I want to work in health care. While I may grumble about how you should have taken care of yourself better and you wouldn't be in this position, I secretly love helping you out. Nothing makes me happier. Especially since to me the human body is like one large crime scene where you have to figure out whodunnit.

And if I can't inject you with something, bandage you up, or force you to take your medicine then I'm in the kitchen whipping up some goodies for you. Food is my way of saying, thank you, I love you, hope this horrible disaster passes, and I'm so glad you are my friend.

I also love to talk to people who love what they do as much as I love the human body. I think you learn the most from those who are having a blast doing what they do.

And that's me in a nutshell, even though I don't know how I got into this nutshell.