Cinnamon Pumpkins!

I have said it many times before:

I LOVE FALL!

Fall is my reward for making it through the summer. The changing colors, sweaters, hot drinks, good books, rainy days, I love it all!

So, when I saw these cute little cinnamon pumpkins, I just had to try to make them for myself (and share the recipe with you!).

Here’s what you’ll need:

1 cup ground cinnamon
Optional: pinch of ground cloves
¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
2 Tablespoons Elmer’s glue (white or clear)
Wood sticks (I cut them from my yard)
Butter knife or skewer
Parchment paper and cookie sheet

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees F.

Mix the cinnamon, applesauce and glue together in a medium bowl. Stir until all the cinnamon is moistened.

Place parchment paper on a cookie sheet and roll the dough into 15 balls (they will be about a heaping Tablespoon in size).

Put a stick in each ball, make sure your stick is long enough to stay in when the pumpkin is dry.

Make “pumpkin grooves” around your pumpkins with a knife or skewer.

Bake your little gourds for 2-3 hours (I did 3). Rotate the pan every 30 minutes (I don’t know if this is really necessary, but I did it).

Remove from the oven and place the pan on a cooling rack to further dry for 24 hours.

Wait until the pumpkins are cool before you peel them off the paper. A little paper may stick to the bottom, but as my mom would say, “It will never be seen on a galloping horse.”

You could add these to a bowl of potpourri, line them up on a mantle, give them as gifts… The possibilities are endless! Wherever you use them, your house will smell amazing!

Note: Do a search on where spices are mentioned in the Bible and you will be taken down a sweet-smelling rabbit hole!