Pumpkin Bread Pudding - Gluten-Free

Gluten-Free Goddess® Pumpkin Bread Pudding

Don't ask me where the craving came from. Because I honestly couldn't tell you. I haven't a clue. I rarely even think about food these days (I seem to have returned to my art school habits of running on fuel comprised of coffee, painting, and music). I don't daydream of desserts or breakfast, or intricate candlelit suppers. I do not spend much time at all on the Internet lately.

I am hungry instead for inspiration.

For autumn's burnished light and shadow. Rusted jewel colors and texture. Pattern. And rhythm. I am walking the local woods and shoreline, listening, breathing in. Fed by the tidal curves and water sounds, and leafy, wet wood smoke. Gathering images and emotions for markmaking and paint slinging. Food- for better or worse (I'm not a judger)- is simply not on my radar these days.

But this weekend I woke with a curiously strong hankering for old fashioned pumpkin bread pudding.

And gluten-free goodness ensued.

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Thanksgiving Dinner Round-Up

I am bringing you a round-up of everything you will need for Thanksgiving Dinner. Whether you are hosting the meal, bringing a side or dessert, or just having a Thanksgiving meal for your little family, I have got you covered. Some recipes are mine, others are from different bloggers, all are delicious! 

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Totally Tasty Tuesdays #203

 

<center><a href="http://mandysrecipebox.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" alt="Totally Tasty Tuesdays" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL7LZr4cKuIWqR1fuTqkciFbsqc6av7d5EIeER5D3SIizkdUO_pgbScd94I2Ht_l_Dg-4xBFYjWkSuL-kscpD08E7C3sD4UwtiaRL4x8LOHu2thA9sRpOeSSFf0H-sAWQYuoCaanJVuIw/s1600/ttt.jpg"/></a></center>Welcome back! Can you believe Thanksgiving is just around the corner? I love this time of year! All the good food, ohmygosh. Let's see what you've been up to!Last week's most viewed recipe...
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Pumpkin Pie Spice Pralines

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Apple Pie Cups

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Monsters U Krispy Rice Treats

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In celebration of the release of Monsters University on Blu-Ray and DVD, I made some fun Monsters U Krispy Rice Treats for my kids and had a viewing party. They absolutely loved it! Awesome Mom Award goes to...Mandy Bird! Thank you, thank you. Moving on.

I headed to Walmart to pick up the new release of Monsters University on Blu-Ray and DVD with an Infinity Mike Wazowski figure. I also brought home Sully. He needed a home. Then we made some scary treats for our party. Sully's fur, Mike Wazowski's eye and Squishy's face were how we decorated our treats.

We saw Monsters U as a family in the theater, but it was just as fun at home the second time around. Look at cute little Mike with braces...

I love when Mike and Sully meet for the first time in college.

We love family movie nights at our house. Now go pick up your copy of Monsters University and have your own viewing party. Get creative and make some scare-worthy treats while you're at it. These treats I made were super easy. I got all the ingredients at Walmart in the cake decorating aisle, not the baking aisle.

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Ingredients

Rice Krispy Treats (homemade or store-bought)

Blue frosting

Purple candy pearls

Green frosting

white edible sculpting dough

black edible sculpting dough

candy eyes 

black piping gel

Directions

For Sully's Fur:

• Pipe blue frosting onto rice treat using the star shaped tip of a cake decorator.
• Sprinkle some purple candy pearls onto the "fur".

For Mike Wazowski's Eye:

• Spread rice treat with green frosting. Shape the sculpting dough into the white eye shape. 
• Add some blue coloring to the white for the iris; shape into a ball and flatten to a circle.
• Shape a little piece of the black sculpting dough into a ball and flatten for the pupil.
• Place the pupil onto the iris and the iris onto the white of the eye; place whole eye onto the green frosting.

For Squishy's Face:

• Place a dab of black piping gel onto the backs of 5 candy eyes.
• Place onto rice treat.
• Shape the piping gel into a smile.

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