This pumpkin dessert recipe is made with just three simple ingredients: fresh pumpkin, sugar, and chopped walnuts. The pumpkin is left to rest with the sugar before baking, then cooks in its own juices until soft, tender, and coated in a glossy syrup.
There is no butter, cream, or complicated preparation involved, making this an easy baked pumpkin dessert for fall and winter. Serve it slightly warm for a softer texture or chilled when you want the pieces to feel a little firmer.
If you enjoy warmly spiced fall baking, try my Pumpkin Bread Recipe next. My Moist Carrot Cake Loaf is another easy bake filled with warm flavors and nuts.
For something sweeter to serve alongside coffee, these Chocolate Chip Cookies are soft and chewy, while my Creamy Chocolate Pudding Cups make an easy chilled dessert.
Ingredients
How to Make Pumpkin Dessert
- Remove the pumpkin skin and then cut a thick piece into rectangle squares.
- Place in a baking dish the pieces of pumpkin.
- Scatter sugar over the pumpkin.
- Seal the dish tightly with saran wrap and in your fridge for a few hours or overnight.
- Unwrap and roast in a preheated oven at 350 F (180 C) until pumpkin is soft and glazed.
- When ready, take out of the oven and leave to cool.
- Serve topped with chopped walnuts.
FAQs
Yes, you can cut it back slightly depending how naturally sweet the pumpkin is.
No, the pumpkin is cooked in its own juices and sugar.
Yes, this dessert is very good refrigerated and the flavors taste delicious the next day.
Absolutely.
Leave them off completely or replace them with chopped pistachios, almonds, or pecans.
Once cooled, transfer leftovers to an airtight container and refrigerate them.
FoodSafety.gov generally recommends keeping cooked leftovers refrigerated for 3 to 4 days, so your original 3-day storage recommendation fits within that guidance.
See the FoodSafety.gov cold food storage guidance for additional storage information.
Choose a firm cooking pumpkin with flavorful flesh.
Smaller pie pumpkins are generally sweeter than large carving pumpkins, according to University of Minnesota Extension.
Avoid using a very watery or stringy pumpkin if possible.
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Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Peel the pumpkin and cut it into thick rectangular pieces.
- Arrange the pumpkin pieces in a baking dish in a single layer.
- Sprinkle the sugar evenly over the pumpkin.
- Cover the dish tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for a few hours or overnight.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F) and remove the plastic wrap.
- Bake until the pumpkin is soft and glossy in its natural syrup.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely.
- Serve topped with chopped walnuts.
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Notes
- Do not add water; the pumpkin releases its own juices while
- baking.Baking time depends on the thickness of the pumpkin pieces.
- Allow the dessert to cool fully to set and intensify flavor.
- Serve chilled for a firmer texture or slightly warm for a softer bite.
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