canned pumpkin

Preserved orange gourd

Canned pumpkin is cooked, puréed pumpkin sold in cans, used primarily in baking.

Most canned pumpkin is actually made from varieties of winter squash rather than field pumpkins: The recipe calls for one can of canned pumpkin.

It's the standard ingredient for pumpkin pie in American kitchens.

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preservation method

canned pumpkinfresh produce

Unprocessed plant foods

whole vs. processed

canned pumpkinpie pumpkin

Culinary gourd for baking

sugar pumpkin · jack-o'-lantern

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G