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CCE Pumpkin Day at Farmers Markets 2022

CCE Pumpkin Day at the Farmers Market

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CCE Pumpkin Day at the Farmers Market

  • Saturday, October 1, 2022, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Friday, October 7, 2022, 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM

You can’t have fall in Upstate NY without pumpkins. CCE Seneca will be handing out pie pumpkins, mini-pumpkin muffins to sample, and pumpkin recipes to make at home, along with information about the nutritional benefits of orange veggies. There will be a limited number of pumpkins for decoration for any children/youth seeking a pumpkin. To get one they may need to answer a simple pumpkin question!

The 4-H department will also have Fall activities and games for Youth, with the opportunity to win prizes, too!

To help carry your farm fresh produce and other goodies from the market, get a Seneca Recycles reusable shopping bag with information on recycling as well as saving money on your energy bill with Heat Pumps, all from Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Waterloo Rotary Farm Market
Saturday, October 1
9 am - 1 pm at Lafayette Park on Main Street
Seneca Falls Farmers Market
Tuesday, October 4
2 pm - 6 pm at People’s Park at 35 Water Street
Ovid Farmers Market
Friday, October 7
3 pm - 7 pm on Main Street in front of the Three Bears complex

CCE Seneca Executive Director Ave Bauder states, “We are excited to partner with the Farmers’ Markets for CCE Pumpkin Days so that visitors can not only shop local and eat local, but also have the opportunity to learn all of the things that Cooperative Extension does and have their questions answered.From nutrition to recycling, gardening to positive youth development, CCE puts knowledge to work to help improve people’s lives.”If you have any questions about the event, contact the office by calling 315-539-9251 or emailing seneca@cornell.edu.

Last updated September 15, 2022

Mark your Calendar

Waterloo Rotary Farm Market
Saturday, October 1

9:00am to 1:00pm

Lafayette Park

Main Street, Waterloo

Seneca Falls Farmers Market
Tuesday, October 4

2:00pm to 6:00pm

People’s Park

35 Water Street, Seneca Falls

Ovid Farmers Market
Friday, October 7

3:00pm to 7:00pm

Main Street, Ovid in front of the Three Bears complex

 

Recipe

Pumpkin or Winter Squash Chocolate Chip Muffins (full size and/or mini)

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups pureed pumpkin or squash (butternut, etc)
  • 2/3 cup canola oil
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoons vanilla (optional)
  • 3 cup whole grain all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 Tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
  • 2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup mini dark chocolate chips
  • Optional: ½ cup chopped nuts

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350°
  2. Grease muffin tin or line with muffin liners.
  3. Combine pureed pumpkin (or squash), oil, eggs, sugar and vanilla in a bowl and mix well.
  4. In a separate bowl combine remaining ingredients, except chocolate chips or nuts if using, and mix well.
  5. Add the pumpkin and flour mixtures together and stir with a few quick strokes until blended. Stir in chocolate chips and/or nuts.
  6. Fill muffin tins 2/3 full with the batter.
  7. Bake muffins 20-25 minutes (full size muffins) or ~15 minutes for mini-muffins until when a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean and muffins are slightly browned.
  8. Should make 24 muffins or 48 mini muffins. 

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