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Pumpkin Cakelets with Bourbon Glaze

  Attention bargain shoppers: I found this  Nordic Ware autumn cakelet pan at T.J. Maxx for $15! I have found many a Nordic Ware pan at our local T.J. Maxx/Homegoods and have an impressive collection by now. And I’m pretty sure that ‘cakelet’ is an actual word….hear that, autocorrect? Adapted from a recipe in BH&G, I swapped out vegetable oil for olive oil because the resulting earthy moistness pairs well with pumpkin and I scaled it way down to make just 8 little precious cakelets. Now that we are empty-nesters, I find myself doing a lot of mathematics to scale down recipes, but feel free to do a little math yourself and scale back up if you like. Enjoy these with a nice afternoon cup of coffee! For the cakelets:   1/2 cup of flour 3/8 cup of sugar 1/2 t baking powder 1/4 t baking soda 1/8 t salt 1/2 t pumpkin pie spice mix 4 oz. pumpkin purée 1 egg 1/4 cup olive oil (not extra-virgin) Spray your cakelet pan with Baker’s Joy (properly or else your cakes will stick) and preheat the