Pumpkin Gingersnap Trifles

One thing you will never hear me say on Lou Lou Biscuit, or in any other context, is that I don’t care about pie. I adore pie. If you read my Apple Pie with Browned Butter Crust post, you learned about how pies ushered me into the world of baking and helped me to develop a passion for the craft of all things sweet and flaky. Sometimes, though, you need a fall themed dessert that is, well, easier to make than pie. Maybe your friend calls you up in a panic because So-and-So, who was supposed to bring dessert just canceled 2 hours before the party. Or, maybe you have to get off work, get ready, and make a dessert for that family gathering in only an hour!

—–> Pumpkin Gingersnap Trifles <——

They are so easy, they only take 8 ingredients, and they’re addicting! They’re basically just pumpkin pie flavored whipped cream layered with gingersnap cookie crumble, topped with…

more whipped cream

Remember that childhood indulgence, the one where you opened the fridge and stuck the business end of whipped cream can in your mouth? That’s what we’re doing here, only we’re pretending to be grown ups and calling it trifle.

I like to only break up the cookies about 3/4 of the way, leaving some pea sized chunks, that way you get a really crunchy contrast to the soft creamy texture of the pumpkin layers. I also like to mix them with butter and toast them in the oven. (ps you can totally skip that step if you don’t want to mess with the oven or wait an extra 10 minutes. The oven. You can skip the oven. Never skip the butter!)

 

Basically, all you do to make these treats is whip up a batch of cream, and split it into two portions. You then mix a batch of pumpkin puree, spices and sugar and fold that into one of the whipped cream portions. Then you crumble up the cookies, mix them with butter and put the dessert together like this:

cookie

pumpkin

cookie

pumpkin

whipped cream

+ optional extra sprinkle of cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice and a cinnamon stick if you’re feeling really fancy!

If you have to feed a lot of people, you can buy plastic cups to layer the trifles in. Easy to transport and you don’t have to worry about taking a bunch of dirty glasses home!

Then you show up to the party a hero, because nobody knows how easy these trifles are to make!

Ps. If you want to make these gluten free, just buy gluten free gingersnap cookies. These are the ones that I used!

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