Pumpkin Pie Wontons

Magical pumpkin pie-flavored deep-fried goodness with a creamy maple dip on the side. MORE+ LESS-

By Girl Versus Dough

March 8, 2017

Ingredients

1/3

cup plus 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie filling)

tablespoons light brown sugar

teaspoon pumpkin pie spice

tablespoons Neufchatel cream cheese, room temperature

wonton wrappers

Egg wash (1 beaten egg + 1 tablespoon water)

vegetable oil, for frying

Powdered sugar, for dusting

1/2

cup powdered sugar

1/4

cup Neufchatel cream cheese, room temperature

1/4

cup pure maple syrup

1/2

teaspoon ground cinnamon

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1

In a small bowl, whisk together pumpkin, brown sugar, pumpkin pie spice and cream cheese until well combined.
2

Lay wonton wrappers on a clean surface. Brush egg wash along edges of each wrapper and place 1 teaspoon filling in the center. Fold up each wrapper into a triangle shape and pinch edges well to seal.
3

In a large, deep saucepan over medium heat, bring about 1 1/2 inches oil to 320°F (use a deep-fry or candy thermometer to measure temperature). Drop 3-4 wontons at a time into oil and cook 2-3 minutes each side until golden brown.
4

Remove wontons with slotted spoon and place on a paper towel-lined plate to drain and cool slightly. Repeat with remaining wontons. Dust wontons with powdered sugar.
5

In a small bowl, whisk together powdered sugar, cream cheese, maple syrup and ground cinnamon. Serve dip alongside warm wontons.

0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 Fat;

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Ladies and gentlefolk, friends and foes, birds of the air and fish of the sea, all 100,000 hairs on my head… I have an announcement. I have found the answer to world peace: Pumpkin Pie Wontons with a creamy maple dip. You may think this claim is outlandish, and I admit I thought the same when I first made a go of this recipe. “What could POSSIBLY be tasty about pumpkin-cream cheese filling wrapped up in a wonton fried to a light, crispy-brown goodness and then sprinkled with powdered sugar and dipped in a sweet maple sauce?” I asked myself. I mean—right? It was a mystery. But then, when mine eyes laid upon my creation and a single dipped wonton was laid upon my tongue, I found that nothing in this universe could fathomably be more delicious, more amazing, more crowd-pleasing and therefore, world peace-ing than these wontons. Once you try them for yourself, you too will understand. They’re the answer to world peace, in 30 minutes flat.