Jack's Lantern, Part 2

The first step to making Jack's Lantern is to quarter, seed, cube, and bake the pumpkins. I decided to do this on Friday night, so that I would have more time on Saturday to finish. I had a hard stop at 4:00PM Saturday, on account of the Steel City Big Pour. No way I was going to miss out on that!

I started with 6 small pumpkins...

Then quartered them and removed the seeds...

Then removed the stems and cut them into cubes...

Finally, I baked them at 350°F for 2 hours. Some of the pieces burned pretty badly because I didn't rotate the pans at all. I threw out all of the extra crispy pieces. Next time I'll be more careful.

I planned to start the pumpkin cereal mash first thing in the morning, so I just left the pans of pumpkin in the oven over night.