Cream Of Pumpkin Soup With Cinnamon Croutons

Ingredients

1 c onion
5 tb butter
3 packages chicken broth
16 oz mashed pumpkin
1 t salt
1/2 t cinnamon
1/8 t ginger
1/8 t pepper
1 c whipping cream
1 tb brown sugar
4 slices wheat bread
4 ingredients

Instructions

heated (do not boil). Ladle into individual soup bowls. Top each serving with Cinnamon Croutons. Yield: 6 cups FOR CINNAMON CROUTONS: Combine butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon; stir well. Spread butter mixture evenly over one side of bread slices. Place bread, buttered side up, on a baking sheet. Bake at 400 for 8-10 min. or until bread is crisp and topping is bubbly. Cut each slice of bread into 8 small triangles or squares. Yield: 32 croutons.