Pumpkin Pie Wontons

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup cooked pumpkin
• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch nutmeg
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 1 (8 ounce) package wonton wrappers
• 1 egg, beaten
• oil
• powdered sugar
• caramel sauce (thinned with water if necessary)

Recipe

• 1 mix all filling ingredients together. do not overbeat, if some small grains of cream cheese don't want to mix, that's ok, the cheese will melt.
• 2 lay wonton wrappers on a clean, dry surface, with points facing you, and paint the outer edges with a stripe of beaten egg at least one inch wide.
• 3 place one tbsp of the mix in the center of the wrapper.
• 4 fold the wonton in half point-to-point to make a little triangle which encloses the filling.
• 5 press edges firmly and pinch them so the eggwash will make them stick.
• 6 paint outsides with eggwash.
• 7 fry in an inch of hot oil, turning once, until golden on both sides.
• 8 remove, drain, and sprinkle with powdered sugar.
• 9 serve hot on a puddle of thin caramel sauce.