Creamy Pumpkin Soup with Apple-Bacon Topping (Pumpkin Passion- Year Four: Volume 7; October, 2013)

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Ready in: 20 min
Serves: 4

Ingredients: 
1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin (not pie filling)
2 c. chicken broth
2/3 c. heavy cream
1/2 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
2 T. maple syrup
2 slices bacon
1 cubed green apple
1 T. butter

Directions:
- Simmer pumpkin, broth, cream, and spice, whisking, until well blended and warmed through, about 5 min
- Add syrup and whisk until well blended, about 1 min
- Leave soup simmering
- Cook bacon
- Crumble bacon
- Cook 1 cubed green apple in butter until soft
- Spoon soup into bowls, top with the apples and crumbled bacon, and serve

*Beth found the recipe here