Pumpkin Juice

9 oz (1 1/4 cup) cooked Pumpkin and Butternut Squash
*(You can use frozen if out of season OR canned that is pureed - not pumpkin pie filling but pureed pumpkin in a tin.)

2 pints (4 cups) Apple Juice
4 1/2 oz ( 1/2 cup) Apricot Jam/Preserves
1 tip of a Cinnamon Stick or 1 pinch of Cinnamon

When the sun throws it's final rays and the Night of the Ghosts and Sorcerers begins, put on your ceremonial apparel (though you can make this in your pajamas and slippers) and take up your wand!

 Peel and seed your pumpkin and squash - cook down until you have 9 ounces. If fresh pumpkin an squash is out of season you can use frozen or even canned goods. Mash your cooked squashes then mix in the apple juice.

Adjust your glasses, move your frog and cat out of your way then cast a Muffling Spell to you don't draw too much attention to yourself then puree the pumpkin mixture in your blender.

Gradually add in the apricot jam/preserves and blend well. Remove the pumpkin from your glasses, hair, table and carpet.

Adjust the cinnamon to your liking in small pinches. Put in your refrigerator to chill. Keep out of the reach of you frog because an orange batrachian might shock your neighbors.

Source: Wizard's Cookbook