Pumpkin Chili in a Crock Pot

INGREDIENTS

1 tablespoon	Olive oil
1 pound	Ground beef
1	Onion chopped
2-14 ounce cans	Diced tomatoes
2 cups	Fresh or pureed pumpkin
1	15 ounce can chili beans
3 tablespoons	Brown sugar
1 tablespoon	Pumpkin pie spice
1 tablespoon	Chili powder

DIRECTIONS

1. Heat the tablespoon of olive oil in a pan on the stove on medium heat; add your ground beef, chopping it up with a spoon and cook until brown.
2. Add the ground beef and all the ingredients to the crock-pot, stirring to combine all the ingredients.
3. Set on low heat and cook for 6 hours.
4. Serve with buttered cornbread.

Hollis, Lee. Death of a Pumpkin Carver, Kensington Publishing. New York, 2018.