• Take out the dough made following the bucket instructions, keeping it covered, and start the process of getting it closer to room temperature if it isn't already. Be sure to save a little bit of the mixing flours because it's easier when you shape these boules (balls of dough).
  2 Pounds Your favorite Bucket of Bread Brand Dough

Prepare the rest of your ingredients for this particular recipe. Or use your own soup (thick works best).

• Obviously we want to heat the oven. Let's set it at 450 F.
  

Let's Start the Soup

• To begin with soup, start with a pot on the stove and melt in the butter and olive oil over a medium heat.
  3 TBSP Salted Butter, 2 TBSP Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  
• Then, add the onions and cook them occasionally stirring until soft.
  4.5 Ounces Chopped Yellow Onion
  
• Then, add the thyme and sage and cook until fragrant. To clarify, expect this to be around 5 minutes.
  2 TBSP Fresh Thyme Leaves, 1 TBSP Chopped Fresh Sage
  
• After that, slowly whisk in the flour and in about 1-2 minutes. That is to say the color will changes to a little more golden brown.
  1/4 Cups White Wheat Flour
  
• Keep whisking and add the milk slowly. Whisk with attention to the texture. Basically you want it to get smoothed out.
  2 Cups Whole Milk
  
• Afterwards, add the broth, beer, and cider.
  2 Cups Chicken Broth, 12 Ounces Beer (the good kind), 1/2 Cups Apple Cider
  
• Now that's in, stir in the apple. Reduce the heat to a simmer. Then cover and continue to cook for about 10 minutes or until the apple pieces soften.
  8 Ounces Chopped Honeycrisp Apple
  
• Meanwhile, gut the Pumpkin.
  
• Then cut the pumpkin in half, salt lightly, and place face down onto parchment paper.
  1 Small Baking Pumpkin
  

Let's Bake Bread Bowls!

• Shape the dough into tight evenly shaped boules or balls. Additionally cover generously with an egg wash.
  2 Pounds Your favorite Bucket of Bread Brand Dough, 1 Egg
  
• Sprinkle with large kosher salt crystals. Then score the dough with a tic-tac-toe pattern.
  
• Then place the boules into the oven when the temperature is at 450 F and bake subsequently setting a timer for 30 minutes.

Back to the Soup

• In the meantime, remove the soup from heat and use either a blender/food processor or immersion blender until there are no chunks left of the apple.
  
• Then return the soup to the stove with a low temperature setting and stir in the cheddar and Brie.
  8 Ounces Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese, 4 Ounces Cubed Brie with Rind
  
• Cover and let sit on low stirring occasionally. Also, if a skin develops, don't worry, there will be use of a final immersion blender or food processor/blender prior to serving.
  

Voila - Bread Bowls!

• When the timer for the bread goes off, check the coloration for a deep shiny brown and golden brown look. Additionally check the temperature to make sure it is between 190-200 F. Place on a cooling rack if your temperatures are good. Nonetheless, if you need more time to get the right temperature, place the bread back into the oven until the temperatures are right.
  

The Smashing Pumpkins - Or Baked Rather

• Now that the bread is done to your liking, place the pumpkin into the oven. Lower the temperature to 400. Set a timer for 30 minutes. Bake until the skin is soft and you are able to spoon out the meat of the pumpkin into a bowl.
  
• Once in the bowl, add the brown sugar, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Don't forget to turn off the oven.
  
• Next you want to use the same (cleaned off) immersion blender or food processor/blender, stir everything until silky smooth.
  

Open the Bread Bowls

• By now the bread has had time to cool. Carefully, cut the top off of the bread.
  
• Using a spoon, carefully scoop out the soft insides of the bread making a bowl and use this to dunk into the bowl.
  

Start Plating the Bread Bowls

• Add some of the bread pieces next to a small dessert bowl of the pumpkin purée. Add some extra sliced Brie and apple if you wish as a compliment.

Finish Up that Soup!

• Use the immersion blender or food processor/blender one more time on the soup. Blend in the cayenne, salt, and pepper to taste. Heat on medium while stirring to bring the temperature of the soup just a little.

Enjoy!

• Finally, add the soup to the bread bowl, sprinkle some fresh thyme on the top, garnish, and serve with some butter and a small craft beer.