Pumpkin Soup with Apple & Cinnamon

Ingredients

• 6 cups vegetable stock
• 2 cups pumpkin (puréed and cooked)
• 1/2 cup apple sauce
• 1/2 cup apple juice
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 2 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 medium onion (chopped)
• 2 apples (peeled, cored and cubed)
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp white pepper
• 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1 bay leaf