Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin is my most beloved ingredient. I love making things with pumpkin and everyone loves eating them. My mom had this recipe, I had never made it before, and I asked if I could make it. She said I could. And I’ll tell you, it was good! I’ve made it a couple times, each time it was great. My mom got his from Urban Homemaker, but I couldn’t get a link to it so I dunno’ if they have it or not. And here is what I did.

        Pumpkin Bread

4½ cups white sugar

1½ cups oil

6 eggs

2 teaspoons ground nutmeg

2½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

1 Tablespoon salt

3 cups fresh pumpkin glop (puree)

1 cup water

1½ teaspoon baking soda

¾ teaspoon baking powder

4½ cups all-purpose flour

·         Combine sugar, oil, eggs, nutmeg, cinnamon, salt, pumpkin, and water.

·         In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and baking powder.

·         Preheat oven to 163C (325F).

·         Stir the flour mixture in to the pumpkin mixture ‘til well combined. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans or **muffin** tins.

·         Bake for 50 to 60 mins. Test for doneness. Cool 5 mins in pan then let cool completely onwire racks.

*** For Muffins, decrease baking time for muffins.***

Apple Sweet Bread

I, surprisingly, made this up. I just threw this and that in a bowl (writing as I went). The entire time I had a sickening feeling in my stomach and some voice in my head saying, ‘What if it doesn’t turn out good? What if you just wasted time, food, and effort?’ But I kept making it. I am very, very, very, etc. happy to say that it turned out wonderful and everyone enjoyed it. (Thank Goodness!!!!) You need to do the steps when the recipe says to so the bread will puff up a little. It was my mom’s idea to put the apples and the sugar/ cinnamon mixture on top. Plus, she made up the name. And here it is.

        Sweet Bread

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

¼ teaspoon baking soda

¼ teaspoon salt

½ plus 3 Tablespoons white sugar

½ cup sour cream

¾ cup apple juice

½ cup butter, melted

2 eggs

        Apple Topping

3 apples

sugar/cinnamon mixture

cinnamon

·         SUGAR/CINNAMON MIXTURE: Combine ½ cup white sugar and 3 teaspoons cinnamon mix well.

·         APPLE SWEET BREAD: Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

·         In a separate bowl, combine ½ cup apple juice, sour cream, and melted butter. Add eggs in one at a time, beating well after each addition. Then add ¼ cup apple juice (the rest of it), mix well.

·         Add to the dry ingredients. Stir and then spread into a greased 9x13.

·         APPLE TOPPING: Peel, wedge, and cut the apple, very, very small. Then throw (not literally, but you know what I mean) them on top of the bread-mix-stuff (I can’t think of the name of-this).

·         Sprinkle the sugar/cinnamon top. And lastly, sprinkle cinnamon on top.

·         Preheat the oven to 180C (350F).

·         Bake for 20 mins or ‘til a knife comes out clean (a few crumbs are ok) in the four corners and the center.