Thinking Fall
This has been my standard pumpkin bread recipe for ten years (since high school). I took it to a playgroup lunch the other day and some friends asked for the recipe. I even used some mashed sweet potatoes because I was a little short on pumpkin. I also used Eggbeaters egg substitute and it turned out fine.Fantastic Pumpkin Bread
American Buffet recipe book
American Buffet recipe book
4 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 cup oil
3 1/3 cups sifted flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 Tablespoon cinnamon
1 Tablespoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon salt
1/2-30 ounce can pumpkin pie filling
1 cup walnuts
1 cup raisins
Combine eggs and sugar in mixer bowl; beat until thick and lemon-colored. Beat in oil. Mix flour, powder, soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together. Add to batter alternately with pumpkin filling, mixing well after each addition. Stir in walnuts and raisins. Fill 4 or 5 small coffee cans sprayed with nonstick cooking spray 1/2 full (I use small loaf pans). Bake at 325 F for 1 hour or until done. 24 servings.
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Needing a good read, I pulled off the shelf a book I'd received for a Christmas gift some years earlier. I think the giver was inspired to give me this particular book because I am prone to overexerting myself on things of little importance. It's called Simplify by Carolyn J. Rasmus. I wanted to share a few quotes that struck me last night. Maybe you're like me and just need a little poke in focusing priorities. (Do you ever find yourself aimlessly surfing the Internet at night? I do....).
One of the ways Satan lessens your effectiveness and weakens your spiritual strength is by encouraging you to spend large blocks of your time doing things that matter very little.
---Elder M. Russell Ballard
That we may do a lot may not be so important. That we focus the energy of our minds, our hearts, and our souls on those things of eternal significance---that is essential.
---Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin
What important things are you involved in right now?
3 comments:
Mmmm, I've been thinking of making pumpkin bread too. Nothing really says Fall to me like baking up a storm. This looks delicious. Thanks for sharing Sarah!
And that book looks great. I'll have to check it out.
ohh. i love those quotes. i've been thinking a lot about things like that lately. and THANKS for the recip for the pumpkin bread!! i will have to try it! i'm looking so forward to those other recipes you were going to send.. if you need my email address, i will send it to you.. oh, and i tried the yearbook thing and laughed so hard!!
Umm, are you reading my mind? Fall and simplifying. That's what I've been pondering too. I'm gonna try that recipe.
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