Pumpkin Bread

1 cup shortening or (2/3 cup oil)
3 eggs
1 #303 can pumpkin (16-17 oz. or 2 cups)
1/3 cup water
2 1/2 cups sugar
3 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspoon cloves
1/2 cup chopped nuts

Mix shortening, eggs, water, and pumpkin. In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients; add to pumpkin mixture and blend well. Add nuts and stir. Bake 325 degrees for 1 hour. Makes 2 regular loaf pans or 6 mini-loaf pans.

This is my sister, Ann's, recipe, and she makes the bread each holiday season. Using 6 mini-loaf pans, she bakes them for her neighbors. This past Christmas, we 4 sisters, a niece, and one of her friends, got together to bake for the upcoming holiday. The following pictures are of the pumpkin bread.

You might find you like this tradition. Why not give this recipe a try? Bake your own Pumpkin Bread, and make enough for your friends and neighbors. Wrap them in colorful paper and ribbons and take a child with you when you deliver them. They will remember it as a special act of kindness, and hopefully, carry on the tradition in their own homes one day.

Grillin' Granny & One Slice at a Time

Grillin' Granny

and

One Slice at a Time

Sister Ann and Bro-in-Law Gene Cooking
Their Prize Winning Bar-B-Que

at the West Volunteer Fire Department's

15th Bar-B-Que Cook Off in West, Texas.

— with Angie Pruett, Lynn Shivers, Jeff Shivers and Gene Pruett.

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Sights in my Viewfinder at the "Bedford Blues and BBQ 2010 Bluesfest" on Labor Day Weekend

Margaritavilla Car Club

The Margaritaville Car Club and cook team were in spot #18 next to my sister and brother-in-law, Gene and Angie Pruett, who cook under the name of "One Slice at a Time". Neat name don't you think? The Margaritaville Car Club family is from Colleyville, and although I don't remember their first names, I enjoyed talking to him about their travels and the fun they have cooking in these competitive cook-offs.

 The Ice Wagon

 One Slice at a Time
and Grillin Granny

 Mizz Vi's Bar BQ'd Blues
from Dallas

 Hard Wood BBQ

THE COSMIC COOKS
Randy Dunn of Flower Mound, Texas
and Dave Calverly of Carrolton, Texas

Just Smokin

 Lining up at People's Choice Booths to taste their brand of BBQ!

 Jeff & Lynn: Taste of Texas

 

 

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