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Pumpkin Bread

Name: Pumpkin Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Ingredients: 1 16–oz. can pumpkin; 3 1/2 cups flour; 3 eggs; 2 cups sugar; 1/2 cup oil; 2 tsp. Baking soda; 1/2 cup applesauce; 1/2 t. salt; 2/3 cup orange juice or cider; 4 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds

I always get questions this time of year on how to roast the seeds. Pumpkin seeds are especially good, but squash can be done too. Wash and drain them well. Spread on a jelly roll pan in a single layer and spray lightly with vegetable oil. Season as desired with salt, chili powder, seasoned salt, etc. Roast in a low oven (250 degrees) for about an hour or until they are crisp and dry.

These are a great snack or you can even save them for an art project on a rainy day. They are a wonderful small muscle task for young children. They can play with them in a bowl or glue them to a paper plate along with dried leaves, acorns, pine needles, corn kernels, or anything else they may gather on a nature hike.

We all have a daily routine that we follow to some degree. We also have a diet routine or food habits that we also get into. I urge you today to try something new. Treat your family to one of these fall vegetables and maybe it will become a family favorite. Here’s one of ours:

This recipe originally appeared in Pumpkin Perfection.

Pumpkin Bread

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Prep Time:

10 minutes

Cook Time:

1 hour

Ingredients

1 16–oz. can pumpkin
3 1/2 cups flour
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup oil
2 tsp. Baking soda
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 t. salt
2/3 cup orange juice or cider
4 tsp pumpkin pie spice

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, mix pumpkin, eggs, oil and juice until well blended.
Sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and spices.
Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture, beat until smooth. Pour batter into 2 greased and floured loaf pans.
Bake at 350° for 1 hour or until bread tests done. Remove bread from pans and cool on a wire rack.