#261 - Pumpkin Bread

(by Rachel Guarini - friend)

2 eggs
1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup Miracle Whip Dressing
1/4 cup milk
2 cups flour
2 tsp. Calumet baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 cup Planter's Chopped Pecans


Preheat oven to 350°F. Beat eggs lightly in large bowl. Add sugar, pumpkin, Miracle Whip and milk - mix well. Combine dry ingredients in a bowl, then add dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture. Stir just until moistened. Gently stir in pecans. Pour batter into greased and floured loaf pan. Bake 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pan. Cool completely. Cut into slices to serve.

#120 - Pumpkin Bread

(Laura [Frey] McDonald- friend)

3 cups white sugar
1 cup Crisco OR Parkay margarine
2 cups canned pumpkin
2/3 cup cold tap water
3 1/3 cups sifted flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. pumpkin spice (if you don't have pumpkin spice you can substitute 1 tsp. cinnamon, 1/2 tsp. nutmeg, and 1 tsp. ground ginger)

In a mixer, combine sugar, Crisco OR Parkay. Add pumpkin and water and blend. Add all the other ingredients and mix well. Pour evenly into 2 greased 8 1/2 " x 4 1/2 " by 3" bread loaf pans. Bake both at the same time at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Test with toothpick for doneness. Cool about 20 minutes before removing from the pans.