Canned Pumpkin Bread Recipe

For my friends over at Plurk...

(drumroll please!)

It's the Canned Pumpkin Bread post!!!

There are lots of pictures so I'll try to keep the jabber to a minimum. 

Here are the Ingredients you need. 

They Include...

2/3C shortening, 

2 2/3C sugar,

4 eggs,

2C pumpkin (I used canned, shame on me)

2/3C water

3 1/3C flour

1/2 tsp baking p0wder

2 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp ground cloves

2/3C nuts (optional, and I didn't because I'm allergic)

Now for the mechanics!

I want to introduce to you 

a friend of mine, and the guest chef for today!

His name is Tyler, and he did a bang up job! 

Step 1:

Sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices.

Step 2:

Cream the shortening and sugars, then beat in the eggs, 

pumpkin, and water. 

Step 3:

Add the flour mixture to the pumpkin mixture.

Stir in nuts after this step if you choose.

Step 5:

Grease 7 wide mouth pint canning jars. (we used shortening)

Fill each jar 1/2 full with batter. 

Make sure to wipe the mouth of each jar when you are done,

otherwise they will not seal.

Step 6:

Bake in the oven at 325 degrees for 50-60 minutes.

When a toothpick comes out clean you are good. 

During last 15 minutes of cooking put all your jar lids

and rings into a pot on the stove to boil. This will disinfect them.

Step 7:

When they are done baking take them one at a time out

of the oven and put a lid and ring on it. 

They should seal fairly soon.

If they don't seal for some reason, 

they can also be frozen. 

The News

I wanted to write about a new recipe I like, 

but that will have to wait. 

Instead I am going to have to apologize for both

the lack of activity in my shop, 

and the lack of activity in my blog. 

This week my grandfather passed away of lung and

throat cancer, and the next morning I got word

that a friend of mine and my husband's

passed away in a boating accident.

 Also, my mother's best friend got in a car accident

this week, and is in the hospital with

non-life threatening injuries, 

but is at risk to lose a foot if she gets infection. 

Needless to say, I am a little stressed and

over stretched right now. 

I am still working on new pieces, 

some amethyst chip pieces are what I am working on right now. 

But I will probably not be uploading 

this week.

I will still be reachable by email 

cwinspirations.hotmail.com

twitter

and plurk, 

as well as checking my shop daily and 

answering any conversations.

Oh heart, if one should say to you that the soul perishes like the body, 

answer that the flower withers, but the seed remains - Kahlil Gibran. 

Quote from here