Pumpkin Bread

This recipe was found written out on a scrap of paper slipped inside one of my Grandma M. (Doris's) cookbooks. My Mom and her sister remember that cans and pails were used for baking instead of baking tins. When the loaf came out, it would be cut into round slices.

Pumpkin Bread

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup shortening

2 beaten eggs

1 cup pumpkin

1 2/3 cup flour

1/3 cup nuts

1/3 cup water

1/4 tsp baking powder

1 tsp soda

3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp cloves

1/4 tsp nutmeg

Cream shortening. Add sugar, eggs and pumpkin. Mix thoroughly. Add flour and spices alternately with water, then nuts. Fill cans 1/2 full. Bake 350 degrees for 45 minutes or until done. I use any size cans.

Bran Muffins

This recipe comes from Todd's Grandma A. (Pauline).

Bran Muffins

1 egg

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup Crisco, lard or shortening

1 1/2 cups bran

1 1/2 cups flour

2 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 cups sour milk

pinch of salt