| CANNED HOLIDAY GIFT BREAD
Gather canning supplies: 8 wide mouth pint jars, 8 lids and 8 rings.
Wash jars in hot soapy water. Rinse. Dry. Grease with shortening.
Place lids in pan. Pour boiling water over them. Do not boil, but let stay in water until ready to use.
PUMPKIN BREAD:
2/3 cup of shortening
2 2/3 cup of sugar
4 eggs
2 cups of canned pumpkin*
2/3 cup of water
3 1/3 cups of flour
1/2 teaspoon of baking powder
2 teaspoons of baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoon of salt
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
1 teaspoon of ground cloves
2/3 cup of nuts (opt.) |
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Cream shortening and sugar. Beat in eggs, pumpkin* and water. Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt and spices. Add to pumpkin mixture. Stir in nuts. Pour batter into 8 wide-mouth greased pint jars, filling them 1/2 full of batter. Bake at 325ºF. about 45 to 55 minutes.
When done, remove 1 jar at a time from oven. (If bread has risen above edge of jar, cut off the excess.) Wipe edge of jar clean, put on scalded lid, and screw band firmly tight.
Decorate jar for holiday gift.
*May substitute 2 cups pumpkin in the pumpkin bread recipe with the following combinations: cup shredded apple and 1 cup shredded carrot
2 cups of shredded apple
2 cups of applesauce
1 3/4 cups applesauce and 1/4 cup crushed pineapple
1 3/4 cups applesauce and 1/4 cup raisins
2 cups of shredded carrots
2 cups of zucchini or add walnuts rather than pecans
1 bag ground whole cranberries (fresh)
1 can whole or cranberry sauce
2 cups of mashed bananas
1 3/4 cups of mashed bananas and 1/4 cup orange marmalade
1 3/4 cups of mashed bananas and 1/4 cup crushed pineapple
When left sealed stays moist for months. |
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