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10/5/09

Caught in the act!

Caught in the act! Just today Ailyn found her hands! They have been her best friends for awhile now. Her OT will be SO happy, Miss Sarah is coming tomorrow.
Caught again! Must say I am proud of myself :)
This home bound stuff is for the birds! Camden told me he wants to be a "pizza guy" and the "guy that gives out the fries at McDonalds" when he grows up. I think we may be eating take out a bit too much! We have had some fun baking, today we made the yummiest Pumpkin bread! Thank you Kara for the recipe.

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup raisins (I omit these)
1 cup canned solid pack pumpkin
2 eggs
1/3 cup oil
1/3 cup water

Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease bottom and sides of a 9" x 5" loaf pan with butter or nonstick cooking spray. In medium bowl combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cloves, nutmeg, and baking powder; stir in raisins.

In large bowl, with fork, beat together pumpkin, eggs, oil, and water. Add flour mixture and stir just until moistened.

Pour batter into loaf pan. bake 1 hour and 10-15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of loaf comes out clean. Let cool ten minutes and remove from pan. serve immediately or wrap in plastic. Can keep a couple of days on counter top, covered. May be refrigerated or frozen.

I make this with the large can of pumpkin and multiply the other ingredients accordingly. I also tend to be heavy handed with the spices.