I have this large beautiful wood recipe box that use to be my Grandma’s and on the inside it’s filled with hundreds of handwritten recipes she collected over the years. There are many old and stained cards and many new with stars marked in the corner of it was really good. :). On occasion when I find myself missing my grandparents I reach for that wooden recipe box and thumb through the recipes. So many of them spark such fond memories. With fall quickly approaching I snagged my grandma’s pumpkin bread recipe and to my delight found that it was actually her mother’s recipe. Making it my Great Grandma’s Pumpkin Bread recipe. Now that’s standing the test of time. Enjoy!
GiGi's Old Fashioned Pumpkin Bread
Author: Shelby
Recipe type: Bread
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup shortening (butter, margarine etc)
- 2⅔ cup sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 15 oz can pumpkin
- ⅔ cup water
- 3⅓ cup flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 1½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp cloves
- ⅔ cup nuts, optional (I use walnuts)
- ⅔ cup raisins, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Mix together shortening, sugar, eggs, pumpkin and wateruntil well blended
- In seperate bowl mix dry ingredients together (flour, soda, salt, baking powder, cinnamon)
- Pour dry ingredients in with pumpkin mixture and mix well. Henry fold in nuts and raisins of using.
- Spray two loaf pans with cooking spray. Bake for 60-65 minutes. Until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
