Welcome Again to Granny Camp 4 Me

Welcome Again to Granny Camp 4 Me !

As I promised, today I am posting a couple copies of “The List”. [If you do not know what I mean by “The List” please go to my previous post and you’ll know what it is and how it originated.] Now, when you see “The List”, I do hope you will not be disappointed, as I may have built it up a bit much. But to tell you the truth, it is a “bit much” to our little clan.

Here you will see two scanned copies of actual “List”s. You may see them as quite imperfect and a good bit messy. Please keep in mind, they were created for personal use, and usually in a rush. The extra marks, drawings and blackened circles, etc. were the additions of little hands with big creative minds filled with lots of excitement. The blackening-in of circles bothered me at first, but then it occurred to me that this gave such great joy to the blackening-in-er that I just let it go and decided to rather enjoy the process. Please note that I have omitted the names of the children, which means that I should tell you that at the top of each “List”, the heading is always: “Things to do with _______ and ________...:” And usually I include the date---- after a few experiences of looking back at “Lists” and trying to recall exactly when they took place, it occurred to me that this would be a good idea. So, hey, maybe you will begin to do your own version of “The List” for the little guys in you life. If you do, I would love to hear about it.

At the end of today’s post, I am including the recipe for the Pumpkin Muffins, mentioned in the October 2007 “List”. You will notice that the recipe is called “Pumpkin Loaf”, which is how I originally got it, but it works great to use in a muffin pan or small novelty shaped pans, as well. Also, I would like to tell you that I alter the recipe a little by replacing ½ cup of flour with ½ cup whole wheat flour. And the original recipe called for 1 cup of sugar, which I reduce to ¾ cup of sugar. Let me know if you try ‘em and what you think.

GRANNY CAMP 4 ME ..... PRESENTS ..........

At Granny camp we make things out of fruit, like TURKEYS ! And other times we just go out and play.

<-<- Today’s Granny Camp Recipe ->->

PUMPKIN LOAF

1 ¾ c. presifted flour
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
¾ c. sugar
½ tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. cinnamon
½ c. water
½ c. oil
2 eggs
1 c. canned pumpkin
Optional: ½ c. chopped nuts (I use pecans) and/or ½ c. raisins

1. Preheat oven at 350*.
2. In large mixing bowl, mix flour, soda, salt, sugar, nutmeg,
and cinnamon.
3. Stir in water and oil.
4. Beat in the eggs.
5. Add and blend pumpkin.
6. Stir in optional ingredients, as desired.
7. Pour mixture into large greased & floured loaf pan.
8. Bake 1 hr. or until knife or tooth pick, slipped into
center, comes out clean.
9. Cool 10 or more minutes before removing from pan.