Recipes

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I love baking this time of year. The house smells so good with this in the oven!

Autumn Pumpkin Spice Bread

2 cups sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup applesauce
1/2 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 cup orange juice
1 (16 oz.) can solid pack pumpkin
3 1/2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg (I use a little less)
1/2 tsp. allspice (or just use pumpkin pie spice for the spices)

*optional- add 1/2 cup each, dried cranberries or walnuts

Preheat oven to 350. Grease two loaf pans. In bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice) and set aside.
In mixing bowl, mix sugar, applesauce, oil, eggs and vanilla. Add pumpkin and mix well. Add dry ingredients and orange juice and mix. Divide batter into two greased loaf pans. Bake at 350 for 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes then cool on wire rack.

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