Simple Pumpkin Bread

I guarantee that you will LOVE this recipe!  The best part about it?  It's so easy! 

Preheat oven to 350.

Ingredients:

4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
3 cups sugar
3 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons cinnamon*
1 teaspoon nutmeg*
2/3 cup water
2 cups cooked or canned pumpkin (I prefer fresh cooked pumpkin)

*Add more or less cinnamon/nutmeg to cater to your own liking.

Directions:

The beauty of this recipe is just how easy it is.

Just mix all these ingredients together, pour in greased and floured loaf pan(s), and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.  Perform toothpick test to see if it's ready. If toothpick comes out clean, your bread is ready. 

This bread is delicious warm, cooled, with butter, or completely plain.  Grab a slice, sit back, relax, and enjoy!

The Ultimate Chocolate Mint Cookies

Oh...My...Goodness! 

This is a magical cookie and certainly one of the best I've ever made!  It seems everyone I share them with, falls in love with them.  They are just the right amount of chewy and crispy all in one bite.

Ingredients


1     cup butter, softened

1     cup granulated sugar 

3/4  cup packed light brown sugar

2     teaspoons vanilla extract

1/2  teaspoon salt

2     eggs

2     cups all-purpose flour

1/2  cup cocoa

1     teaspoon baking soda

1    10oz package of Andes Creme de Menthe baking chips

Directions

• Preheat your oven to 375 degrees
• In a large mixer, beat the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, vanilla and salt until it becomes creamy
• Add eggs.  Make sure to beat them well
• In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, and baking soda
• Slowly add the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture and beat until everything is blended well.  The batter will be stiff
• Add the mint chips.  I did this with my mixer, but think it'd probably be better to do it by hand
• Drop by rounded teaspoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet.  I use a small ice cream scooper (designed for cookie batter) to ensure a consistent size.  And I slightly greased my cookie sheet, because my experience with my cookie sheets is: everything sticks!
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. 8-9 minutes I find leaves the cookies slightly moister/chewier.  Cool slightly then move to a wire rack
• ENJOY!  Whether they are warm or cool - they are delicious!



Recipe courtesy of: www.food.com