Simple Pumpkin Bread Recipe



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   Recipe from the first lady in 1975, Mrs. Gerald Ford and a Recipe from the Vice Presidents wife in 1975, Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller.

Enjoy recipes from an old cookbook made years ago from a rural community plus a recipe from the White House during that time.

Simple Pumpkin Bread Recipe


Pumpkin Bread Recipe

   Ingredients required
2/3 cup shortening
2 2/3 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 - 1 lb canned pumpkin
2/3 cup water
3 1/3 cup flour
1/2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons soda
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
nut meats to your taste
2/3 cup raisins
variation (one orange round)

Preheat oven 350 degrees

Instructions for Pumpkin Bread Recipe

   Mix all ingredients together and pour in bread pan. Bake 1 hour

List of Bread Muffin Recipes

Applesauce Bread
Banana Bread
Banana Nut Bread
Blueberry Tea Cake
Brown Bread
Carrot Bread
Cranberry Bread
Date-nut Bread
Irish Soda Bread
Mexican Corn Bread
Oat Flavor Bread
Orange Nut Bread
Overnight Coffee Loaves
Portuguese Sweet Bread
Pumpkin Bread
Toastburger
Three 'C' Bread
Whole Wheat Molasses Bread
Zucchini Bread

Baking Abbreviations
tsp. - teaspoon
Tbsp. - tablespoon
C. - cup
pt. - pint
qt. - quart
pk. - peck
bu. - bushel
oz. - ounce, ounces
lb. - pound, pounds
sq. - square
min. - minute, minutes
hr. - hour, hours
mod. - moderate, moderately
doz. - dozen
Simplified Measures
dash - less than 1/8 teaspoon
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
16 tablespoon = 1 cup
1 cup = 1/2 pint
2 cups = 1 pint
2 pints (4 cups) = 1 quart
4 quarts(liquid) = 1 gallon
8 quarts(solid) = 1 peck
4 pecks = 1 bushel
16 ounces = 1 pound
2 tablespoon = 1/4 cup
5 1/3 tablespoons = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
10 2/3 tablespoons = 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
14 tablespoons = 7/8 cup