Day 296 – October 23, 2019
Character – Weekly Prompts Word / Manual – FOWC / Blast – RDP / Almost – WODC / Day 23 – October Lined Squares
I really like Halloween decorations. I know I have said it before, but sometimes it is a bummer that I live where I do, as it is not as much of a blast to decorate as it would be if I lived in a community. Trade-offs. I do end up decorating my classroom a bit more, and I enjoy driving around to see others displays. Especially as it is almost Halloween. This display was in one of the town close-by. I really was a bit mesmerized by it because of its character and it really had depth and almost a 3D, shadow box, feel to it. If I did something like this, I would definitely need a manual to put it together. And seeing as it is a display for the town florist, I would say they had a bit of advantage.
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I enjoy looking at other peoples creativity around Halloween! It’s fun. there’s some crazy places in our neighborhood. Me, I’m settling for decorating pumpkins next week. Great post!
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and these are environmentally friendly Halloween decorations by the looks of it, so make me very happy 🙂
PS The pumpkin arrives tomorrow, so will be baking bread at the weekend 🙂
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CANNOT wait to hear how it goes!
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First step finding a good recipe!!!
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I’ll send you mine when I get home today. It’s my moms. It’s fool proof.
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ooh that would be amazing. The pumpkin arrived half hour ago so was just thinking of going online to search . . .much prefer to have you mom’s recipe 🙂 tell her I am very appreciative
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This makes 1 9×5 loaf :
Preheat Oven to 350
Sift together: 1 3/4Cup sifted all purpose flour
¼ tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Salt
½ tsp Cinnamon
¼ tsp Ground Cloves
In Large Bowl, beat until Light and Fluffy:
1 ⅓ Cup Sugar
⅓ Cup Shortening
2 Eggs
And then beat in:
1 Cup Pumpkin
Add Dry Ingredients 1/3rd at a time alternating with:
⅓ Cup Milk (or water) I actually use Buttermilk!
½ tsp Vanilla
Do not overbeat in between each addition!
At this point you can fold in Nuts, Dates, Raisins, etc. I personally don’t like any of that so I will keep it out. I have added chocolate chips about ½ the time and really like that…
Pour batter into a greased pan and bake about 1 hour.
(When I take it out of the oven I usually remove it from the pan as soon as I can hold the pan without burning fingers and put on a wire rack to cool the rest of the way…
ENJOY! Let me know how it goes!
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You are a star . . . . will attempt today 😀
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Sweet. Do you use same measurements or do you have to convert?
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Thankfully I no longer need to convert as I have acquired America baking cups 🙂 but I cannot make today after all 😦 just discovered no eggs in the pantry! So have to wait until next weekend
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That is so sad!
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I know!!! I was distraught yesterday . . .still something to look forward to on my return from the north of the country 🙂
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I am loving these autumnal pumpkin colours which people have been posting recently.
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Me too! It just solidified my love for fall! And probably explains my pure disdain for winter (except after a gorgeous snowfall 😁)
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🙂
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