Pumpkin Bread ~ Pumpkin Muffins

3 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3 teaspoons cinnamon

1 15 oz. can of pumpkin (or 2 cups)

4 eggs lightly beaten

1 cup oil

1/2 -1 cup nuts, raisins, chocolate chips or craisins (optional)
1 batch streusel topping 

Directions~

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a large bowl. Add pumpkin, eggs, and oil and stir only until dampened then add nuts, raisins, etc. 

Muffins~ Pour dough into sprayed muffin pans or muffin wrappers and bake in pre-heated oven for 18-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Bread~ Pour dough into sprayed bread pans and bake in small bread pans (7 in. wide 3 in. long 2 in. tall) for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. You can do bigger loaves but will take longer.           

Blueberry Muffins

                                                                Yummy Blueberry Muffins!                    


Blueberry Muffin Recipe

1/2 cup butter, softened
1 1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup milk
2 cups blueberries
3 tsp. sugar

Pre-heat over to 375 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until light. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder. Add dry mixture to the cream mixture, alternately with milk. Crush 1/2 cup blueberries with a fork and mix into batter. Fold in remaining whole berries. Fill large muffin cups. Sprinkle with sugar. Bake 20-30 minutes.  

Pinecone Craft for Christmas

This is an easy and quick craft to do!


Find some pinecones and stick some little pompoms in your pinecone. No glue even necessary. How cute!

Take your pompoms and wedge them into the cracks of your pinecone~

You can also take ribbon and thread it around your pinecone for a different look~

Make A Candy Acorn

Ingredients-

Nutter Butter Snack Bites

Hershey's Kisses

Chocolate Chips

Melt some chocolate chips to make "glue".

Put melted chocolate chips in zip up plastic baggie. Snip end corner and squeeze your "glue" onto Nutter Butter. This makes it easy and easy clean up too!

Put chocolate chip on other side of Nutter Butter.

Yummy Acorns!

Birds

Why do birds take a bath in a puddle when it is raining?                                                                                                                                    

Iris

Iris

                                                  

Birds

                                                                                 Dove