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[numberoneblind]

i'm too lazy to check, but that's probably a not-posting record for me. somehow nothing in my life seems worth documenting right now.

this week, i baked pumpkin spice muffins/bread (my own recipe, which, i have to say, IS FUCKING AMAZING), and went to kalamazoo, and last night we altered a skirt and a dress to fit me better. my father has been gone since monday, and I have to drive to south bend and pick him up from the airport today.

i am fail at packing. actually, that's what i should be doing right now. i'm not.

fun fact: for some reason, i am always melancholy in the morning.

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[heddychaa.livejournal.com]

don't suppose you'd be willing to share that recipe with someone. . . aka me, would you? I love pumpkin everything!

[numberoneblind.livejournal.com]

It is pretty straightforward, and somewhat half-assed, but certainly!

PUMPKIN SPICE GOODNESS
Wet ingredients:
2 cups pumpkin (although if there's leftover in the can, it usually goes in too...)
2/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs

Mix together in a large bowl. Set aside.

In another bowl, mix:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar (I do half and half with brown sugar on this sometimes, and that works too)
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt

And then... spices. This is where it being pumpkin -spice- bread comes in. These can be altered to taste, obviously, but here's what I use. It sounds like a lot, and is, but hey, there's 7 cups of other crap, so like 1/3 cup of spices isn't THAT bad.... I would say the cinnamon and allspice are the most important, though.
2 t. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
2 tsp. cloves
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 tsp. allspice
Stir into the dry ingredients.

Gradually (but fully) blend dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Add raisins, or cranberries, or both.

Generally this yields a dozen regular-sized muffins and a 9" x 5" loaf of bread. For the muffins, bake 20-25 minutes. For the bread... honestly, usually it's a lot of checking and poking and watching, but probably around 40 minutes. It probably won't cook all the way through, but once the center has risen and gotten a sheen to it you should be fine.