Pumpkin Bread (From the Paper)

Ingredients

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup liquid shortening
• 4 eggs
• 2/3 cup water
• 1 can pumpkin (2 cups)
• 3 1/2 cups flour
• 2 teaspoons soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 cup nuts (optional)

Steps

1. Cream sugar and oil in mixer (medium speed).
2. Add eggs, then beat in pumpkin and water.
3. Sift all dry ingredients together; add to pumpkin mixture.
4. Bake in loaf pans at 350°F for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Notes

Makes 4 small or 3 large loaves.

Ingredient list says ‘liquid shortening’; directions call it ‘oil’.

Card does not say when to add the nuts.

There were two handwritten copies of this card; one is marked “From paper” (copied from the newspaper). Makes 4 small or 3 large loaves.

Photo: stock photo found online.

Rosie Lee’s original recipe cards

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