Mujeres de Esperanza/ Saturday Sweetly

Today is a special Saturday. Today we, the women of Iglesia Bautista Esperanza, had another fellowship, and I have a delicious recipe "approved" by the women. This is another quick-bread recipe, our homemade Pumpkin quick-bread.

 So, here are the ingredients you will need for this recipe:

• 3 cups sugar
• 1 cup oil
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin
• 3 ½ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 2/3 cup water

Here is a picture of all the ingredients, as well as the finished product.

As always, the first step to each recipe is to preheat your oven.

      1.  Preheat your oven to 350º F.

2.  Next, using an electric mixer, combine sugar, oil and eggs. Beat until light and fluffy.

3. Stir in the pumpkin. This will make the mixture very thin, but it will get thicker in the next few     steps.

4. Now, in a separate bowl, combine the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda,      ground cloves, cinnamon, and allspice.

5. Once the dry ingredients are combined together, stir it into the pumpkin mixture.

6. Afterwards, add the water, mixing well.

7. Spoon the batter into two well-greased 9x5x3-inch loaf pans, or, if you have it, two well-greased 9x5x3-inch loaf pans and a half-loaf pan.

8. Now the batter is ready to bake in a 350º F oven for 65 to 75 minutes.

9.  Once fully baked, allow to rest in the pan 5 minutes before removing from the pan.

Now you have a yummy recipe for pumpkin quick-bread that has been "approved" by the Women of Esperanza. Also, here is a glimpse of what we learned today in the fellowship: we talked about how God is a better friend to us than any human can hope to be. Hope you enjoy!

 "A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."  Proverbs 18:24