The Best Pumpkin Bread

1 C butter, softened
3 C sugar
3 eggs
3 C all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
1 1/2 tsp ground cloves
1 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
1 (16 oz) can solid pack pumpkin

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Stir in pumpkin. Pour into 2 greased loaf pans. Bake at 350' for 1 hour. Check with toothpick.

I found this on allrecipes.com and made it for my primary class last Sunday. They had all brought their scriptures  several weeks in a row and I promised them a treat. They were thrilled with this. And I have tried many different recipes for Pumpkin Bread, but Isaac and I have decided that this one is our favorite. It is very moist. Isaac exclaimed as he pulled it out of the oven that this was the best looking bread we have ever made. So we've decided it's a keeper.

This can be made into small muffins for small mouths. You can also add chocolate chips.

Chicken Cacciatore

• 1 1/2 C marinara sauce
• 1/2 C thinly sliced onions
• 1/4 C tomato paste
• 1/4 C red or white wine
• 1/2 tsp each dried rosemary and salt
• 8 small chicken thighs (about 1 3/4 lb), skin removed
• 8 oz mushrooms, cut in half and quartered if large

1. Mix marinara sauce, sliced onions, tomato paste, wine, rosemary and salt in a 4-qt or larger slow cooker.

2. Add chicken and mushrooms; toss to mix and coat.

3. Cover and cook 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 hours on high or 5-8 hours on low until chicken and onions are tender. 

I got this recipe from my mom, she just found it recently in a magazine and it is a keeper! It's so easy. 

You can use any kind of spaghetti sauce that you prefer or even just a can of generic plain tomato sauce if you use all the spices. I didn't have mushrooms, but I did have green pepper to add. And I used chicken breasts instead of thighs because that's what I had in my freezer and I threw in some bacon from the freezer to give it some flavor since I wasn't using meat with bones. I also don't have any cooking wine, so I put in 1/2 Tbsp red wine vinegar at the end. I added lots of spices like a bay leaf, basil, parsley, and thyme. I also added lots of garlic.

I served this on top of pasta noodles. But you could serve it over rice or potato instead. 

White Bread in the Bread Machine

1 C water
1 tsp salt
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
2 Tbsp white sugar
2 Tbsp dry milk powder
3 C white flour
1 1/4 tsp yeast

Toss into bread machine and start.
Very light and fluffy.