Pumpkins are more than just something you can grow in your garden, or carve at Halloween. Fresh baked pumpkin bread is delicious and easy to make. Following these few steps and you can discover more things to do with pumpkins.

4 cups of flour

3 cups of sugar

2 teaspoons of baking soda

1 ½ teaspoons of salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 teaspoon of nutmeg

1 teaspoon of allspice

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1 cup of oil

2/3 cups of water

1 large can (28.5 oz) of Libby’s pumpkin pie mix

4 eggs

Mix all dry ingredients together and add oil, water and pie mix. Beat well and add egg one at a time. Bake at 350º for approximately one hour. Makes 1 large pan and 6 mini loaf pans OR 1 dozen muffins and 2 large loaf pans. Adjust baking time for mini loaves and muffins. Muffins 25 minutes and mini loaf 45 minutes.

Pumpkin Fun Facts

• Pumpkin seeds can be roasted as a snack.
• Pumpkins contain potassium and Vitamin A.
• Pumpkins first originated in Central America.
• Pumpkins are considered fruit.
• Pumpkins have been recommended for removing freckles and curing snake bites.
• Pumpkins are made up of 90% water.
• Around 90 to 95% of the processed pumpkins in the United States are grown in Illinois.
• Pumpkins are members of the vine crops family which is called cucurbits.
• In early colonial times, pumpkins were used as an ingredient for the crust of pies, not the filling.
• Native Americans used pumpkin seeds for their food and medicine.

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