Servings: 12

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Bake Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

What You Need:

• 3 cups flour
• 2 cups buttermilk
• 1 1/2 cups raisins (optional)
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 lightly beaten egg
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup butter, melted

What You Do:

1. Grease a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Mix egg and buttermilk together. Combine with rest of ingredients (except melted butter) and blend until smooth.
3. Blend in butter.
4. Bake for 65 – 70 minutes and remove to a wire cooling rack, allowing bread to cool for several hours.

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Servings: 6 – 8

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Bake Time: 40 – 50 minutes

What You Need:

• 1 double-layer 9″ pie crust
• 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
• 1 cup uncooked cubed potatoes
• 2 cups cubed cooked chicken
• 2 tablespoons chopped onion
• 1- 10.75 oz can condensed cream of chicken soup
• 1/2 cup milk

What You Do:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degree Fahrenheit.
2. Mix all ingredients thoroughly in a bowl and pour into the ready-made pie crust.
3. Add top layer of pie crust and crimp edges to bottom layer.
4. Poke fork holes or knife slits into the top crust for ventilation.
5. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes.

Servings: 1 loaf

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Bake Time: 1 hour

What You Need:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup of canned pumpkin puree
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger

What You Do:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
2. Mix brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, nutmeg, ginger, and one cup of the flour in a bowl. And in milk, eggs, shortening, and pumpkin.
3. Beat ingredients with a mixer on high speed for two minutes. Add in second cup of flour and beat again. Stir in optional walnuts.
4. Pour batter into a greased 9 X 5 X 3-inch loaf pan and bake for one hour.
5. Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Remove loaf from pan.