Greetings! Jamie, Everly, and I wanted to share a fall recipe with
you today. It’s an old favorite that traces waaay back to my childhood
days of being treated to dinner at a restaurant named Major Leonard
Keep. My grandmother and grandfather would occasionally invite us along
to dine with them, regardless of whether we deserved it or not, and if
my memory serves me correctly, most often we probably did not! =) One of
the foods I looked forward to nibbling on most of all was MLK’s pumpkin
bread, amongst many other goodies they provided in their bread baskets.
They were still serving this very same bread when our family celebrated
together after Jenni’s baby dedication, also many moons ago.
Disappointingly, this place of establishment is no longer in business.
Years later, however, someone was kind enough to post the pumpkin bread
recipe in our local newspaper; it appeared to have been a notable
favorite to more than just my own family! Either way, I was delighted to
espy the tasty delicacy and promptly tore it out of the “Food and
Cuisine” section before my husband could even mention the word
‘scissors’ to me! I was taking no chance on the slightest of
distractions for fear of losing this beloved recipe to the trashbin. As
I baked the pumpkin bread today – the aroma wafting throughout the
kitchen- I still savored the fond recollections of family and friends
gathered at the old restaurant of yesteryear.

Below is
the recipe, which tastes as much like a cake as it does a
bread….hmmm….I’m sure you’ve figured out by now, that our family comes
from a long line of sweettooths!

PUMPKIN BREAD
*Major Leonard Keep*


4 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 cup oil
2 cups pumpkin
3+1/3 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1+1/2 tsp. salt
*1 tsp. cinnamon (I use 3 tsps.)
1 tsp. nutmeg
2/3 cup water


Beat
eggs until light. Add sugar, oil, and pumpkin. Beat well. Add sifted
dry ingredients with water to egg mixture. Bake in 4 small loaf pans
at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes; or two regular sized loaf pans for
60-70 minutes.

Enjoy!

Heidi

*I was so glad when I heard my mom was going to share this recipe. This is my favorite thing to eat in the fall – I seriously can eat a whole loaf myself (and I am pretty sure I have). In fact, I think I am going to make some this weekend!