Bread in a Jar - - From Deb

2/3 Cup Shortening
2 2/3 Cups Sugar
4 Eggs
2 Cups Canned Pumpkin
2/3 Cups Water
3 1/3 Cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp Baking Powder
2 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground Cloves
1 1/2 tsp Salt
2/3 Cups Chopped Nuts

Grease insides of 8 (1 - pint) wide mouth canning jars well (use only caning jars. Others can't take the heat).

Cream shortening & sugar together. Beat in eggs, pumpkin, and water.
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, spices and salt.
Add to pumpkin mixture and mix well. Stir in nuts. Pour mixture into prepared canning jars, filling each half full.

Bake 45 minutes in 325 degrees oven. When done, remove one jar at a time from the oven. Wipe rims, put lids (that have been boiled to sterilize) on jars and screw down rings. The heat will vaccuum-seal the jar and the bread will keep for up to 1 year.

VARIATIONS: Substitute any one of the following for the pumpkin. 2 Cups
Shredded apples or carrots, 1 3/4 cups applesauce plus 1/4 cups crushed pineapple, 1 can whole cranberry sauce, 2 cups mashed bananas, 2 cups finely chopped or mashed peaches, or 2 cups shredded zucchini.

Yeah Ti!!

Good to see your comments Tina! Sorry you had trouble getting your pictures loaded. Hope Ron can do it. I'm anxious to see them. It was so good to see you! Glad to know you're back home safe and sound. -Joy

I can't seem to upload my pictures. i got them all on a CD. I will have Ron work with it in a couple of days when he gets the time. Good night pals! Ti

Pics

Hey all,
I have never been on a blog before. I didn't even know what it was. I will attempt to post some pictures. I will make copies of the group shots for all of us. If you want any of the others let me know and I will print them. i wish I had the zoom lens on some of them they are too far away. My flight back was long but good.
It was a great pal trip. Thank you Joy and Tim!!

I'm blogging! This could be kind of fun. I'd like to post pics and will see it I can do that. Thanks for setting this up for us, Joy.

Trent's knees

Deb was right. Trent's knee condition is Osgood-Schlatter's Disease. Time is the treatment, with advil or aleve when it hurts. That's what I wanted to hear.

First Secret Pals Blog

Okay girls....let's see if we can do this blog thing. I'm fumbling my way through the set up. I'm going to try and set it so only the pals can see it. But I'm sure we can change that at any time too, if you want to allow someone else to see it. We'll see how it goes!