Homemade Hot Chocolate

2 C milk
4 T white sugar
3 T unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 t vanilla
pinch of salt

whisk all together in saucepan on medium heat.

Pumpkin Bread

1 ½ c flour
1 t baking soda
½ t baking powder
¾ t ground cinnamon
½ t ground ginger
¼ t ground cloves
¼ t allspice
½ t salt
4 eggs
1 c sugar
¼ c brown sugar
½ t vanilla
¾ c pumpkin puree
¾ c canola oil
¼ c chopped pumpkin seeds, optional

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a loaf pan.

Combine the flour, soda, powder, spices and salt in a bowl.

Beat the eggs, sugars and vanilla together in an electric mixer on high speed for 30 seconds. Add the pumpkin and the oil and mix well.

Add the dry ingredients and mix well. Pour into prepared loaf pan and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds, if desired.

Bake 60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
Let cool in pan 10 minutes, and then turn onto cooling rack to cool completely.

Sometimes instead of making the bread, I put the dough into muffin papers for muffins. When I do that, I add a crumble topping to the muffin, which is

2 T butter, softened
2 T rolled oats
2 T flour
1/4 C packed brown sugar

cut/mix until crumbly and place a spoonful on each muffin. Muffins bakes for approx 15mins.