Pumpkin Bread For Pagans

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (fertility & money)
• 1 1/2 cups sugar (love & passion)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt (protection)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon (spirituality & protection)
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg (luck & health)
• 1 cup canned pumpkin (abundance)
• 1/3 cup water (cleansing)
• 2 large eggs (fertility)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (love & mental prowess)
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (health & wishes, also conteracts a fertility spell)
• confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
• 2 in a different bowl, combine pumpkin, water, eggs, vanilla and oil.
• 3 mix well.
• 4 add dry ingredients slowly and beat throughly.
• 5 stir in nuts and pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
• 6 bake at 350 degrees for 70- 80 minutes.
• 7 cool 15 minutes before removing from pan.
• 8 dust with powered sugar.