Most of you are aware that the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) fund raising drive concludes on Labor Day. Our brother Ron is manager of a 7-11 convenience store. The 7-11 stores are active each year in MDA fundraising and Ron's store is no different.
Ron does various programs and activities to reach a goal of approximately $5,000 in donations from his store alone for MDA. He has an annual cookout, asks for MDA Bucks contributions, promotes a Silent Auction and has a Bake Sale.
The Bake Sale is where my sister Nedra really gets involved. For the past several years she has baked at least 100 loaves of pumpkin and banana bread for his bake sale. This year she started several months ago and surpassed that number -- she baked 150 loaves for the Bake Sale which will run this first week of September. Now, don't get alarmed the pumpkin and banana bread both freeze really well and Ron's freezer has certainly been full.
Included in this Blog is a copy of her original recipe (she still pulls it out of her recipe box when she bakes another batch of bread). Also printed below is the recipe (in the event the original is a little hard to decipher).
Pumpkin Bread
Mix together:
4 eggs, beaten 3 cups sugar
1 cup salad oil 2/3 cup water
1 can pumpkin (2 cups)
Sift together these dry ingredients:
3 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons soda
1 1/2 teas. salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Add the dry ingredients to the first mixture.
Add 1 cup finely chopped nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla
Bake in 4 loaf pans at 325 degrees for 1 hour. For the last 15 minutes bake at 300 degrees. Check glass plans at about 45 minutes.
This same recipe can be used for Banana Bread (use 2 cups mashed bananas instead of the pumpkin); for the Zucchini Bread (use 2 cups shredded zucchini).
Nedra, Larry and I all join together to help Ron in his fundraising efforts. However, since Nedra spent many, many hours baking loaves of bread, I wanted to highlight her efforts in this Blog.
Stay tuned for the next Blog .... I will write about my experience of helping with his MDA Cookout last Friday.
Ron does various programs and activities to reach a goal of approximately $5,000 in donations from his store alone for MDA. He has an annual cookout, asks for MDA Bucks contributions, promotes a Silent Auction and has a Bake Sale.
The Bake Sale is where my sister Nedra really gets involved. For the past several years she has baked at least 100 loaves of pumpkin and banana bread for his bake sale. This year she started several months ago and surpassed that number -- she baked 150 loaves for the Bake Sale which will run this first week of September. Now, don't get alarmed the pumpkin and banana bread both freeze really well and Ron's freezer has certainly been full.
Included in this Blog is a copy of her original recipe (she still pulls it out of her recipe box when she bakes another batch of bread). Also printed below is the recipe (in the event the original is a little hard to decipher).
Pumpkin Bread
Mix together:
4 eggs, beaten 3 cups sugar
1 cup salad oil 2/3 cup water
1 can pumpkin (2 cups)
Sift together these dry ingredients:
3 1/2 cups flour 2 teaspoons soda
1 1/2 teas. salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
Add the dry ingredients to the first mixture.
Add 1 cup finely chopped nuts
1 teaspoon vanilla
Bake in 4 loaf pans at 325 degrees for 1 hour. For the last 15 minutes bake at 300 degrees. Check glass plans at about 45 minutes.
This same recipe can be used for Banana Bread (use 2 cups mashed bananas instead of the pumpkin); for the Zucchini Bread (use 2 cups shredded zucchini).
Nedra, Larry and I all join together to help Ron in his fundraising efforts. However, since Nedra spent many, many hours baking loaves of bread, I wanted to highlight her efforts in this Blog.
Stay tuned for the next Blog .... I will write about my experience of helping with his MDA Cookout last Friday.
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