Requested Recipes

I've had a request for a couple of my recipes. Hope you enjoy.

Homemade Pear Sauce

9 pounds Bartlett pears, peeled, cored and sliced

1 cup water

2 T. lemon juice

1 to 1 1/2 cup sugar

1 to 2 tsp. cinnamon

Combine pears and water in a heavy 8 to 10 quart pan. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring often. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer, stirring often, until pears are soft about 20 to 30 minutes.

Add lemon juice, and sugar and cinnamon, bring to a boil. Simmer sauce uncovered until thick as desired. If you like your sauce smoother put in blender (I use the blender). You can freeze, can, or just eat it all up. We think pear sauce is better than apple sauce. Makes about 6 pints.

Pumpkin Bread

1 1/3 cup vegetable oil (Yikes, I know)

5 eggs

1 16oz can pumpkin

2 c. flour

2 c. sugar

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. nutmeg

1 tsp. baking soda

2 3oz. pkg vanilla pudding

Preheat oven to 350. Mix oil, eggs and pumpkin and beat well. Combine dry mixture except pudding. Add to pumpkin mixture, mix until blended. Stir in pudding mix. Pour into loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour. Makes 2 loaf pans.