Description: Better make 2 batches of this stuff with hungry Hobbits around.

Submitted by: admin on 2004-07-27 10:29:28

Serves: 2 hobbits, or 6 regular people

Prep Time: 20 min

Difficulty: Easy

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Ingredients

* 7/8 of a cup of pumpkin
* 3/4 of a cup of sugar (unprocessed sugar that still contains the molasses adds even more flavor to this recipe)
* 1/2 of a cup of unsweetened applesauce
* 2 tablespoons of flax meal (or 1 egg if you're not vegan)
* 1 tablespoon of molasses
* 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice (a mix of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg)
* 1 and 5/8 of a cup of flour
* 1 teaspoon of baking powder
* 1/2 of a teaspoon of baking soda
* 1/4 of a teaspoon of salt
* 6 tablespoons (1/4 + 1/8 of a cup) of water
--For icing if desired:--
* 1 tablespoon of orange juice
* 1/2 of a cup plus 1/8 of a cup of powdered sugar

Instructions

Oven 350.
Mix together flax meal and water. Add the pumpkin, sugar, applesauce, molasses, and pumpkin pie spice. Then mix in the rest (except for o.j. & powdered sugar). Bake at 350 for 1 hour in a greased bread pan until toothpick comes out clean. When cooled, mix together the orange juice and powdered sugar. Drizzle it over the bread. Eat quickly before Merry gets a hold of it, he'll polish it off before you can say "Brandybuck".