I can always get the boys to eat this and it sneaks in some veggies too. Throwing in a handful of butterscitch chips makes it that much better!

Magickal Pumpkin Bread
1-3/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon vanilla (love & mental prowess)
(symbolizing fertility & money) 1/2 cup vegetable oil
1-1/2 cups sugar (love & passion)
2 large eggs (fertility)
3/4 teaspoon salt (protection) 1/3 cup water (cleansing)
1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup fresh pumpkin (abundance) 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (health & wishes)
(spirituality & protection ) Powdered sugar
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (luck & health) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all dry ingredients
(except walnuts and powdered sugar).
Mix well. In another bowl, combine pumpkin, water, eggs, vanilla and
oil.
Add dry ingredients to pumpkin mixture and beat thoroughly.
Stir in nuts and pour batter into a greased loaf pan.
Bake for 75-80 minutes.
Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan. Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

Gypsy Magick Newseletter for October 11 2004

-Carol