Name: Pumpkin Bread (Or Pumpkin-Cinnamon Roll)
Ingredients: 1 pk (1/4 oz) active dry yeast (about 1 Tbs.); 1/2 c Warm water (110 degrees); 1 ts Salt; 2 ts Caraway seed (I omitted); 2 tb Molasses (not blackstrap); 1 c Fresh or canned pumpkin puree; 3 c Unbleached, all-purpose flour; Additional flour for kneading

Does it pass the “Good Test”? Philippians 4:8, “Whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” So, when you consider your belief about a particular issue is it true, honorable, right, pure, lovely, of good repute, excellent and worthy of praise? Does it pass the “Love Test”? 1 Corinthians 16:14, “Let all that you do be done in love.” 1 Corinthians 13:2, “But do not have love, I am nothing.” As much I would like to do so, probably not a good idea to blast music at my neighbor’s home this morning to get them back for their loud party that when until 3 am. Does it pass the “Conscience Test”? 1 Timothy 1:19, “Keeping faith and a good conscience.” There is so much in Scripture about being careful to never violate our conscience. For example, everyone in the church can talk about watching a certain movie, but if you begin watching it and you begin feeling spiritually uncomfortable, regardless of how innocent the movie many be intended, you must not go against your personal conscience because the more you compromise your personal conscience, the more you will sear the spiritual sensitivity of your heart. Does it pass the “Profitable Test”? This means, just because something is not expressly commanded or forbidden in Scripture, it does not mean that action is necessarily profitable for your walk with Christ. We avoid legalism, but we also avoid the “can’t find anything against it in the Bible” to support all our decisions. 1 Corinthians 6:12, “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.” And 1 Corinthians 10:23, “All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify.”

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Vegan		1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	(1/4 oz) active dry yeast (about 1 Tbs.)
1/2	c	Warm water (110 degrees)
1	ts	Salt
2	ts	Caraway seed (I omitted)
2	tb	Molasses (not blackstrap)
1	c	Fresh or canned pumpkin puree
3	c	Unbleached, all-purpose flour
		Additional flour for kneading

INSTRUCTIONS

"This delicious yeast-risen pumpkin bread is a welcome alternative to the
sweet, rich, quick pumpkin breads so often served with coffee and tea. It
makes fine sandwiches and fabulous toast."
In Large Bowl mix yeast and water, stirring to combine and dissolve. Add
salt, caraway seed, and molasses, stirring to mix. Add flour all at once.
Stir with large, sturdy spoon until all flour in incorporated and dough
leaves sides of bowl.
Turn out onto floured surface. Knead until dough is smooth and satiny,
about 5 to 8 minutes.
Lightly oil bowl (I used some cooking spray that said 2 sprays = 0g Fat).
Return dough to bowl. Cover with clean, damp tea towel. Set in warm place
(85 degrees - I think my house was at 68 and it worked fine) to rise.
Let rise until doubled, about 1 hour. Punch down, shape into loaf. Place in
lightly oiled bread pan (I used a nonstick pan, so omitted the oil). Cover
with clean, damp tea towel. Let rise until doubled and indentation made
with thumb remains.
Bake in preheated 400 degree oven until browned on top and bottom sounds
hollow when tapped, about 35 minutes (ovens may vary, mine finished about
11 minutes early). Remove from pan. Let cool on wire rack. Makes 1 loaf.
*Variations: Substitute 2 tablespoons brown sugar for molasses, and 1/2
cups raisins for caraway seed. Add 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon to liquid
ingredients. Substitute whole wheat or rye flour for 1/3 of the white flour
in original recipe.
** To make pumpkin-cinnamon loaf (this is what I did!), when dough is
punched down, instead of shaping it into a loaf, stretch the dough into a
rectangular shape. Sprinkle the dough with a mixture of sugar and cinnamon,
then roll dough up from short side to form a loaf. Place in loaf pan and
proceed with recipe.
Per slice: 130 cal.; 4g Prot.; 0.4g Total Fat (0.1g Sat. Fat); 28g Carb.; 0
Chol.; 180mg Sod.; 2g Fiber, Vegan Without the caraway seed, it should be
even less for fat.
Posted to fatfree digest V96 #293
Date: 23 Oct 96 11:23:51 EDT
From: Heather.D.Rielly@Dartmouth.EDU (Heather D. Rielly)

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