Grandma Bowden's Fairy Biscuits

These are the best rolls ever made. At least that is what I always thought whenever we would be at grandma's and she would make them. I looked forward to Thanksgiving dinner at Grandma Bowden's especially because of these rolls. There may be better recipes out there, but nothing beats a memory...especially a childhood one. These really are good though...I promise!

Fairy Biscuits

2 cups hot water
1 cup shortening or butter
2 tbls. yeast
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
1-2 tsp. salt
6 1/2 cups flour

In a large mixing bowl, pour hot water over shortening or butter. Let it cool to lukewarm, then add yeast, sugar, eggs and beat together. Add the rest of the ingredients. Let dough rise 20-25 minutes in a warm place. Pull off hunks of dough and form into rolls. Pplace on a greased baking sheet and let rise 15-20 minutes. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes.

Christmas Pumpkin Bread

This is a recipe I adapted from a family cookbook. I usually make mini loaves to give away during the holidays. I didn't do that this year. I still wanted to make some, since I can't let the hholidays pass by without it! It is really tasty!It uses cinnamon chips which kind of melt into the batter and give it a yummy spicy flavor! Sometimes the cinnamon chips can be hard to find. They are made by Hershey's, and come in a dark brown 10 oz. bag.

Pumpkin Bread

Sift together:

1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp. soda
3/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg

Mix the following together and add to dry ingredients:

1/2 cup oil
1/2 cup water 1 cup canned pumpkin
2 eggs

Stir in:

1/2 cup chocolate chips
1/2 cup cinnamon chips*

Grease 2 loaf pans and divide batter between the two pans. Bake at 350 for 1 hour. I usually make this into 4 mini loaves and only bake around 45 minutes. Check every so often so it doesn't burn!