Pumpkin & Chocolate, Together At Last

I don't just like pumpkins. I love pumpkins!
I love big pumpkins, small pumpkins, even the new white pumpkins!

If pumpkins were Liberals I would vote for Dalton McGinty that's how agreeable I find them. Fortunately for me pumpkins don't do politics.

What pumpkins do is feed people.

This is a recipe I got from my fearless friend, Elaine, who lives in Whitehorse, Yukon.

I say fearless because she once came to my house and killed ten bizzillion hornets with a rolled up newspaper. You have to respect a recipe from a woman like that.

Besides, this recipe combines pumpkin and chocolate. 

How sexy is that?





Elaine's Harvest Loaf

Step 1

Combine in the order given:

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup granulated sugar

2 eggs

3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Step 2

Combine these items separately and stir well:

1 & 3/4 cup flour

1 tsp soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp nutmeg

Step 3

Combine steps 1 and 2 and then add 3/4 cup of canned pumpkin

Step 4

Bake at 350 for 1 & 1/2 hours

Step 5

This step is the most important part of the recipe. 

Do not omit it!

Add:
 one hour for yourself,
one dog
 one cup of tea
and whatever thriller you are reading at the moment.

Great recipe, eh?