Pumpkin Bread + Roaring Treat

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Breakfast. Lunch. Dinner. Dessert – doesn’t matter what time of day you eat Pumpkin Bread.  It is good, warm, cold or in some cases frozen! Find out how to make T.W.O.’s delicious pumpkin bread recipe below. In honor of Halloween, there is a special bonus recipe included in the post.  Scroll down to get a T.W.O. Trick or Treat!

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Ingredients:

– 3 cups sugar
– 1 cup vegetable oil
– 2/3 cup water
– 4 eggs
– 2 cups canned pumpkin (T.W.O. always adds two extra spoonfuls in the dough)
– 3 ½ cups unbleached flour
– 2 teaspoons baking soda
– 1 teaspoon baking powder
– 1 Tablespoon nutmeg
– 1 Tablespoon cinnamon
– 1 teaspoon cloves

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Using a mixer (T.W.O. uses a KitchenAid), cream sugar and oil together until it becomes a little fluffy. Add eggs, pumpkin and water. Once everything is mixed well, slowly add the flour, soda, and powder. Make sure to scrape the bottom of the bowl so that the wet and dry ingredients are combined. Next, add in nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. Place batter into greased pans and put in the oven for about 1.5 hours or until down.

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A T.W.O. Trick or Treat!!

Since Halloween is today, T.W.O. decided to dress up their pumpkin bread. That’s right, food can play dress up too! This year, T.W.O. went with the “tiger” theme. Let’s see how this recipe roars! Thanks to T.W.O.’s brother for the vision of combining t.w.o. favorite ingredients…pumpkin and brownie!

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The main ingredient to make this tiger pumpkin bread is brownie mix. Follow the directions on the box and set the brownie batter aside. Make the pumpkin bread batter as given above, but instead of pouring all the pumpkin bread batter into the pan, you are going to want to make layers with the brownie batter.

Your final product: sassy bread that is sure to WOW your audience! The rich gooeyness of the brownie mix and the fluffy pumpkin bread is a great combination.

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Happy Baking!

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

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T.W.O. has made a ton of chocolate chip cookies in their lifetime and we discovered that throughout the years, new recipes are constantly evolving.  Most recently, T.W.O. adapted this recipe that has a secret ingredient.  Find out the trick to making the best chocolate chip cookie!

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Ingredients:

– 2 1/4 cups unbleached flour
– 1 teaspoon baking soda
– 1 ½ teaspoons cornstarch
– 1.5 sticks unsalted butter, soften
– ¾ cups light brown sugar
– ½ cup sugar
– 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
– 3 teaspoons vanilla
– 2 cups chocolate chips

In a bowl, mix butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg and yolk together. (T.W.O. uses a KitchenAid mixer!)  Once mixed well, add the flour, baking soda and the secret ingredient CORNSTARCH!  After 3 minutes, slowly add in the chocolate chips.  Place the dough in the refrigerator overnight or for a minimum 3 hours.

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Don’t forget to taste the dough!

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When you are ready to bake the cookies, take the dough out of the refrigerator.  Pre-heat 350ᴼF.  Let the dough sit out on the counter for about 15 minutes while the oven is pre-heating.  Roll the dough into balls and place them on an oil-sprayed cookie sheet.  Next, place the cookies in the oven for 10-11 minutes depending on your oven.

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Once they are finished, take the cookies out of the oven.  Place the baked cooked on a cooling rack and grab yourself a glass of milk and enjoy!

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Happy Baking!

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