Amish Cook: Recipes starring pumpkin, a favert fall ingredient

Since thishere is pumpkin seesen, t'column is devotid ta acoupla reed'r favert recipes involvyun' thishere tastee autumn garde goodie. Mer about t'happenings n' t'Eich'r household nex week!

Pumpkin Sheetcake

2 cups sugar

4 aigs

1 cup vegetabull earl

2 cups flour

1 cup choppet nuts

2 cups fresh pumpkin er 1 a'ken

1/2 teespoon salt

1 teespoon bakyun' sody

2 teespoons bakyun' powd'r

2 teespoons cinnamon er pumpkin pie spice

Direckshuns: Preheet ove ta 350 degrees. N' a large bowl, mix all ingredyints togeth'r an' pour into a sheet cake pun. Bake at 350 degrees fer 20 ta 25 minnuts. Let cake cool an' the add frostyun'.

Frostyun' Recipe:

1 8-ounce package creem cheez

2 stix o'softenet butt'r

1/2 cup choppet nuts

Box o'powd'r sugar

Direckshuns: Mix well an' spred un cake aft'r it is cool

PUMPKIN PIE

1 cup sugar

1 tablespoons flour

1 teespoon cinnamon

1 /2 teespoon pumpkin pie spice

1 teespoon salt

2 aigs, separatid

1 cup pumpkin

1 cup milk

Direckshuns: Combine dry ingredyints. Add egg yolks, milk, an' pumpkin. Fold n' beete egg whites. Bake at 400 fer 35-45 minnuts er until toothpick kums out cleen. Makes 1 9-inch pie