Butter dipped breadsticks

We always make these to go with Split Pea Soup. Have since I was a kid.

1/4 cup butter/margarine
1 1/4 cup flour
2 tsp sugar
1 tsp salt
2/3 c milk

Preheat oven to 350 degree. Melt butter in an 8x8 pan. Combine the other ingredients until dough is formed. Roll out on flour surfaced and cut into sticks. Dip both sides in the melted butter and place in pan. Bake for 12-15 minutes.

Pumpkin Bread

Mikaela got me hooked on this. I love the pumpkin bread from starbucks and this one is rathr close.

3 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cups water
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground allspice
3 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 cup walnuts (optional)
1 cup raisins (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour three bread pans. Mix oil, sugar and eggs together in a large bowl. Mix in pumpkin pure and water. Stir flour, soda, baking powder, salt, and spices. Add to the pumpkin mixture. mIx until just combined. Stir in nuts and raisins. divide batter into prepared pans. Bake 1 hour. Cool on wire racks.

French Breakfast Puffs

I remmeber these from childhood. The recipe was in a cookbook that my dad had and I think he still does. I loved when we would have these for breakfast. Must be because I love snickerdoodles and they remind me of those. I got htis recipe off of Allrecipes.com which numerous of my recipes generate from.

French Breakfast Puffs

1 1/2 c. Flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 shortening
1 egg
1/2 cup milk

topping:
1/2 cup white sugar
1 easpoon ground cinnamon
6 Tablespoons melted margarine

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease muffin tins. In large bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and nutmeg. In a seperate bowl cream together 1/2 cup sugar and shortening. Beat in egg. Stir in flour mixture alternating with the milk. Beat well. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. While muffins are baking combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon. Remove muufins form oven and immediately dip the tops of the muffins in the melted margarine and then the cinnamon and sugar mixture. Make sure the tops are covered. Serve warm.