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Livvie’s Pumpkin Bread

on September 3, 2019

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HAUNTED HOUSE MURDER by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross is the third anthology book the three talented authors have teamed up for. With three Halloween-themed novellas to provide short, goosebump-worthy reads, each author spins tales based on their much-loved characters from their long-enduring series. As you would expect, each novella has different characters and much different storytelling styles.

Leslie Meier writes a soft mystery intertwining a social issue. I like how she uses the grandson of the protagonist, Lucy Stone to increase the suspense.  Lee Hollis takes the reader back in time to when the protagonist, Hayley Powell, has her young children at home. Halloween, especially when kids are involved, tends to not be quite so scary. Still the author manages to insert references to old-school horror movies and characters that had me chuckling. Barbara Ross ramps up the spookiness factor with a ghost tour in which she relates local ghost stories of Busman Harbor. As a longtime fan of the Maine Clambake Mystery series, I appreciated the peek into a different view of the town’s history and setting. I also appreciated her tale adhering to the title of the book by including a murder and not just a mystery. Despite the short novella length, Ms. Ross manages to make the story feel full length with good character development, a crime, great settings and Halloween flavors, and a complete resolution.

There are a few recipes included in HAUNTED HOUSE MURDER. I couldn’t wait to make Livvie’s Pumpkin Bread recipe provided by Barbara Ross. I loved that this is a recipe the author made for her own children throughout their childhood, and for good reason. Tender and moist, this pumpkin bread is full of warm spices that enhance the pumpkin. I appreciate that the recipe uses whole wheat flour and doesn’t use as much vegetable oil as some recipes I’ve tried. I’ll be making this yummy bread again and again for my own granddaughters, especially as autumn and Halloween approaches.

 

Tender and moist without using a lot of vegetable oil, this pumpkin bread is full of warm spices and whole wheat flour that enhance the pumpkin. Recipe shared with permission granted by Barbara Ross, author of HAUNTED HO-- USE MURDER.

 

Amazon Synopsis

Tricks and treats keep the Halloween spirit alive in coastal Maine. But this year the haunted house theme is getting carried a little too far . . .
 
HAUNTED HOUSE MURDER by LESLIE MEIER
Newcomers to Tinker’s Cove, Ty and Heather Moon have moved into a dilapidated house reputed to be a haven for ghosts. Now strange noises and flickering lights erupt from the house at all hours and neighborly relations are on edge. And when a local boy goes missing near the house, it’s up to Lucy Stone to unravel the mystery of the eccentric couple and their increasingly frightful behavior.

DEATH BY HAUNTED HOUSE by LEE HOLLIS
For the past two years, the house next door to Hayley Powell has sat abandoned after the owner died under mysterious circumstances. The Salinger family has recently taken possession of the property, but the realtor behind the deal has vanished—after a very public and angry argument with Damien Salinger. If Bar Harbor’s newest neighbors are murderers, Hayley will haunt them until they confess.

HALLOWED OUT by BARBARA ROSS
With its history of hauntings and ghost sightings, Busman’s Harbor is the perfect setting for Halloween festivities. But when a reenactment of a Prohibition-era gangster’s murder ends with a literal bang and a dead actor from New Jersey, Julia Snowden must identify a killer before she ends up sleeping with the fishes.

 

 

 

 

A special thanks to Barbara Ross for providing one winner with a hardcover copy of HAUNTED HOUSE MURDER. Contest ends Sunday, September 8, 2019 at 11:59 pm PST and is limited to U.S. residents. Please use the Rafflecopter box located below to enter. The winner will be announced on this page and on Cinnamon & Sugar’s Facebook page, as well as notified by email (so check your spam folder!)

 

 

 

 

Tender and moist without using a lot of vegetable oil, this pumpkin bread is full of warm spices and whole wheat flour that enhance the pumpkin. Recipe shared with permission granted by Barbara Ross, author of HAUNTED HO-- USE MURDER.

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Livvie's Pumpkin Bread

In the story, Julia's sister, Livvie, makes this pumpkin bread for the people on the Halloween Haunted House tour. In reality, it's a recipe I often made in the fall for my children when they were young. Made with canned pumpkin, it is simple and practically foolproof.

Ingredients
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2/3 cup canned pumpkin
  • 1/3 cup molasses
  • 1 cup whole-wheat flour
  • 3/4 cup white flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ginger
  • 1/4 teaspoon cloves
Instructions
  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees (F).

  2. Beat eggs and sugar together.

  3. Add oil, pumpkin, and molasses. Mix well.

  4. Add rest of ingredients and mix until well blended.

  5. Pour into a greased 9x5x3 loaf pan. Bake for 50 minutes.

  6. Cool in pan for 10 minutes then turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Tender and moist without using a lot of vegetable oil, this pumpkin bread is full of warm spices and whole wheat flour that enhance the pumpkin. Recipe shared with permission granted by Barbara Ross, author of HAUNTED HO-- USE MURDER.

 

 

 

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Tender and moist without using a lot of vegetable oil, this pumpkin bread is full of warm spices and whole wheat flour that enhance the pumpkin. Recipe shared with permission granted by Barbara Ross, author of HAUNTED HO-- USE MURDER.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tender and moist without using a lot of vegetable oil, this pumpkin bread is full of warm spices and whole wheat flour that enhance the pumpkin. Recipe shared with permission granted by Barbara Ross, author of HAUNTED HO-- USE MURDER.

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56 thoughts on “Livvie’s Pumpkin Bread”

  1. Carol Knudtson says:
    September 3, 2019 at 6:29 am

    Does Young Frankenstein count? “Could be worse. Could be raining.”

    Reply
  2. Julie Waldron says:
    September 3, 2019 at 6:31 am

    We just watched The Burb’s the other night. It isn’t really Halloween themed but it would be good to watch around Halloween.

    Reply
  3. Kay Garrett says:
    September 3, 2019 at 6:33 am

    Can’t wait for the opportunity to try Livvie’s Pumpkin Bread. Sounds heavenly!

    I’d love the opportunity to read “HAUNTED HO– USE MURDER” by Leslie Meier, Lee Hollis, and Barbara Ross. Know each author so know it has to be fabulous.

    You just have to love the Addam Family movies. They bring back great memories of when I was a kid and thinking how neat Thing and Uncle Fester were. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Bernice Kennedy says:
    September 3, 2019 at 6:42 am

    My favorite holiday themed movies are Hocus Pocus and of course, The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Thanks for the chance! I love reading all these authors!

    Reply
  5. Peggy Hyndman says:
    September 3, 2019 at 6:46 am

    My favorite Halloween-themed movie is Hocus Pocus.

    Reply
  6. Peggy Hyndman says:
    September 3, 2019 at 6:48 am

    My favorite Halloween-themed movie is Hocus Pocus,

    Reply
    • Lori Mervar says:
      September 7, 2019 at 2:09 am

      I like to watch the movie Halloween. I really enjoy Hocus Pocus.

      Reply
  7. Linda May says:
    September 3, 2019 at 6:52 am

    This recipe sounds amazing and the movie I love to watch is Practical Magic. Thanks for this awesome chance.

    Reply
  8. Jan Phillips says:
    September 3, 2019 at 7:03 am

    The Wizard of Oz is my all time favorite. Though not technically a “halloween” movie. Every year it came on television right around Halloween, and every year I watched it. I collect Wizard of Oz items and last year my husband treated me to a day at the “Land of Oz” on Beech Mountain, here in NC. I wish I had lived in NC as a child when it was up and running as a theme park.

    Reply
  9. Alma Collins says:
    September 3, 2019 at 7:07 am

    Hocus Pocus is my favorite! No Jason or Michael for me! I would love to read Leslie’s book! Thanks for the chance!

    Reply
  10. Christine Fox says:
    September 3, 2019 at 7:08 am

    My favorite Halloween theme movie is Hocus Pocus and Its the Great pumpkin Charlie Brown. ?

    Reply
  11. Teresa Kerr says:
    September 3, 2019 at 7:09 am

    I don’t watch horror movies, so I don’t have a favorite. I do like the Halloween cartoons that they have. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Reply
  12. Robin Coxon says:
    September 3, 2019 at 7:10 am

    My favorite Halloween themed movie is Hocus Pocus. How could it not be a great move with Bette Miller in it.

    Reply
  13. Rosie says:
    September 3, 2019 at 7:18 am

    Yum sounds good! Love Halloween stories!

    Reply
  14. Judy Weaver says:
    September 3, 2019 at 7:33 am

    No horror movies for me. I do like the Charlie Brown shows. I love a good cozy mystery set at Halloween.

    Reply
  15. Libby Dodd says:
    September 3, 2019 at 7:40 am

    When my children were young I recorded (good old VCR days) a collection of Halloween movies for their entertainment.

    Reply
  16. DOWARD WILSON says:
    September 3, 2019 at 7:52 am

    Hocus Pocus is my favorite Halloween movie.

    Reply
  17. Marsha C says:
    September 3, 2019 at 8:09 am

    I’m not big on scary movies. My favorite movie is Hocus Pocus.

    Reply
  18. E.S. says:
    September 3, 2019 at 8:17 am

    Love pumpkin bread!! I love all things Fall, including food, books and movies! ? Charlie Brown’s The Great Pumpkin and Practical Magic are two favorites for Halloween.

    Reply
  19. Vicky Burkholder says:
    September 3, 2019 at 8:30 am

    I love pumpkin bread/muffins! I’ll have to see if I can adapt this recipe to gluten free. Thank you.
    As for Halloween themed movies, does “Practical Magic” count?

    Reply
  20. Dana Damato says:
    September 3, 2019 at 9:32 am

    I love pumpkin bread and will be making some, soon. I got a chuckle out of the order of the book titles, with Hallowed Out being last!

    Reply
  21. Sharon Whaley says:
    September 3, 2019 at 9:46 am

    Love Hocus Pocus. Its tradition to watch it at least once

    Reply
  22. Billie K McCoy says:
    September 3, 2019 at 11:31 am

    My all time favorite is Halloween. I watched a documentary about the making of it and they only had a few trash bags full of leaves and they had to scoop them up and move them from scene to scene. I love it!!

    Reply
  23. Cathy Inboden says:
    September 3, 2019 at 12:10 pm

    I don’t have a favorite Halloween movie. Thank you for the chance to win a hardcover copy of Haunted House Murder.

    Reply
  24. Dianne Casey says:
    September 3, 2019 at 12:11 pm

    My all time favorite Halloween movie is Beetlejuice.

    Reply
  25. Kara Marks says:
    September 3, 2019 at 12:22 pm

    I just love Hocus Pocus.

    Reply
  26. Gina Borkowski says:
    September 3, 2019 at 1:03 pm

    It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. ?

    Reply
  27. Mary C says:
    September 3, 2019 at 1:12 pm

    My favorite Halloween theme movie is Hocus Pocus.

    Reply
  28. Alicia says:
    September 3, 2019 at 1:21 pm

    I love Hocus Pocus and Great Pumpkin. I also am an Evil Dead nut.

    Reply
  29. Jill White says:
    September 3, 2019 at 2:08 pm

    I love High Spirits with Peter O’Toole and a lot of fun ghosts. Not Halloween themed, but a very haunted castle, whistling whiting, lots of fun and lots of laughs!

    Reply
  30. Donamae says:
    September 3, 2019 at 3:20 pm

    Hocus pocus is my favorite and Halloween town thank you for the recipe and the chance to win.

    Reply
  31. Sheryl Sens says:
    September 3, 2019 at 3:46 pm

    My favorite Halloween type movie is- Room on the Broom, absolutely adorable!!!! . Then, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, Hocus Pocus, Psycho, Clue, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Transylvania 6-5000, Van Helsing, The Addams Family, Corpse Bride, Coraline, The Witches of Eastwick, Scream, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, and then there’s some older movies I like as well!. I love Halloween lol !.. The pumpkin bread looks yummy!

    Reply
  32. jacquie says:
    September 3, 2019 at 4:49 pm

    no favorites.

    Reply
  33. Toni Laliberte says:
    September 3, 2019 at 5:32 pm

    I love Halloween and Friday the 13th movies. Thanks for the chance!

    Reply
  34. Tracy Shafer says:
    September 3, 2019 at 9:00 pm

    My favorite is the original John Carpenters Halloween.

    Reply
  35. Gloria Browning says:
    September 3, 2019 at 9:41 pm

    I enjoy Rocky Horror Picture Show.

    Reply
  36. Melissa Basnight says:
    September 3, 2019 at 10:21 pm

    My favorite Halloween movie is Practical Magic.

    Reply
  37. Leslie Lawrence says:
    September 3, 2019 at 10:48 pm

    All Hallows Eve. Thanks for the chance.

    Reply
  38. Cathy Clark says:
    September 3, 2019 at 11:33 pm

    I watched Snoopy’s Halloween.

    Reply
  39. Tina Myers says:
    September 4, 2019 at 6:34 pm

    Beetlejuice!! The bread looks awesome..

    Reply
  40. Cora Hannold says:
    September 4, 2019 at 7:42 pm

    Hocus Pocus is a must to watch at Halloween.

    Reply
  41. NANCY says:
    September 4, 2019 at 9:12 pm

    The Shining

    Reply
  42. Robyn K says:
    September 5, 2019 at 5:01 pm

    It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. The recipe looks delicious. Thank you for this chance!

    Reply
  43. Lori Thomas says:
    September 6, 2019 at 6:47 am

    We like Under Wraps, Hocus Pocus and It`s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Thx for the chance!!

    Reply
    • Amber Frechette says:
      September 6, 2019 at 7:02 am

      I forgot about Under Wraps I love that movie!

      Reply
  44. Amber Frechette says:
    September 6, 2019 at 7:02 am

    I have two favorite movies The Village and Nostradamus (1922 version and hard to find). However, I love to just put on the horror channel and watch whatever comes on movies and tv shows

    Reply
  45. Kim says:
    September 6, 2019 at 7:10 am

    I watch my favorites every year, Hocus Pocus, Earnest Scared Stupid, and Haunted Mansion, even though Haunted Mansion isn’t a Halloween movie, it’s close enough!!

    Reply
  46. Robin Whitaker says:
    September 6, 2019 at 8:33 am

    Hocus Pocus – thank you for the opportunity

    Reply
  47. Donna E H Durnell says:
    September 6, 2019 at 8:43 am

    I do not have a favorite Halloween themed or horror movie. I really do not like horror movies, at least not the newer, more realistic ones. The old ones with Bella Lugosi, Lon Chaney Jr, Vincent Price, Boris Karloff are different and I will watch those. And if the Charlie Brown Movie, It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, is shown I will watch it.

    Reply
  48. Penney Wilfort says:
    September 6, 2019 at 10:58 am

    I love Beetlejuice, great review thank you

    Penney

    Reply
  49. Penney Wilfort says:
    September 6, 2019 at 11:00 am

    Love the recipe, Thanks
    Penney

    Reply
  50. TAMMY HUDSON says:
    September 6, 2019 at 11:18 am

    My favorite Halloween movie is Beetlejuice or any Stephen King Movie. Thanks for the chance.

    Tighefan 42atgmaildotcom

    Reply
  51. Connie Lee says:
    September 6, 2019 at 4:31 pm

    I don’t have a favorite, I don’t watch many scary movies.

    Reply
  52. Brittany says:
    September 8, 2019 at 6:37 am

    Hocus pocus is my favorite. I watch it with my kids at least twice a year. Last year we go to see it at our local drive-in.

    Reply
  53. KellyL says:
    September 8, 2019 at 7:11 am

    I love The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. Looking forward to trying Livvie’s Pumpkin Bread and reading this! Thanks for the chance to win.

    Reply
  54. Pam Flynn says:
    September 8, 2019 at 12:54 pm

    My daughter and I always loved to watch Beetlejuice! It was just a crazy movie that made us laugh!

    Reply

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