Take Time in your LIFE for 10 Things...

Diva's Sentiments

Take Time in your LIFE for 10 Things...

Take Time to WORK - it is the price of success.

Take Time to THINK - it is the source of power.

Take Time to PLAY - it is the secret of youth.

Take Time to READ - it is the foundation of knowledge.

Take Time to WORSHIP - it is the highway of reverence and washes the dust of earth from our eyes.

Take Time to HELP & ENJOY FRIENDS - it is the source of happiness.

Take Time to LOVE - it is the one sacrament of Life.

Take Time to DREAM - it hitches the soul to the stars.

Take Time to LAUGH - it is the singing that helps with life's loads.

Take Time to PLAN - it is the secret of being able to have time to take time for the first nine things...

Diva's Photography:  taken in one of my thinking spots in Indiana

Diva's Snickerdoodle Coffee Cake

Diva’s Memories of Recipes Snickerdoodle Coffee Cake
Inspiration: Life is God's gift to us, what we make of it is our gift to God.
Ingredients: 2 cups flour 2~1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp cinnamon 3/4 cup sugar 1/3 cup melted butter 1 cup milk 2 eggs topping: 2/3 cup brown sugar 2 TB flour 2 tsp soft butter 1/4 cup nuts, chopped	Instructions: Sift together dry ingredients and a large bowl.  Add melted butter and milk.  Blend on low speed, then beat 1~1/2 minutes on medium.  Add eggs and continue to beat for 1~1/2 minutes longer.  Pour 1/2 mixture into a well greased and floured 8" baking pan.  Combine brown sugar and flour.  Cut butter into mixture to form crumbs.  Add nuts.  Sprinkle 1/2 crumbs over dough, add remaining dough and then sprinkle remaining crumbs over the top.  Bake at 350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes.
Variation: Yields 8 servings

Diva's Pumpkin Bread

Diva’s Memories of Recipes Pumpkin Bread
Inspiration:  This came out of one of my Aunt's church cookbooks in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  This was inserted into one of the pages: The recipes in this book may not have been tested in laboratories, but their success has been established by friends, relatives, by church and civic groups and the most critical of all--- Husbands and Family!
Ingredients: 2 cups pumpkin 3~1/2 cups flour 1~1/2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp cloves 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp salt 1 cup cooking oil 2/3 cup water 1 cup walnuts 3 cups sugar 4 eggs	Instructions: Combine all ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.  Pour into well greased and floured bread loaf pans. (will make 2 large and 1 small loafs) Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees F.
Variation: Yields 2 large + 1 small loafs