DZ Doodles Belated Friday Freebie!

Welcome to the last DZ Doodles Digi Freebie of the year! Can’t believe Christmas is only a few days away – early on I made a huge dent in my shopping list … gift cards! Cards from “dinner’s on me” to “find somethin’ you’ll like” at their favorite department stores. But I always try to buy some small sentimental gift to throw in that pulls at their heartstrings along with a handcrafted card.

In addition to tangible gifts, I’ve packaging up some homemade holiday treats that I enjoy baking, for not only myself, but for my list of food-lover’s who indulge, binge, pig-out and otherwise consume to excess throughout Christmastime into the New Year’s festivities!

This is a delicious new recipe I’ve added to my holiday baking … Pumpkin Pecan Loaf

Prep Time: 15-minutes / Cook Time: 1-hour / Yield: 12-servings.

Flour No-Stick Spray (or shortening & flour for loaf pan), 1/2-cup light Oilve Oil, 1/2-cup sugar (for my diabetic friends I substitute 10-pkgs of sugar substitute), 2-large eggs, 1-cup solid pack canned pumpkin, 1/3-cup milk, 1-1/2-cups All Purpose Flour, 1-tsp. baking soda, 1/2-tsp. salt, 1-tsp. ground cinnamon, 1-tsp. ground ginger, 1/2-cup finely chopped pecans. TOPPING: 1/2-cup chopped pecans, 1/4-cup firmly packed brown sugar, 2-tbsp. light Olive Oil. 

1.) HEAT oven to 350-degrees. Coat 9-by-5-inch loaf pan lightly with flour no-stick cooking spray. 2.) STIR olive oil and sugar together with spoon. Stir in eggs until blended. Add pumpkin and milk. In another bowl combine flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and ginger. Add to pumpkin mixture, stirring until well combined. Stir in 1/2-cup pecans. 3.)POUR batter into prepared pan. Combine 1/2-cup pecans, brown sugar and olive oil until mixed and crmbly. Sprinkle over batter. 4.) BAKE 55 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10-minutes. Remove from pan.

DTC Kim, visited the other day and I sent her home with some of my color penciled images I had made up but never found the time to use on projects. I told her to work her magic by making something up with them … you have to visit her at Clearly Inspired to see what she’s done with the Comical Reindeer set listed in the Christmastime Category - just too cute! 

Due to computer technical difficulties I’ve experienced over these past few days, your Friday Freebie was delayed … so I’m up and running again! Just click on the image, Rose Bear, to enlarge and copy/paste into your DZ Doodles folder! I left the eye’s and nose “opened” so that you can use your own colors in those areas … like blue eye’s and pink nose!

Hope you’ve enjoyed the Freebie Friday images and will give them a try on many of your new year projects, and show us your results … we’d love to see them!

Have a happy papercrafting day! Diane