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I have to share a yummy frugal recipe that is wonderful for this time of year... Pumpkin Coffee Cake.  I would also like to to share some trivia about me.  I LOVE, love, love anything pumpkin.  I love foods made with it, pumpkins are my favorite things to grow in the garden, and I love how cute pumpkins are.   I like the shape so much I made a candle cast for my candles from a mini pumpkin.   So, in honor of pumpkins here is my recipe to share.

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Pumpkin Coffee Cake

• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/4 cup of margrine or butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 Tblsp baking powder
• 1/2 salt
• 3/4th cup milk
• 1/2 cup mashed/or canned pumpkin
• 1/3rd cup flour
• 1/4th cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp. gr. cinnamon
• 2 bsp margrine or butter

In a mixer cream sugar, margrine/butter,  and beat eggs and vanilla.  Sift or stir together flour, baking powder,  and salt;  add to creamed mixture alternately with milk.  Blend pumkin with 2/3rds  cups of batter. Spread  remaining batter in a greased  8x8x2 inch baking pan.  Drop pumpkin mixture over batter by tsp's.

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Mix 1/3rd cup flour,brown sugar, and cinnamon:  cut in 2 Tbsps  of margrine/butter.  Sprinkle over coffee cake.

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Bake 350* over 40 to 45 minutes. Serve warm.

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I hope this is  a winner for you all.  I love baking and if you can make it frugal it is even BETTER.

"If mothers could learn to do for themselves what they do for their children when these are overdone, we should have happier households. Let the mother go out to play! If she would have the courage to let everything go when life becomes too tense, and just take a day, or half a day, out in the fields, or with a favourite book, or in a picture gallery looking long and well at just two or three pictures, or in bed, without the children, life would go on far more happily for both children and parents. The mother would then be able to hold herself in "wise passiveness’ and would not fret her children by continual interference even of hand or eye - she would let them be." ...Charlotte Mason

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Shampoo...one pump or two

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I thought I would pass on a simple way I have learned to save money with shampoo cost.  If you take your shampoo and fill up a hand pump type dispenser and set it in your shower/tub area.  You can use it for portion usage control.  One pump for short hair and two pumps for long hair.  This is a wonderful tip if you have kids.  Simple is a great way to go anytime there is a chance.

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Now to join in the fun of Tightwad Tuesday....

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  Link your TWT post click on MckLinky and give exact the URL of your post.   (each Tuesday that  you join in on the fun)  

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example of a URL ...

http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/Canadagirl/693425/

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  Now go ahead link and read and comment on all these other's wonderful TWT's. 

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 Lets save our pennies, nickles, dimes, and dollars  together !

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"There are only a few big ways to save money but there are many small ways ....that all adds up."

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PS:

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"If mothers could learn to do for themselves what they do for their children when these are overdone, we should have happier households. Let the mother go out to play! If she would have the courage to let everything go when life becomes too tense, and just take a day, or half a day, out in the fields, or with a favourite book, or in a picture gallery looking long and well at just two or three pictures, or in bed, without the children, life would go on far more happily for both children and parents. The mother would then be able to hold herself in "wise passiveness’ and would not fret her children by continual interference even of hand or eye - she would let them be." ...Charlotte Mason