The joy of fall is upon us and I was thrilled when the temperature dropped down low enough to make this moist, delicious Pumpkin Bread. I gathered some of my favorite essential oils for baking and went to work! This recipe is super moist and perfect for gifting.
The essential oils in this recipe really highlight the essence of fall baking. They’re warm, nutty, and spicy with a touch of sunshine (from the lemon essential oil!). Try this recipe as it’s written and then boost the essential oil drops in future batches to suit your taste buds. There is lots of room for you to tweak for your family’s preferences. You might try adding more drops of cinnamon bark vitality or even substituting orange vitality or tangerine vitality essential oil instead of the lemon vitality. Yum!
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 43 minutes
Total Time: 53 minutes
Servings: 8 loaves
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 3/4 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 15 oz can pure pumpkin puree (not flavored pie filling)
- 4 large eggs
- 1/3 cup water
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 2 drops Cinnamon Bark Vitality essential oil
- 1 drop Clove Vitality essential oil
- 2 drops Nutmeg essential oil
- 1 drop Ginger Vitality essential oil
- 4 drops Lemon Vitality essential oil
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees. Spray pans with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and sugar. Stir and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the coconut oil, butter, pumpkin puree, eggs, water, yogurt, and all essential oils. Blend until combined.
- With the mixer on low, slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Scrape the sides often to make sure all the ingredients get blended in. When they’re combined, switch mixer to medium and blend for two minutes on medium until the mixture is light and fluffy.
- Divide the batter evenly among the loaf pans. Place the filled mini pans on a large cookie sheet to make it easier to transfer them to and from the oven.
- Bake for 43 – 48 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the middle of the bread. (Disposable mini loaf pans took about 5 minutes longer than the porcelain pan I used.)
**This recipe is great for freezing. Just bake the loaves as directed and cool thoroughly. Wrap them tightly in plastic wrap and freeze for up to 8 weeks. When you’re ready to gift them just move them to the refrigerator for 24 hours, wrap, and give away! The pumpkin bread will be as moist and delicious as the day you baked it!
Apple Cider With Vitality Oils
Sip back and relax by the campfire with this apple cider with Vitality essential oils!
Ingredients:
4 cups apple cider
8 drops Orange Vitality essential oil
2 drops Cinnamon Bark Vitality essential oil
2 drops Clove Vitality essential oil
2 drops Ginger Vitality essential oil
Cinnamon sticks (optional garnish)
8 drops Orange Vitality essential oil
2 drops Cinnamon Bark Vitality essential oil
2 drops Clove Vitality essential oil
2 drops Ginger Vitality essential oil
Cinnamon sticks (optional garnish)
Instructions:
Place the apple cider in a stainless steel cooking pan on your stovetop. Heat until very warm; no need to boil. Stir in the essential oils. Serve while warm. Garnish with a cinnamon stick, if desired.
Place the apple cider in a stainless steel cooking pan on your stovetop. Heat until very warm; no need to boil. Stir in the essential oils. Serve while warm. Garnish with a cinnamon stick, if desired.
This DIY sugar scrub is made of pumpkin spice and everything nice. It makes a great gift!
Pumpkin Spice Sugar Scrub
Ingredients
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon sweet almond oil (or coconut)
- 2 tablespoons pumpkin puree
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 6-8 drops orange essential oil
- 2 drops cinnamon bark essential oil
Directions
- Add brown sugar to a mixing bowl.
- Spoon in almond oil and pumpkin puree. Stir to combine.
- Add essential oils and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth.
- To use: Apply a generous amount of scrub to your face and neck. Using your fingers, scrub skin gently in a circular motion. Rinse off and pat skin dry.
- For best results, store in a glass container in the refrigerator for up to 4 weeks.
Are you ditching the chemicals out of your bathroom? Don’t forget your mouthwash! No alcohol, synthetic dyes, artificial flavors, or preservatives! AND infused with essential oils! Hubby and I LOVE it! But want to see how we make it last longer?! 
I’ve been using essential oils for years, for many different reasons and have even use them for cleaning my home, cars, and office. Now, here’s the thing…there’s always something going on in my kitchen, which means there’s a lot of cleaning to be done. I also have pets and then of course, there’s the people who make messes from time so when I purchased my first bottle of Thieves Household Cleaner, I had very high expectations because of how much I love Thieves essential oil. I want to share with you that this cleaner delivers and actually exceeds my expectations! It may be hard to believe but Thieves Household Cleaner is truly an all in one cleaner with an added benefit of being non-toxic.
What I love about Thieves all purpose cleaner, is that it is made from 100% plant based and mineral ingredients, and it’s environmentally friendly plus biodegradable. It contains Thieves and lemon essential oils, which are both excellent for natural cleaning. Thieves Household Cleaner comes in a concentrated form so that you have the flexibility to mix it up depending on what your needs are. Here’s how I use it ~
- Regular all-purpose cleaning: 1 part Thieves (1 cap full) to 30 parts water(about 3 cups.)
- Heavy duty cleaning and de-greasing: 1 part Thieves to 15 parts water.
- Glass, windows an light cleaning: 1 part Thieves to 60 parts water.
I use a 30oz. spray bottle to hold my cleaning mixture. Since Thieves comes in a 64oz bottle, the breakdown comes to about 128 bottles of all natural cleaner at about 88 cents each. I’ve never purchased an all natural cleaner for any where close to that price and never one that’s as effective as Thieves.
The cleaning power of Thieves stands on it’s own and so does the fact that it’s economical but those two reasons are are not the main reason for my purchase. I wanted a product that would be safe around my family, pets and food from a company that I trust. Using so many products that are full of hard chemicals was just not working for me and I was passionate about finding a better way to clean. Thieves from Young Living Esssential Oils has proven time and time again that I made the right choice.
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