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How to Make Homemade Pumpkin Bread!

Pumpkin bread is a traditional sweet desert bread, popular in the cooler fall and early winter months, with a flavor reminiscent of a pumpkin pie!

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Ingredients and Equipment

  • 2 cups of fresh cooked pumpkin (see this page to make your own from a fresh pumpkin)
    OR one 16 ounce can of canned pumpkin
  • 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (not self-rising flour)
  • 2 tsp. baking soda
  • 3 cups sugar or 3 cups of Splenda OR a 50:50 mix of the two.
  • 4 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 and 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • 2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice
  • 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
  • 1/2 cup raisons (also optional)
  • Water:
    1/2 cup water if you are using fresh cooked pumpkin
    OR
    2/3 cup water if you are using commercial canned pumpkin
  • Makes 2 loaves.

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

  1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
     
  2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and sugar (or Splenda).


     
  3. Add the eggs, water, oil and pumpkin.





     
  4. Stir until blended.








     
  5. If desired, add the raisons and/or nuts. Mix well, either by hand or with a mixer.





     
  6. Pour into two lightly greased and floured 9x5" loaf pans.


     
  7. Bake approximately 1 hour at 350 F (175 C). The test for doneness is the knife test: when a clean knife can be stuck in and removed cleanly.

     
  8. Remove from the oven and cool slightly (10 minutes).

     
  9. Then take out of pans to let cool on a rack.

Like banana bread, pumpkin bread tastes better if you wrap it in plastic wrap (Saran wrap, cling film), refrigerate it and wait until the following day to eat it. It keeps well in the refrigerator and can be frozen.

 

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With the Deluxe Food Strainer/Sauce Maker, you can make creamy apple sauce and smooth tomato sauce without having to peel and core! This muli-use strainer forces food through a stainless steel screen, automatically separating the juice and pulp from the seeds, shins, and stems. Perfect for purees, creamed soups, baby foods, pie filling, juices, jams, and more. Save time, effort, and money by preparing your own tasty sauces to be used immediately or boiled for future use. Do bushels with ease and in a fraction of the time. Includes the tomato/apple sceen with easy twist on design and instruction/recipe booklet.

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This page was updated on 23-Nov-2007

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