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Pumpkin bread

Pumpkin bread is a delicious and easy to make treat that's perfect for fall. This recipe makes a moist and flavorful bread that's studded with chunks of pumpkin and warm spices.

Ingredients

1 c pumpkin (pumpkin puree)
1⁄2 c cooking oil (vegetable oil, sunflower oil is good)
2 egg
1⁄2 c sugar (brown sugar)
1⁄4 c sugar (white sugar)
1 3⁄4 c flour
1 t cinnamon (ground cinnamon)
1⁄2 t ginger (ground ginger)
1⁄4 t clove (ground clove)

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 350º F. Grease and flour a 9x5 inch loaf pan, or line with parchment paper.

In a large bowl, whisk together the pumpkin puree, vegetable oil, eggs, all the sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.

In another bowl, mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix until just combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 60-70 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean.

Remove the loaf pan from the oven and let the bread cool in the pan for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

Slice the pumpkin bread and enjoy!

Yield
1 loaf
Cooking time
70
Preparation time
15
Total time
1 hour, 25 minutes

Notes

Serve it sliced and toasted, or enjoy it as is with a cup of coffee or tea.

This pumpkin bread is best enjoyed fresh, but it will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days.

Before making pumpkin bread, make sure you have all of the ingredients ready.

Variations

If you want to make pumpkin bread that's even more delicious, you can add things like nuts, chocolate chips, or dried fruit to the batter. You can also try different spices like pumpkin pie spice or cinnamon sugar.

And if you want moist and flavorful bread, try using pumpkin puree made with fresh pumpkin instead of canned pumpkin puree or pie filling.

You can also glaze or decorate the top of the loaf.

Source

People have been eating pumpkin bread for a long time. some people think that pumpkin bread was invented in America, but it might be from England. Pumpkin bread is usually baked in a loaf pan. This sweet bread is sometimes called pumpkin spice bread or pumpkin cake.