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Our Very Best Pumpkin Bread Recipe 

Makes 2, 7-inch loaves

 

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​For those of you who bake for gift giving, this is an ideal recipe for you.

 

 

You will love that it is so delicious, moist, and tender.  Plus, a pumpkin

 

 

bread recipe couldn't get any easier than this one.  All the familiar fall

 

 

spices are included in this recipe so the aroma is incredible.  Read the

 

 

options below for more information.

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•  Nuts are definitely an options for this bread, but raisins and dates

 

 

   would also be good.

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Our Very Best Pumpkin Bread  Recipe

 

Makes 2, 7-inch loaves

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Ingredients

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•  1¾ all-purpose flour, scooped into measuring cup and leveled off

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•   ¾ tsp baking powder

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•  1 tsp baking soda

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•  ¾ tsp salt

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•  1½ cups sugar

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•  1 tsp cinnamon

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•  1 tsp nutmeg

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•  ½ tsp cloves

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•  ½ tsp ginger

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•  2 eggs, well beaten

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•  ½ cup of a good vegetable oil 

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•  ¼ cup melted butter, cooled

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•  ½ cup milk, whole is best but use what you have 

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•  1 cup canned pumpkin

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• 1 cup chopped nuts, raisins or dates (optional)

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Preheat oven to 325°F.  You will need 2, 7-inch loaf pans*, buttered and

 

 

floured or buttered, lined with parchment.

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Instructions

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1.  In a large bowl, whisk the first 5 ingredients plus the spices.  In a

 

 

    medium bowl, combine the eggs, oil, butter, milk and pumpkin; mix

 

 

    thoroughly.

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2.  Add the pumpkin mixture to the flour mixture and stir until mixed

 

 

    t horoughly; fold in walnuts.

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3.  Divide the mixture evenly between the 2 prepared pans.  Bake in

 

 

     preheated oven for 50 to 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in

 

 

     center comes out clean.

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*The loaves shown were baked in 3 by 7-inch loaf pans (bottom

 

 

  measurement). 

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Options

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•  I used refined coconut oil, melted for the loaves shown.

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•  A teaspoon of grated orange zest adds a little punch.

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•  I used walnuts in this recipe, but other options are pecans and black

 

 

   walnuts.  

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