Autumn Pumpkin Apple Cider Bread

Submitted by OceanIvy

"This is so easy to make! This bread is just perfect for Autumn.The cider and pumpkin combine wonderfully!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1 loaf

ingredients

• 1 cup apple cider
• 1 cup canned pumpkin puree
• 2 large eggs
• 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
• 3⁄4 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 tablespoons freshly grated orange zest
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons double-acting baking powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground mace
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄8 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. In saucepan, boil cider until it's reduced to about 1/4 cup; let it cool.
3. In bowl, whisk together well pumpkin purée, eggs, oil, brown sugar, zest, and cider.
4. In bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, mace, cinnamon and cloves.
5. Add the walnuts; stir batter just until combined.
6. Pour batter to a well-buttered 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" loaf pan.
7. Bake in middle of oven 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean.
8. Let bread cool in the pan.

Reviews

[Busters friend]

Great recipe! I loaded it up w/flax seed, quinoa, pistachio and sunflower seed kernels - left out the walnuts. Cooked up in 8 mini loaf pans - absolutely gobbled up at the oyster roast they were taken to. Kepper recipe - next time I will soak quinoa for 5 minutes in hot water before mixing in amd will also try adding some millet to the mix. TY for a great recipe!

 

[StacyMD187373]

Very tasty quick bread. I did sub fresh cooked sweet potato in place of the pumpkin as I think they are really similar in taste and one potato made the right amount of puree. I did add a little less than 1 Tbsp zest--nectarine since that's what I had. I also subbed pecans and put in more than called for since we really like a lot of nuts in the bread. Thanks for posting! Made for Zaar Chef Alphabet Soup Tag game.

 

[Margo675]

I wasn't sure how this bread was going to turn out so I made half a batch. My cider had already been mulled. I used fresh sweet potato's as I prefer those. Used a bit more brown sugar (I have a sweet tooth). It tasted very yummy. I am very happy with it. All I would change is a little less orange zest. The orange was quite stong.

 

[Outta Here]

Very nice flavor combinations! I made two changes. I used 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup Splenda, and adjusted baking time according to Splenda directions, and subbed nutmeg for mace. Thanks for posting this!

 

[ChrisF]

A very good fall bread. I did not notice the cider in the taste of the bread, The spices and the walnuts showed up more. It is a nice textured quick bread. I would make it again if I had cider to use up, but would not buy cider just to make this bread.