Pumpkin Bread

Name: Pumpkin Bread
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2 loaves
Ingredients: 3 cups flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 tablespoon cinnamon; 2 cups sugar; 2 cups pumpkin (cooked fresh or canned); 4 eggs, beaten; 1 1/4 cups cooking oil; 1 cup nuts

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Submitted by Nicole Brummett

"I love pumpkin and this is a really good bread. Great for bake sales, food gifts. Slice and add a little cream cheese for parties."

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Ready In:: 1hr 10mins
Ingredients:: 9
Yields:: 2 loaves

ingredients

3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon cinnamon
2 cups sugar
2 cups pumpkin (cooked fresh or canned)
4 eggs, beaten
1 ¹⁄₄ cups cooking oil
1 cup nuts

directions

Preheat oven to 350°.
Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
Mix all dry ingredients in a bowl; set aside.
Mix pumpkin, eggs, oil, and nuts together.
Combine mixtures and blend thoroughly.
Pour into pans.
Bake for 45-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove from pans and cool on a rack.

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Reviews

Easy and delicious!Just the right treat to get me ready for fall!!The whole family scarfed this down in a matter of hours!!I used about a 12 teaspoon of pumkin pie spice in addition to the cinnamon!Yummy yummy!Will make again for freinds!!Thanks :)

crawfish pie
Easy and very good. I used toasted pecans, which worked very well in this recipe.

tappies
This was really good! Makes 2 fullsize loaves

Dorothy K
These were really good! I added an extra cup of pumpkin like jessdavis suggested, I used nearly a tablespoon of pumpkin spice and topped the rest off with extra cinnamon. I also added a glug of vanilla. I baked 24 muffins for 25 minutes. I am baking the loaf right now. The muffins are so good! My husband accused me of trying to pass of pumpkin cupcakes as muffins, though these were much more moist than any cupcake. Next time I may try adding chocolate covered sunflower seeds instead of nuts.

Ezri_B
I have not ever made pumpkin bread, but wanted to try it. The bread had a good consistancy, but not much flavor. I was a little dissappointed.

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Tweaks

I was looking for a simple pumpkin bread recipe and came across this one and used it because of all the great reviews and I had everything on hand that it called for (a big bonus when you have two kids and can't run to the store at the drop of a hat!) I decided to take some of the suggestions in the other reviews and added a tad more cinnamon and substituted homemade unsweetened applesauce for the oil. It made 12 muffins, a med. loaf and a small loaf...it's baking in the oven as I'm tying this and it smells so delicious! Can't wait to taste it...

katthecookinmama
I won't rate this 'cause I messed with the recipe a lot. I used some roasted butternut squash instead of pumpkin, and added extra spices (1/2 t ginger, 1/4 t nutmeg and cloves), halved the sugar (we are really trying to cut back), and used melted butter for the oil. In the end it was delicious, just like pumpkin pie, and fairly moist, but I think I'll up the squash/pumpkin by 1/2 a cup next time, and try to sub in some applesauce for 1/2 the butter. I didn't miss the extra sugar at all, but I'm in the habit of cutting it back in most recipes, and was looking for something more breakfast-y than a sweet snack. Come to think of it honey would be very yummy in this too.

breadmakingmama
I have made a lot of quickbreads, and this is by far the most moist. It is the perfect balance of sweetness and spiciness. I was giving one loaf to a friend who had a bad day, so I added 1 C of chocolate chunks instead of the nuts. Perfect!

KittyBCM
sooo yummy. i halved the recipe to make one loaf as a test run first. I used 1/2 c applesauce in place of the 2 eggs since my daughter is allergic to eggs. I also did not add any nuts since I didn't have any on hand. I used libys canned pumpkin. very moist delicious bread. the loaf is almost gone already so I will definitely be making again. thnx for sharing :)

caffeine_queen_ak
These were really good! I added an extra cup of pumpkin like jessdavis suggested, I used nearly a tablespoon of pumpkin spice and topped the rest off with extra cinnamon. I also added a glug of vanilla. I baked 24 muffins for 25 minutes. I am baking the loaf right now. The muffins are so good! My husband accused me of trying to pass of pumpkin cupcakes as muffins, though these were much more moist than any cupcake. Next time I may try adding chocolate covered sunflower seeds instead of nuts.

Ezri_B