Super Easy Pumpkin Bread

Mrs.English's Note:

I got this recipe from...? You know I can't remember now! But, it was so easy and so tasty! My kids adore them, and they are picky eaters! I do hope you enjoy this recipe! (I used real pumpkin puree, but canned pumpkin will work just fine, too!)

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup pumpkin puree
• ½ cup olive oil (can sub with canola or vegetable)
• 2 eggs , Beaten
• ¼ cup water
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon nutmeg
• ½ teaspoon allspice
• ½ cup walnuts (optional)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Sift together flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda.
3. In a separate bowl combined pumpkin, oil, eggs, water, and spices.
4. Then, combined with dry ingredients but, do not mix too thoroughly. Stir in walnuts.
5. Pour into a well-buttered 9x5x3 inch loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes until a thin skewer poked in the very center of the loaf comes out clean. Turn out of the pan and let cool on a rack.
6. Makes one loaf. Can easily double the recipe.
7. If desired, you can use them in a muffin tin as well. They come out just as moist. If you use muffin tin bake for 20-25 minute.

Reviews

[Chef #1036174]

I made this today with my 5 year old daughter, and it came out perfect! Everyone in the family loved it, which doesn't happen very often. I made two small changes: (1) I used half a cup of white sugar and half a cup of packed brown sugar, and (2) I used 3/4 cup whole wheat flour and 3/4 cup all-purpose flour. It was moist and delicious and we will definitely be making this one again!

[Chef #1499869]

I'm giving this recipe only stars because it is a good basic recipe. I added more cinnamon and nutmeg and 1/2 cup brown sugar in addition to the white and it still was not sweet enough and kind of bland. On the plus side it was pretty easy, I had all of the ingredients on hand, and it was super moist. I may keep this recipe and just play around to make it sweeter.

[erussek]

A wonderful and easy recipe! I did make a few alterations though... I substituted half of the white flour with whole wheat flour, I added 1/2 a tsp of pure vanilla extract, added an additional 1/2 tsp of cinnamon and raw sugar instead of white granulated sugar.

This bread came out absolutely delicious, my boyfriend ate almost half the loaf within the first hour it came out of the oven!