Golden Harvest Bread (Bread Machine)

This lovely golden Savory bread is made using Pumpkin but butternut, sweet potato, or any hard cooked squash can be used. Canned or fresh cooked. It's very lightly flavored with cinnamon and ginger. Receiving it's beautiful golden color from the squash, the saffron and turmeric. You can use saffron and or turmeric.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Bread ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup  cooked pumpkin or 3⁄4 cup  pureed  butternut squash
• 1  cup water
• 1  tablespoon  softened butter or 1  tablespoon  softened coconut oil
• 4  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 2  teaspoons brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons fast rising yeast
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ginger
• 1⁄2 teaspoon saffron
• 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric

• Garnish

• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons  pumpkin seeds (optional)

• Glaze

• 1  egg
• 1⁄4 teaspoon turmeric

Directions

1. Place the water and squash into the bread machine bowl following with the rest of the ingredients being sure to keep the salt sugar and yeast in separate corners.
2. Set bread machine to dough cycle. Press start. At the dried fruit cycle, the machine will beep you can add optional seeds.
3. When cycle is done remove to floured surface punch down and shape into a round mound then gently press the center in . Cover with oiled plastic wrap and let rise 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
4. Mix egg and turmeric together.
5. Remove wrap. Slash along sides of bread up and down to form the look of a pumpkin. Brush with glaze. Place in preheat oven for 35-40 minutes.