Pumpkin Bread With an Orange Spice Glaze

This is a delicious pumpkin bread with a sweet orange glaze. It is perfect for a cool fall afternoon!

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 16
• Yields: 2 loaves

Ingredients

• Bread Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup  vegetable oil
• 4  eggs
• 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree (Not pumpkin pie filling)
• 2  cups white sugar
• 1⁄4 cup  orange juice
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 1⁄2 cups white flour
• 2  teaspoons baking powder
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1  teaspoon nutmeg

• Glaze Ingredients

• 1  cup confectioners' sugar
• 1⁄4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄3 cup  orange juice

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Grease 2 8"x4" loaf pans.
3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together oil, eggs, pumpkin and sugar.
4. Stir In orange juice.
5. In another mixing bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg.
6. Combine both mixtures and mix well.
7. Spoon batter into pans and bake for 50-60 minutes.
8. Cool in pans for 10 minutes and turn onto wire racks to finish cooling.
9. Combine glaze ingredients and brush on warm, but not hot, bread.