Vanilla-Glazed Pumpkin Bread

Pumpkin bread with a yummy vanilla glaze! Recipe from Gooseberry Patch.

• Ready In: 1 hr 20 mins
• Yields: 3 loaves

Ingredients

• 3  cups sugar
• 4  eggs, beaten
• 16  ounces canned pumpkin puree
• 3 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 1  teaspoon nutmeg
• 1  cup  oil
• 2⁄3 cup water
• 3  teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1  cup  chopped pecans

• Glaze

• 1⁄2 cup sugar
• 1⁄4 cup water
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

1. Beat sugar and eggs until fluffy; add pumpkin and mix well.
2. In another bowl, combine flour, salt, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and nutmeg together.
3. Stir dry ingredients into sugar mixture alternating with oil and water; add vanilla, mixing well. Beat for 3 minutes; fold in nuts.
4. Divide and pour into 3 greased loaf pans. Bake at 350° for one hour.
5. Mix glaze ingredients together in a saucepan boil for 3 minutes.
6. Brush hot glaze over tops of warm loaves.