pumpkin bread

Rock Hill, SC
Updated on Oct 9, 2011

I found this and decided to try it, but do it my way so I added and took away things and turned it from my Aunts recipe to mine . you can also add cranberries to make it festive which I did . Half a loaf was gone the day it was made.

prep time 30 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake
yield 24 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 3½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1 teaspoon each: baking soda, salt and ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • 4 large eggs, beaten
  • 1½ cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 2 sticks (1 cup) butter, melted
  • 1 can (16 ounces) pure pumpkin
  • 1 cup chopped pecans

How To Make pumpkin bread

  • Step 1
    Grease and flour two 9- by 5-inch loaf pans. Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, baking powder, ginger, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cloves in a large bowl.mix in nuts and stir around to coat the nuts with the flour mixture.
  • Step 2
    Meanwhile, whisk eggs and sugars in a medium bowl. Whisk in butter until fully incorporated and then pumpkin. Beat wet ingredients into dry ingredients until smooth; divide evenly between prepared pans.
  • Step 3
    Bake until golden brown and a cake tester comes clean, about 50 minutes. Let cool a few minutes. Run a knife around pan to loosen bread. Turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.

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