Pumpkin Bread

Name: Pumpkin Bread
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 16 pieces
Ingredients: 1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour; 1-1/2 cups sugar; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 3/4 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg; 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 2 large eggs, room temperature; 1 cup canned pumpkin; 1/2 cup canola oil; 1/2 cup water; 1/2 cup chopped walnuts; 1/2 cup raisins, optional

Total Time Prep: 15 min. Bake: 65 min. + cooling

Yield 16 pieces

Test Kitchen Approved

When everything's coming up pumpkin in the fall, make this easy pumpkin bread recipe. Filled with classic pumpkin spice flavor, this sweet quick bread is perfect for breakfast, snacks or any time you need a slice of autumn.

Ingredients

1-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup canned pumpkin
1/2 cup canola oil
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins, optional

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Combine first 8 ingredients. Whisk together eggs, pumpkin, oil and water; stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in walnuts and, if desired, raisins.
Pour into a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 65-70 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 221 calories, 10g fat (1g saturated fat), 23mg cholesterol, 212mg sodium, 31g carbohydrate (20g sugars, 1g fiber), 3g protein.

I keep my freezer stocked for our harvest crew with home-baked goodies like this deliciously spicy, easy pumpkin bread recipe. —Joyce Jackson, Bridgetown, Nova Scotia

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