pumpkin bread recipe

Pumpkin Bread Recipe

• 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 2 cups solid pack pumpkin puree (from a can or you can)
  
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional) OR pecans (optional)
  
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3 cups white sugar
• 2/3 cup water
• 4 eggs, beaten
  

DIRECTIONS for Baking this Pumpkin Bread Recipe

1. Grease and flour three 7 x 3 inch pans. (I like the Pam spray with flour in it.)
2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Preheating is very important when making breads and cakes, so don't skip this step.
   
3. Measure flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, and spices into a large bowl. Stir to blend. Add pumpkin, water, vegetable oil, eggs, and nuts. Beat until well combined. Do not beat until perfectly smooth, though, as this makes for tough pumpkin bread! 
   
4. Pour batter into prepared pans.
5. Bake for 1 hour.  Ovens will vary, so stick a toothpick into the center of a loaf and when it comes out clean, it's done.

Thank you for visiting my little place on the web!  It's so great to have you hear...it's so nice to share with you one of my many passions.  There is nothing as satisfying to me as the aromas and the memories that baking affords me.  Some of my clearest and most cherished remembrances are of me and my grandmother in her 1950's era kitchen, watching her set up the electric stand mixer and allowing me to measure out the cinnamon, the ginger and the cloves.  Make your own memories, today, with any of the wonderful desserts here.  Mmmmmm...better get baking!