Pumpkin Bread is in the oven as I write this, filling the house with the scent of cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and everyone's favorite Thanksgiving squash that begins with a 'P.' I haven't had breakfast or lunch yet today — it's 1:45 p.m. EST — and I will be hard-pressed not to do things to that bread that I really shouldn't. Things like slicing it fresh out of the oven. Or burying my face in it. Or licking it.
But I won't.
I'll let the loaves cool on wire racks — completely — before swaddling them in plastic wrap and aluminum foil. I'll let them hang out for a day or two before I ravage them. I won't lick them so that I might share them with others.
Pumpkin Bread
(I copied this recipe out of a magazine several years ago; wish I could give proper credit. ... It makes 2 standard-size loaves.)
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons baking soda
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2 3/4 cups brown sugar, packed
15 ounces pureed pumpkin
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
2/3 cup water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and lightly flour two standard-size loaf pans (9x5-ish inches).
Whisk together dry ingredients in small bowl. Set aside.
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In large bowl, mix brown sugar, pumpkin, oil, eggs and water.
Stir in dry ingredients until thoroughly combined.
Divide batter equally between prepared pans and bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour.
Remove loaves from pans and let cool completely on wire racks.
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