Pumpkin Bread

More pumpkin???  Hey, it's just that time of year. 

This is a sooper delicious and very moist-ish pumpkin bread recipe I got from a friend many years ago.  It's good without any embellishment, but I added the topping because ... well, I'm just that way.  It makes it a little sweeter, a little crunchier.  And I like it with nuts inside as well. It's so good, I have a hard time sharing.  But you might like it just as well sans nuts or topping.

This recipe makes 4 small loaves, and it freezes well.  I usually cut the recipe in half and just make 2 loaves unless I'm entertaining. 

Pumpkin Bread

2 cups sugar
1 cup oil
4 eggs
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp nutmeg
2 dashes allspice
2 dashes ground cloves
3 1/2 cups flour
2 tsp baking soda
2 cups pumpkin puree
2/3 cup water
1 cup nuts (walnuts or pecans)

Topping:
1/2 - 1 cup sugar
1 stick butter, melted
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup crunchy granola (vanilla)
1/2 cup finely chopped nuts

In a large bowl, combine sugar and eggs, beat well.  Add oil, spices, pumpkin puree and water and mix until creamy.  In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt and baking soda.  Stir flour mixture into pumpkin mixture.  Stir in nuts.  Pour into greased and floured bread pans.

Melt butter and mix in other topping ingredients.  Sprinkle topping over batter and bake for 1 hour at 350°.

Enjoy!

Comments

[Mike]

Looks great. I'm going to try it, minus the granola, can't get my hands on that. Might just try some butter and brown sugar on top.

[Ellen Anderson]

This recipe was great! It's also great to put a brown sugar-butter bottom. It tops it off nicely.

[David]

OK, so I need to make this instead of P-pie for T-day.

(Which means of course, that I make a few "test loaves" to test on myself and Wonder Woman before *sigh* sharing some with the kids come T-Day... :-))

Thanks! Looks delicious!

[vicki]

That sounds good. I'll try it.