Description
This is a good way to use butternut squash. It has the aroma and flavors of a pumpkin bread. A great bread for Thanksgiving time.
Ingredients
- 2 ⅔ cups white sugar
- ⅔ cup shortening
- 2 cups pureed cooked butternut squash
- 4 eggs
- ⅔ cup water
- 3 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground cloves
- ⅔ cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
- ⅔ cup raisins (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9×5-inch loaf pans.
- Beat sugar and shortening together in a bowl until fluffy. Stir butternut squash
- eggs
- and water into sugar mixture.
- Mix flour
- baking soda
- baking powder
- salt
- cinnamon
- and cloves in another bowl; stir into sugar mixture. Add nuts and raisins; stir until batter is just blended. Pour batter into prepared loaf pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- about 1 hour. Cool in the pans for 15 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins
Servings: 20