Description
Growing up, I always looked forward to this tasty pumpkin bread that my mom made in the fall and winter. This is a savory bread that tastes amazing toasted and topped with butter.
Ingredients
- 2 (.25 ounce) packages active dry yeast
- ½ cup warm water
- 1 cup canned pumpkin
- 1 cup milk
- ¼ cup shortening
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- 2 eggs
- 6 ½ cups all-purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a bowl and 2 loaf pans.
- Stir yeast in warm water in a bowl until dissolved. Let sit until yeast starts to foam
- about 5 minutes.
- Stir pumpkin
- milk
- shortening
- sugar
- salt
- cinnamon
- ginger
- and cardamom into the yeast mixture. Add eggs and 3 cups flour. Beat
- using an electric mixer on medium speed
- scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed
- about 2 minutes. Mix in remaining flour
- 1/2 cup at a time
- until dough pulls away from the sides of the bowl.
- Turn it onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic
- 8 to 10 minutes.
- Place dough in the greased bowl and turn to coat. Cover with a clean cloth and let rise in a warm place until doubled in volume
- 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
- Punch down dough and turn onto a lightly floured surface. Divide dough in half; form into loaves and place into the prepared pans. Cover loaves with a clean cloth and let rise until doubled in volume
- about 30 minutes.
- Bake in the preheated oven until top and sides are brown
- about 35 minutes.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Cook Time: 35 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 40 mins
Servings: 20