Spiced Pumpkin Bread

Description

A pumpkin loaf spiced with cinnamon, ground cloves, and nutmeg. I came up with this recipe after many failed attempts at pumpkin loaf. I adapted a favorite banana loaf recipe and this was the result. Yum! This recipe yields 3 loaves. Stock your freezer!

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups white sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 3 cups pumpkin puree
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ½ teaspoon salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Mix white sugar
  3. brown sugar
  4. and melted butter together in a large bowl. Stir in eggs and vanilla extract; mix in pumpkin until thoroughly combined.
  5. Whisk flour
  6. cinnamon
  7. baking powder
  8. baking soda
  9. nutmeg
  10. cloves
  11. and salt together in a separate bowl. Mix flour mixture into pumpkin mixture until incorporated. Pour batter into three 5×9-inch loaf pans. Smooth batter evenly in each pan.
  12. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the middle of each loaf comes out clean
  13. 45 to 50 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 45 mins

Total Time: 1 hr

Servings: 24

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