The best part about making this pumpkin bread for me is the way my whole house smells as it's baking. It's the combination of spices -- cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and mace -- that make this recipe so wonderful. Of course, this pumpkin bread is delicious slathered with bread or cream cheese. But if you want to get really creative, top it with one of my flavored butter recipes. The pineapple butter or cinnamon butter would be especially nice.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Yield: 12 servings
Ingredients:
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/4 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. cloves
- 1/4 tsp. mace
- 1 cup canned pumpkin puree (not pumpkin pie mix)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup low-fat or non-fat buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a loaf pan with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat pumpkin puree, sugar, brown sugar, buttermilk, eggs and oil together until smooth.
- Stir in flour mixture until just combined. Do not overmix.
- Fold in nuts, if using. Pour pumpkin bread batter into prepared pan.
- Bake pumpkin bread 50-60 minutes until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Invert pumpkin bread and cool. Serve pumpkin bread with butter, apple butter or a smear of cream cheese.
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