Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

For  Single recipe    (Makes 1 loaf)

Ingredients To Be Creamed:

Eggs:

Pumpkin:

Dry Ingredients:

Moist Ingredients:

Optional Nuts and Raisins:

Instructions

  1. Generously grease standard loaf pan(s); set aside.
  2. Preheat oven to 350°.
  3. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy in texture.
  4. Beat in eggs.
  5. Mix in pumpkin puree.
  6. Mix together dry ingredients in a medium bowl; set aside.
  7. In a small bowl mix together buttermilk and vanilla; set aside.
  8. Mix on low speed dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk; scraping sides as needed. Turn mixer up to medium-high and beat until batter is smooth; 30 seconds to 1 minute.
  9. On medium speed mix in optional nuts and raisins.
  10. Pour batter into loaf pan(s).
  11. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes.
  12. Bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  13. Remove from oven and cool on racks.
  14. Turn out and serve or wrap in foil and refrigerate or freeze.

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Recipe adapted from Joy of Cooking, by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, and Ethan Becker. New York: Scribner (1997).