Perfectly Spiced Pumpkin Bread
While it's wonderful year-round, nothing tastes more like fall than warm spices baked into this moist and delicious pumpkin bread. My nephews have dubbed it better than their beloved pumpkin pie! Try it for breakfast, a mid-day snack, or even dessert. If you love the flavor of pumpkin pie spices, you'll fall for this scrumptious quick bread!Adapted from a recipe for DownEast Maine Pumpkin Bread.
Ingredients
- 1 cup pumpkin puree, canned not pumpkin pie filling
- 2 large eggs at room temperature
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ⅓ cup water
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ¾ tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp. ground nutmeg
- ¼ tsp. ground cloves
- ⅛ tsp. ground ginger
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉ . Grease and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and ginger together.
- In a separate, smaller bowl, mix the pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water, and sugar in until well blended.
- Add the pumpkin mixture to the dry ingredients and mix just until blended. Do not overmix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven about 50 minutes. The bread is done when the center is set and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Set the pan on a rack and allow to cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing and serving.
Nutrition Facts
Perfectly Spiced Pumpkin Bread
Amount per Serving
Calories
262
% Daily Value*
Fat
10
g
15
%
Saturated Fat
2
g
13
%
Trans Fat
0.1
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
5
g
Monounsaturated Fat
2
g
Cholesterol
27
mg
9
%
Sodium
245
mg
11
%
Potassium
76
mg
2
%
Carbohydrates
41
g
14
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
26
g
29
%
Protein
3
g
6
%
Vitamin A
3218
IU
64
%
Vitamin C
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
16
mg
2
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.