This is a great recipe from Lovina, a moist, delicious pumpkin bread perfect for this time of year. And speaking of pumpkins, I love this photo taken by one of our readers near Belle Center, Ohio last year showing an Amish man transporting some of these orange orbs.
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Fall Favorite: Pumpkin Bread
Ingredients
- 3 1 /2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 1 /2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 cups homemade pumpkin puree or 1-15 ounce can pumpkin puree
- 4 large eggs, beaten
- 2 /3 cup water
- 1 /3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup pecans, chopped (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Grease and flour two 9 X 5 inch loaf pans.
- Knock out the excess flour.
- Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cinnamon in a large bowl.
- Stir with a whisk to blend.
- Stir in the pumpkin, eggs, water, oil, and pecans.
- Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
- Bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 1 hour.
Tom the back roads traveller
What a great shot!