Pumpkin, Spice, and Everything Nice!
My first pumpkin recipe to carry me into the fall. You are either are a pumpkin spice fan or not. I mean, pumpkin spice are made up of delicious ingredients: cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, ginger, and/or allspice so what is there not to like?
Is It Really That Easy?
This recipe is based on King Arthur’s Easy Pumpkin Bread. My reason to trying to this recipe is to see if it is as easy as it says in the title. And yes the recipe is just as easy as it claims! The bread came out moist and not too sweet. I added the pumpkin seeds (unsalted) on top and it added a nice crunch, but it would be just as yummy without it. What I love most about this recipe it is made all in one bowl and with the shortest amount of prep/active time.
History Fact:
“A ‘Pompkin’ recipe claling for a similar spice mix (mace, nutmeg, and ginger) can be found as far back as 1796 in the first known published American cookbook, American Cookery, written by Amelia Simmons…” – Wikipedia
Kitchen Equipment 🔪
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Easy Pumpkin Bread
This is a one bowl and super easy to make pumpkin bread that is flexible with adding other ingredients like seeds, fruit, etc.
- Spatula
- mixing bowl
- kitchen scale
- loaf pan
- 99 grams vegetable oil
- 260 grams sugar (granulated)
- 2 eggs (large)
- 76 grams water
- 200 grams all-purpose flour
- 2 grams baking powder
- 5 grams baking soda
- 9 grams salt (kosher)
- 1.3 grams nutmeg
- 5 grams vanilla extract
- pumpkin sseds (topping)
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Preheatthe oven to 350 F / 176 C.
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Lightlygrease an 8.5" x 4.5" loaf pan (if you're making the plain version ofthe bread) or if you are adding nuts or chocolate chips, grease a 9" x5" pan
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Ina large bowl, beat together the oil, sugar, eggs, pumpkin, and water.
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Addthe flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg, and vanilla, stirring tocombine
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Mixin the chips and nuts, if you're using the
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Spoonthe batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the tops of the loaves with pumpkin seeds
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Bakethe bread for 60 – 80 minutes, or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted inthe center of the loaf comes out clean.
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Removethe bread from the oven and cool it on a rack.
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When it's completely cool, wrap it well in plastic wrap and if time allows, store it overnight before serving.
