Farmer John’s Favorite Pumpkin Bread
Angela Wyant
Prep and Cook Time: about 1 1/4 hours. Rich spice flavors shine in this tender, cakelike bread. Notes: You can store this bread airtight at room temperature up to 3 days or freeze up to 3 months.
How to Make It
Step 1
1
Preheat oven to 350° (325° convection).
Step 2
2
In a large bowl, mix flour, brown sugar, granulated sugar, nuts, raisins, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, cloves, allspice, and ginger until well blended.
Step 3
3
In another bowl, whisk together eggs, Mashed Pumpkin, and oil until well blended.
Step 4
4
Add wet ingredients to flour mixture and stir just until well blended. Pour equally into two oiled 8 1/2- by 4 1/2-inch loaf pans (with 2 2/3-cup capacity each).
Step 5
5
Bake until bread pulls from pan sides and a wooden skewer inserted in center of thickest part comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let bread cool in pans on a rack for about 15 minutes. Cut around outside edges of bread and invert onto racks. Cool thoroughly.
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups firmly packed dark brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans
1/2 cup raisins
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 1/4 teaspoons ground nutmeg
3/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
3 large eggs
3/4 cup vegetable oil
