Pumpkin Bread
Total Time
1 hour 30 minutes
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Ingredients
8 servings
- 1 15-ounce can (1 3/4 cups) pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) vegetable or another neutral cooking oil or melted butter (115 grams)
- 3 large eggs
- 1 2/3 (330 grams) cups granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon fine sea or table salt
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Heaped 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
- Heaped 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- Two pinches of ground cloves
- 2 1/4 cups (295 grams) all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon (12 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
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Preparation
Step 1
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 6-cup loaf pan or coat it with nonstick spray.
Step 2
In a large bowl, whisk together pumpkin, oil, eggs and sugar until smooth.
Step 3
Sprinkle baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves over batter and whisk until well-combined.
Step 4
Add flour and stir with a spoon, just until mixed.
Step 5
Scrape into prepared pan and smooth the top.
Step 6
In a small dish, or empty measuring cup, stir sugar and cinnamon together. Sprinkle over top of batter.
Step 7
Bake bread for 65 to 75 minutes until a tester poked into all parts of cake (both the top and center will want to hide pockets of uncooked batter) comes out batter-free, turning the cake once during the baking time for even coloring.
Step 8
You can cool it in the pan for 10 minutes and then remove it, or cool it completely in there.
Step 9
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Chef's notes
This recipe makes a gigantic, towering loaf. If your loaf pan is slightly smaller, consider making a muffin with the extra batter to avoid spilling.
The excess of cinnamon sugar on top adds a delightful texture. If you'd prefer less, you can use half the amount.
You can also make this as muffins, which should yield about 18 standard ones, baking for 25 to 30 minutes.
This recipe works well with mashed sweet potatoes or other squashes, though wetter squashes may cause a looser batter.
The sugar quantity is scaled for the large loaf size, but feel free to adjust based on your preference.
