Aunt Elys Pumpkin Bread Recipes

EASY ONE-BOWL PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour an 8 x 4-inch loaf pan. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, oil, and eggs. Add pumpkin and vanilla; whisk to combine. Sprinkle baking soda and salt over top; stir until well blended.
• Stir in flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, cloves, and ginger; be careful not to over-mix.
• Transfer batter to the prepared pan. Bake for 45-55 minutes for dark or nonstick pans or up to 60-70 minutes for glass, ceramic, or light pans. The bread is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Tent the loaf with foil during the final 15-20 minutes of baking if the top starts to get too dark.
• Remove the bread from the pan and cool on a wire rack before slicing and serving.

GRANDMA'S PUMPKIN BREAD - A MOIST PUMPKIN BREAD RECIPE (WITH NUTS, RAISINS OR CHOCOLATE CHIPS)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9 x 5 inch bread pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• Combine pumpkin, sugar, oil and eggs and mix well.
• Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice.
• Add sifted, dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix until smooth.
• Optional step: add in one or more of the optional additions. If adding raisins, be sure to drain off soaking water first.
• Pour into prepared loaf pan.
• Bake for approximately 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean.

PUMPKIN BREAD WITH BROWN BUTTER AND BOURBON

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees and arrange a rack in the center. Grease the insides of two 8-inch loaf pans with butter or line with parchment paper.
• In a large skillet, melt 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium and cook until the frothy white milk solids sink to the bottom of the pan and turn a fragrant, nutty brown, 5 to 7 minutes. Brown butter can burn quickly, so watch it carefully. (A tip: You will know your brown butter is almost ready when the frantic sound of bubbling begins to die down, so use your ears as well as your eyes and nose.)
• In a glass liquid measuring cup, combine bourbon and vanilla. Add water until you reach the 2/3 cup mark. In a large bowl, whisk together bourbon mixture, pumpkin purée, eggs and oil. With a spatula, scrape all the brown butter from the skillet into the pumpkin mixture and stir to combine.
• In another large bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cardamom. Pour liquid ingredients into dry ingredients and stir to combine.
• Divide batter between the two greased loaf pans. Place them on a rimmed baking sheet and transfer to oven. Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a tester or toothpick inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean. Allow bread to cool completely before removing from pan.

AUNT ALICES PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• 1. In a large mixer bowl, cream the sugar, oil, until well blended.
• 2. In a another bowl mix the pumpkin, eggs, vanilla and water and blend well. Add to the sugar and oil mixture and mix well.
• 3. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and pumpkin pie spice until well blended.
• 4. Add this to the creamed mixture slowly blending well after each addition. Stir in the chopped walnuts.
• 5. Pour the batter into a greased and floured loaf pan and bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour. Let the bread rest for 15 minutes before removing from the pan to a cooling rack.

AUNT ELY'S PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Beat 4 eggs gently with 3 cups of sugar.
• Add 1 cup of oil, 1/3 cup of water and 2 cups which equals 1 - 16 oz. can of pumpkin.
• Add 3½ cups of sifted flour, 2 tsps of baking soda, ½ teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoons of cinnamon and mix thoroughly.
• Then add 1½ cups of chopped nuts.
• Put in 3 loaf pans and bake at 350 degree for 1 hour or until done.