Fruit Nut Pumpkin Bread Recipes

NO KNEAD HOLIDAY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Place pumpkin puree into a large mixing bowl and whisk in 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon warm water, salt, yeast, and pumpkin pie spice until thoroughly combined. Beat in flour to make a dry crumbly dough. Keep stirring until dough becomes smooth and sticky, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Cover bowl with a damp towel and let dough stand 12 to 16 hours to rise.
• Generously sprinkle cornmeal onto center area of a baking sheet. Scrape dough out of bowl, using a floured spatula, onto a heavily floured work surface. Dough will be very sticky. Dust dough with flour and gently flatten into an oblong shape. Fold 2 opposite rounded ends together to meet in the center; fold remaining 2 rounded ends to meet in the center, creating a rectangle of dough. Using well-floured hands, gently form into a round loaf with the seams on the bottom.
• Transfer dough round onto center of prepared baking sheet. Dust top and sides of loaf generously with more flour.
• Dust a dry towel with flour and place towel with floured side down over loaf. Let rise until loaf has almost doubled in size, 1 1/2 hours. Use a sharp knife to cut a 1/2-inch deep slit across the top of the loaf.
• Place a loaf pan containing about 2 inches of water onto a bottom rack of oven. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Bake on center rack of the preheated oven for 30 minutes; turn bread around in oven. Continue to bake until bread is golden brown and crusty, about 20 more minutes. Let bread cool completely on a rack before slicing.

NUT AND FRUIT BREAD

Steps:

• Grease an 8 x 5 inch loaf tin thoroughly. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a small bowl, beat the egg well. Mix in milk and melted butter or shortening.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together into a mixing bowl. Add sugar, nuts, raisins and orange rind; mix well. Blend egg mixture into fruit and nut mixture until flour is just moistened. Turn batter into greased loaf tin, and allow to stand for 20 minutes.
• Place pan in the center of the oven. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes. Turn bread out on wire rack, and cool for several hours before slicing.

FRUIT & PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack so that the top of a loaf pan will be in the middle of the oven and heat the oven to 350.
• Grease two 8.5 x 4.5 loaf pans.
• Combine pumpkin, sugar, applesauce, vanilla, and eggs.
• Stir in spices and salt.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and baking soda, and stir into wet ingredients.
• Blend in nuts, raisins, and cranberries.
• Pour batter into loaf pans (While this could make 1 large loaf; it's unwieldy and doesn't cook well).
• Bake 50-60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes in pans, them remove from pans to finish cooling.

OLD-FASHIONED PUMPKIN NUT LOAF BREAD

Steps:

• PREHEAT oven to 350°F Grease 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.
• Combine flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, salt and baking soda in medium bowl. Blend pumpkin, granulated sugar, brown sugar, evaporated milk, egg, egg white and oil in large mixer bowl. Add flour mixture; mix just until moistened. Pour into prepared loaf pan; sprinkle with nuts.
• Bake for 60 to 65 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.

PUMPKIN BREAD WITH FRUIT TOPPING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs, pumpkin and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, ginger, nutmeg, baking soda and cloves; add to the butter mixture just until blended., Transfer to three greased 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , Transfer loaves to a cutting board; cut into 1/2-in. slices. Place cut side down on ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 5-10 minutes on each side or until lightly browned and firm. Remove to wire racks to cool. , For topping, in a small saucepan, combine the pie filling, raisins, cranberries, molasses and spices. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Combine cornstarch and apple cider until smooth; stir into apple mixture. Return to a boil; cook for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; cool. Serve with toast.

PUMPKIN MAPLE NUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 9x5x2 1/2-inch loaf pan. Place paper liners in 6 muffin cups. Puree prunes and water in processor until smooth. Combine flour, sugar, oats, baking soda, allspice and cinnamon in medium bowl. Mix pumpkin, pecans maple syrup, oil, egg whites and pureed prunes in large bowl. Stir in dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture (batter will be thick).
• Spoon batter into loaf pan until 3/4 full. Smooth top with spatula. Divide remaining batter among 6 muffin cups. Bake muffins until tester inserted into center of muffin comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Bake bread until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 5 minutes. Cool muffins and bread on racks and cool completely. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap tightly and store at room temperature.)