Pumpkin Raisin Bread Recipes

PUMPKIN BREAD WITH RAISINS AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour 2 loaf pans.
• Sift flour, baking soda, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, and salt together in a large bowl. Toss raisins and pecans with 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture in a separate bowl.
• Beat sugar and butter together using an electric mixer in a mixing bowl until fluffy. Add pumpkin puree, orange juice, eggs, and vanilla extract; blend until well combined. Add flour mixture slowly and blend thoroughly. Fold in raisins and pecans.
• Pour batter evenly between the 2 prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until firm and tops spring back lightly when pressed, 30 to 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely on racks before serving.

RAISIN-FILLED PUMPKIN SPICE BREAD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, sift together flour, soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add sugar, oil, eggs and buttermilk. Mix well. Stir in flavorings, pumpkin, raisins and pecans. Pour into two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 60-65 minutes or until bread tests done. Let stand 10 minutes before removing from pans. Cool on a wire rack.

RAISIN PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Beat in the eggs, pumpkin, syrup, orange juice and zest; mix well. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and cloves; add to creamed mixture just until blended. Fold in raisins and pecans., Transfer to a greased 9x5-in. loaf pan. Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and top is golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.

GOLDEN RAISIN PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Scald milk; stir in pumpkin, shortening, sugar, salt and spices.
• Cool to luke warm.
• Sprinkle yeast on warm water; stir to dissolve.
• To the yeast, add 3 cups flour, the milk mixture, and eggs.
• Beat with electric mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally.
• Stir in raisins (if desired).
• Mix in enough remaining flour, a little at a time, first with a spoon and then with hands, to make a dough that leaves the sides of bowl.
• Turn onto lightly floured counter.
• Knead until smooth and elastic, 8-10 minutes.
• (This step could probably be done with a KitchenAid Mixer and a bread hook for several minutes).
• Place dough in a lightly greased bowl and turn over to grease top.
• Cover and let rise in warm place until doubled in size (about 1- 1 1/2 hours).
• Punch down.
• Turn out onto counter and divide dough in half.
• Shape in loafs and place in 2 greased 9X5X3-inch loaf pans.
• Brush tops of loaves with melted butter.
• Cover and let rise until almost doubled, about 50 minutes.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 375°F for about 35 minutes, or until bread tests done.

GRANDMA'S PUMPKIN BREAD WITH RAISINS AND PECANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9x5-inch loaf pans.
• Cream sugar and shortening in a large bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy. Stir in pumpkin puree, eggs, and water. Mix flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves, and baking powder in a separate bowl; stir into the egg mixture. Fold in pecans and raisins. Spoon equal amounts of batter into the prepared loaf pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool completely.

CRANBERRY-RAISIN PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
• Spray loaf pan (9"x5") with cooking spray.
• Sift dry ingredients (flour- baking powder) together in small bowl.
• Set aside.
• Cream butter or margarine in large bowl of electric mixer.
• Gradually add sugar.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Add pumpkin and vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk.
• Fold in cranberries, raisins and walnuts (if using).
• Transfer batter to prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour 10 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on cooling rack for 15 minutes before inverting bread on cooling rack to finish cooling.