Autumn Harvest Pumpkin Bread Food

HARVEST PUMPKIN APPLE BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour two 9 x 5-inch loaf pans.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
• Combine sugar, pumpkin, eggs, vegetable oil and apple juice in large mixer bowl; beat until just blended.
• Add pumpkin mixture to flour mixture; stir just until moistened.
• Fold in apples.
• Spoon batter into prepared loaf pans.
• Bake for 65 to 70 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• To make using three 8 X 4-inch loaf pans: Prepare as above and bake for 60 to 65 minutes.
• To make using five or six 5 X 3-inch mini-loaf pans: Prepare as above and bake for 55 to 60 minutes.

AUTUMN PUMPKIN BREAD WITH PECANS

Steps:

• Place the yeast and warm water in a large bowl and stir with a fork to dissolve the yeast. Allow to stand for about 3 minutes.
• Add the honey, pumpkin puree, milk, egg yolks, cornmeal, and 1 2/3 cups (8 ounces) of the high-gluten flour to the yeast mixture. Stir briskly with a whisk until the ingredients are well combined. Let this sponge stand for at least 15 minutes but not longer than 30 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, whisk the remaining 2 1/3 cups (11 3/4 ounces) high-gluten flour, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and salt together to mix well. Add to the sponge and stir with your fingers to incorporate the flour, scraping the sides of the bowl and folding the dough over itself until it gathers into a shaggy mass. Knead the dough in the bowl until it becomes smooth and somewhat elastic, about 5 minutes. Gradually add the melted butter, kneading it in gently until well incorporated.
• Move the dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead until it is very smooth, silky, and elastic, about 5 minutes. The dough will be sticky, so keep the work surface and your hands lightly floured, but don't overdo it. The dough should be soft, supple, and springy. Shape the dough into a loose ball, cover it with plastic wrap, and let it rest for 20 minutes. (This rest period is the autolyse.)
• Flatten the dough and stretch it gently with your fingers to form a rectangle about an inch thick. Spread the toasted pecans evenly over the rectangle. Fold the whole mass into an envelope and knead it gently until the nuts are well distributed, about 2 to 3 minutes. If the dough resists, let it rest for 5 minutes and then continue kneading it. Some of the pecans may pop out of the dough, but they can easily be incorporated again after the first rise, when the dough has softened.
• Shape the dough into a loose ball and place it in a lightly oiled bowl, along with any loose pecans. Turn to coat the dough with oil, then cover the bowl tightly with oiled plastic wrap. Let the dough rise at room temperature (75 degrees to 77 degrees F) until it has doubled in volume, about 2 hours.
• While the bread is rising, make a cornstarch wash: Put the cold water in a small saucepan and whisk in the cornstarch. Bring to a boil, stirring frequently until it thickens. Remove from the heat and cover to keep a skin from forming. Set aside to cool.
• When the dough has doubled, gently pour it out of the bowl onto the floured work surface, pressing in any loose nuts. Flour your hands lightly and gently divide the dough into 2 equal pieces (each weighing about 24 ounces). Shape each piece into a knot.
• Generously dust a peel or the bottom of a baking sheet with flour or coarse cornmeal. Carefully place the shaped loaves on the peel or sheet, leaving several inches between them so they won't grow into each other as they rise. Cover the dough with oiled plastic wrap and allow it to rise at room temperature until it has just doubled in volume, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• Thirty minutes before baking, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place a baking stone in the oven to preheat and place an empty water pan directly below the stone.
• When the loaves have doubled, use a pastry brush to paint each loaf with the cornstarch wash. Brush gently so you won't deflate the loaves. (Reserve the remaining cornstarch wash.) Shake the peel or pan gently to be sure the loaves aren't sticking and slide the dough onto the baking stone. Quickly pour 1 cup of very hot water into the water pan and immediately shut the door. After 1 minute, using a plant sprayer, mist the top and sides of the oven 6 to 8 times, then immediately shut the oven door. Repeat the misting procedure 1 minute later.
• Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature 350 degrees F and bake for 20 to 25 minutes longer, until the loaves are golden brown and the surface feels firm but not hard when you press it lightly. These should have a thin soft crust, not a hard crunchy one. Transfer the loaves to a rack and paint them again with the cornstarch wash. Allow to cool completely before serving. This bread is best eaten the day it is baked, but it also freezes exceptionally well if you wrap it in aluminum foil and then a heavy duty plastic freezer bag. Thaw at room temperature before serving.

AUTUMN PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F and spray 2 loaf pans with cooking spray.
• Mix together the first 7 dry ingredients in the bowl of an electric mixer; add pumpkin, oil, sugar and eggs. Mix well.
• Add dry ingredients, mix well.
• Mix in nuts and raisins by hand.
• Pour the mixture into prepared loaf pans and bake 50-55 minutes until done. Cool on wire rack for 15 minutes, remove from pans to wire rack and cool completely.
• If glazing, mix glaze ingredients together with a spoon and drizzle over loaves; top with walnuts.

HARVEST LOAF

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, salt and spices and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar, mixing well. Blend in eggs.
• To the butter and sugar mixture add flour mixture and pumpkin alternately, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chips and 1/2 cup chopped walnuts.
• Spoon into greased 9 x 5 inch loaf pan. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup walnuts.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 60 minutes. Test periodically with a toothpick or cake tester until it comes out clean.
• Cool in pan for about 10 minutes, then remove and cool completely on wire rack.

AUTUMN HARVEST PUMPKIN PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
• Blend the sugar, spices and salt together.
• Add eggs, pumpkin and evaporated milk.
• Stir to blend mixture well.
• Pour into unbaked pie shell.
• Bake in hot oven for 15 minutes.
• Lower temperature to 350 degrees F and bake 35- 40 minutes longer.
• Cool pie before serving.
• Garnish with whipped cream or a mixture of chopped nuts and honey drizzled over the top.

PUMPKIN AUTUMN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 2 loaf pans.
• In a large bowl mix together the dry ingredients thoroughly.
• In a seperate bowl beat together the pumpkin, oil, eggs and water.Add to the dry ingredients and stir just until dry ingredients are moistened. DO NOT OVER MIX.
• Pour one half of the batter into each loaf pan.
• Bake for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• Place on a rack and after 10 minutes remove from pan and let cool.

AUTUMN PUMPKIN POPCORN

Steps:

• Mix sugar and pumpkin pie spice together in small bowl.
• Pop corn in your microwave according to package directions, or your microwave settings.
• Remove from microwave and open bag (be careful of the steam!).
• Sprinkle pumpkin spice mixture over hot popcorn and shake up to distribute evenly.
• Enjoy!

AUTUMN BREAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine the first 4 ingredients; set aside.
• In another bowl, blend the eggs, sugar, pumpkin, and oil together; add to flour mixture.
• Stir until just moistened; fold in cranberries.
• Spoon/pour batter into two greased/floured 9x5 inch loaf pans.
• Bake in a 350° oven for 55-60 minutes or until pick comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 5-10 minutes; remove loaves to wire rack and cool completely.