New England Pumpkin Walnut Bread Food

NEW ENGLAND PUMPKIN-WALNUT BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a small skillet, combine oats, sugar and cinnamon; cook and stir over medium heat 4-6 minutes or until oats are toasted. Remove from heat. , For bread, in a large bowl, beat pumpkin, eggs, oil, water, sugar, honey and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking soda, salt and spices; gradually beat into pumpkin mixture. Fold in walnuts., Transfer to 2 greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Sprinkle tops with oat mixture., Bake 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool.

NEW ENGLAND PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Mix sugar, oil, and pumpkin by hand. Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Sift dry ingredients together. Mix into pumpkin mixture, alternating with milk. Add cranberries and walnuts to batter. Spread into greased loaf pans.
• Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes (check after 1 hour, if using 3 small loaf pans.) Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pans.

NEW ENGLAND HARVEST CRANBERRY PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease two loaf pans. The original recipe didn't specify size; I use 9 inch pans.
• In large bowl, mix all dry ingredients thoroughly.
• In second large bowl combine all wet ingredients; mix thoroughly.
• Pour wet ingredients into bowl of dry ingredients. Mix just until thoroughly combined. Do not overmix as this will cause tough bread.
• Bake at 350 for approximately 60 minutes or until sharp knife inserted in center comes out clean. If neccessary, cover lightly with foil during the last 20 minutes to prevent the edges from burning.
• Let cool in pans for ten minutes then turn out onto racks to finish cooling.
• Glaze: Mix one cup powdered sugar, 1/4 cup orange juice concentrate, and 1/8 tsp allspice. Drizzle over cooled breads.