Southern Living Pumpkin Bread Food

PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Cream oil and sugar together.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Then stir in pumpkin, flour and spices.
• Mix up well and pour into two greased loaf pans and bake at 325 degrees for about 60 minutes.
• Check with a toothpick.
• If it comes out clean, it is ready.
• You can add ¾ Cup chopped pecans or 1 Cup raisins or chopped dates if you like.
• I like to use raisins.
• If you add raisins, mix them with a little flour before you pour them into the batter.
• It will keep them from sinking to the bottom of the loaf pan when you cook them.

MOIST PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• In a medium size bowl beat eggs and mix with sugar, oil, water and pumpkin.
• In another bowl mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Combine wet ingredients with dry ingredients only until just blended. Do NOT overmix.
• Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan. This bread fits perfectly in an 8.5 x 4.5 loaf pan. Bake in a 325 degree oven for 50 to 60 minutes.
• For topping: In a small saucepan mix butter, brown sugar and milk. Boil only 2 1/2 minutes while stirring constantly. Immediately drizzle on top of loaf. Sprinkle with chopped pecans and press pecans lightly into topping.
• Wrap and store until next day for serving. This will keep moisture inside. It is ok if bread "sweats" while wrapped.

COPYCAT STARBUCKS PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. 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. , Transfer to two greased 9x5-in. loaf pans. Sprinkle tops with pumpkin seeds., 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.

PUMPKIN BREAD PUDDING WITH PRALINE PECAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Bread Pudding.
• 1. Wisk together eggs and then add the next 8 ingredients. Stir in bread cubes and seal the bowl with plastic wrap. Cool over night.
• 2. Preheat oven to 350. Pour mixture into a greased 13 X 9" pan. Cover with foil and bake for 35 minutes. Uncover and continue to bake for 15 minutes.
• Praline Sauce.
• 1. Heat pecans in a skillet over medium-low heat, stiring often for 3 to 5 minutes. Until lightly toasted and fragrant. remove pecans from skillet.
• 2. Cook brown sugar, butter and corn syrup over medium heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved. This takes 3 or 4 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in pecans and vanilla.
• 3. Pour over bread pudding while hot, hopefully bread pudding is hot and put in oven until the sauce begins to bubble.

ORANGE PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed of an electric mixer.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Combine flour and next 5 ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with pumpkin, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
• Add water and orange juice, mixing well.
• Stir in raisins and orange rind.
• Spoon batter into two greased and floured 9x5x3-inch loaf pans.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely on wire racks.

PURFECT PUMPKIN BREAD

Steps:

• *Cream together oil & sugars at medium speed with an electric hand mixer.
• *Add egg yolks - one at a time, beating after each addition.
• *Stir in canned pumpkin, water, & milk.
• *Combine flour & the next 5 ingredients in a separate mixing bowl, and add to the creamed mixture, a little at a time - mixing well.
• *Add in Vanilla and the flax seed, - blend.
• *Meanwhile, beat the egg whites with hand mixer until stiff, (make sure to use clean beaters), whites will form meringue peaks.
• *Next, gently stir in dried raisins or cranberries, and nuts into the batter.
• *Fold the meringue gently into the pumpkin bread batter.
• *Spoon batter into greased & floured loaf pans.
• *Bake at 350° for 1 hour, or until a toothpick when inserted in the center of the loaves, comes out clean.
• *Cool loaves on wire racks.