Because the temperature is cool….
and because the air is crisp….
and because the leaves are changing….
and because the air is crisp….
and because the leaves are changing….
It’s time for pumpkin bread!!!
I’m a big fan of giving food gifts. HUGE FAN. To me, nothing says, “I really care about you,” more than a homemade food item. What’s even better is giving food to random people. I’ve been going to New York City for a food blogging class the past six weeks and I see so many people on the subway begging for food. It makes me sad to think that there are people out there that don’t eat every day.
Why not whip up a batch of this quick pumpkin bread, bake it in mini-loaf pans, wrap it up in some cute gift bags, and give it out! Last night I made four mini loaves and gave them out:
- One to my cycling instructor
- One to my 95 year old neighbor
- One to the door man in my building
- One to the mail man
Go ahead, make someone’s day!
| “Welcome Great Pumpkin” |
Recipe type: breads
Author:
Prep time: 20 mins
Cook time: 1 hour
Total time: 1 hour 20 mins
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 t. pumpkin pie spice
- 1 t. baking soda
- 1 t. baking powder
- 3/4 t. salt
- 1/2 c. (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/4 c. sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 c. canned pure pumpkin
- 1 t. vanilla extract
- 1/3 c. whole milk
- 3/4 c. miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 3/4 c. chopped walnuts (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour 9x5x2 metal loaf pan. Sift first five ingredients into a medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Gradually beat in sugar, then beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in pumpkin and vanilla. Beat dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture alternately with milk. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts. Transfer batter to pan.
- Bake loaf cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 15 minutes. Turn loaf out onto rack; cool completely.
Recipe Source: Bon Appetit Magazine, November 2000
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I’ve never tried, or made, pumpkin bread, but I really enjoy reading all the many recipes for it on wordpress. Yours sounds lovely and chocolate chips always work well in cakes like this.
Hi Jam, I got this recipe from to years ago and still LOVE using it! I don’t think there’s such a thing as too much pumpkin in the fall:) The blog looks wonderful, adding it to my google reader!
Hi Jam! I got this recipe from you years ago and still LOVE making it! I don’t think that there can be too much pumpkin in the fall! The blog looks wonderful, I’m adding it to my google reader!
Chocolate Pumpkin Bread is one of my fall faves. Yum! But I think you earned major Karma points for giving them out — I’ll bet it just made the recipients’ day.