Before I left for my trip, I wanted to make sure that we had a yummy snack for the kids to munch on. I checked the pantry and had all of the ingredients to put together some mini-loaves of my favorite spiced pumpkin bread in the world. Smear this with a little butter and a cup of coffee, and you have the ultimate coffee shop experience at home.
This batter makes four mini-loaves so I was able to wrap one and put it in the freezer, leave two out for eating, and I gave a loaf of it to my mother-in-law who took a day off to help us with the kids while I am out-of-town. Wrapped in tin foil, I stamped a tag with a little thank you rubber stamp and tied the loaf off with a little raffia. I hope nothing says thank you and I appreciate you like a loaf of this pumpkin bread!
The best part about this bread, of course, is that all of the ingredients can be found and stocked in your pantry. The other great part is that it is inexpensive and easy to make. That makes it a winner in our house!
Spiced Pumpkin Bread
3 cups sugar
1 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 16-ounce can solid pack pumpkin
3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts (optional)
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour two 9×5x3-inch loaf pans. Beat sugar and oil in large bowl to blend. Mix in eggs and pumpkin. Sift flour, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, salt and baking powder into another large bowl. Stir into pumpkin mixture in 2 additions. Mix in walnuts, if desired.
Divide batter equally between prepared pans. Bake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Transfer to racks and cool 10 minutes. Using sharp knife, cut around edge of loaves. Turn loaves out onto racks and cool completely.
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16 Responses to “Deliciously Spiced Pumpkin Bread”
This looks lovely! I just want to dip it into my coffee right now! I am soooo using this recipe. Thanks for sharing it!
Amy W
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Thanks for sharing this recipe. Nothing says fall better than fresh PUMPKIN bread.
Blessings,
Sher
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A pumpkin Spice Latte with this and I’d be in heaven! Thanks so much.
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This sounds sooooooooo good. I need some for breakfast!
Steph
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Oooo!! This looks really good, but I don’t have ground cloves or nutmeg. Do you think I could use the “pumpkin pie spice” that McCormick makes? It’s a mix of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and allspice. If so, how much do you think I should use? Hmmmm…
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What a great fall breakfast treat! Thanks for the recipe!
Erin
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Amy,
After reading your recipe, I had to make it. It is soooo YUMMY! I am making more to give away…thanks for posting it!
Andrea
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So cute! These will be great for Sunday morning bible study breakfast. I can’t wait to make these. Thanks for the idea!
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Amy,
I only have reg size loaf pans. Do you think the ingredients would make one loaf or two?? Thanks, Heather
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Heather- It will make two regular loaves or four mini loaves. I hope you like it!!
Laura- that pumpkin pie spice will work great. I have even just used cinnamon in a pinch!
Andrea- I can’t believe you already tried it. That made me so happy! Enjoy your yummy treat!
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I’m SO going to try this next week!! I love making pumpkin bread!
And I do add dried cranberries sometimes like I mentioned to you this weekend – so if I try that, I’ll let you know how it works out!
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I have been looking for a really good pumpkin bread recipe. I will definitely give this one a try!
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I have made Pumpkin Bread two weeks in a row and they have been great! I even exchanged some of my white flour for Whole Wheat and it was delicious!
I am on a bread baking mission this fall and winter!
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Ethan and I made this last night as some mommy ethan time. We had a blast. I shared it with my friends. It was a hit. We are making it for our annual neighborhood halloween get together. My neighbor doesn’t believe that I made it. I do cook, they just don’t realize I steal great receipes from great people.
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Amy,
Do you know if you can freeze it? I have never frozen anything like this. I wonder how long it would be good in the freezer.
You can email me at threeladiesandadad(at)yahoo(dot)com
Thanks!
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I had to save this recipe to try out when I had a chance. I got some pumpkin on sale a few weeks ago and bought some to save for a “rainy day”. I just ran across it in the cabinet and got the urge to bake. Glad I had your recipe waiting in the wings! Can’t wait to try it out. Thank you!
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