Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

[dannibear]

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[TD]Prep Time: 15 Minutes
Cook Time: 50 Minutes
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[TD]Ready In: 1 Hour 5 Minutes
Servings: 24
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"The classic moist pumpkin bread from Down East is spiced with cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and cloves. This bread improves with age, so plan to make it a day ahead if possible."
Ingredients:
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[TD="width: 50%"]1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
4 eggs
1 cup vegetable oil
2/3 cup water
3 cups white sugar
3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
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[TD="width: 50%"]2 teaspoons baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
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Directions:

1.	Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
2.	In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
3.	Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

 

[Fragrant Grace]

Sounds very tasty

I will have to get those ingredients and try this.....and let you know

Have you tried it yet dannibear...is it as easy to make as it sounds?

 

[dannibear]

I did not make this because I didn't have the pans. I have never made bread before. My boyfriend's mother has the pans and made it, it was quite tasty. And I hate pumpkin so I was surprised lol.