Pumpkin bread
Pumpkin bread is a quick bread that is light, moist and utterly delicious.
Ingredients
- 2 cups pumpkin puree
- 2 ½ cups flour
- 1 tablespoon Pumpkin spice*
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
Pumpkin Spice
- 1 tablespoon Cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon Ginger
- 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon Cloves
- ¼ teaspoon All-Spice (optional)
Instructions
- Wash and peel your pumpkin.
- Roast, Steam or boil for 20-25 minutes until soft.
- Place in a bowl and mash using a fork or potato masher until smooth. (If you steamed or boiled, place in a sieve to drain some of the liquid it absorbed while cooking.)
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 180°C, brush an 8x4-inch loaf pan with butter or oil. Set aside.
- In a bowl, mix together flour, pumpkin spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.
- In another bowl, whisk sugar, oil and egg, until smooth.
- Stir in the pumpkin puree until well combined.
- Add dry ingredients to the pumpkin and mix gently until just combined.
- Fill the loaf pans up to two-thirds full.
- Bake for 65-75 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle, comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 5 minutes then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes
- Relish your Pumpkin bread with a drink eg. beetroot juice, Zobo, tea, coffee, Cashew fruit juice etc.
