This Samhain pumpkin bread recipe was shared with me years ago by a friend. Since then, it's been tweaked and modified to its current form. Perfect for Samhain celebrations. The spices in this pumpkin bread blend together nicely, representing all things desired with the promise of new beginnings.
Ingredients
- ¾ cups all-purpose flour: 1 piece
- ½ cups white sugar: 1 piece
- salt: 0.75 tsp
- baking soda: 1 tsp
- ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon: 1 piece
- ground nutmeg: 0.5 tsp
- ground allspice: 0.5 tsp
- ground cloves: 0.5 tsp
- canned pumpkin: 1 can (15 ounce can)
- water: 0.33333 cup
- eggs: 2 piece
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- vegetable oil: 0.25 cup
- walnuts: 0.5 cup (chopped)
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 loaf pans.
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Stir flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and cloves together in a large bowl. Whisk together pumpkin, water, eggs, vanilla, and vegetable oil together in a separate bowl. Gradually pour wet mixture into dry while whisking until everything is well mixed. Fold walnuts into batter. Divide batter between the two prepared loaf pans.
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Bake in the preheated oven until top is golden and springs back when lightly pressed, 50 to 60 minutes. Allow cooling 20 minutes before removing from the pans.