Quick and Easy Pumpkin Bread
INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 50-60 min or 25-30 min
  • Servings: 1 loaf or 12 muffins
  • Preparation Time: 10 min
  • 1 1/2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup pumpkin puree
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 2 eggs, Beaten
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1/2 teaspoon allspice
  • 1/2 cup walnuts (optional
DIRECTIONS
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. Sift together flour, salt, sugar, and baking soda.
  3. In a separate bowl combined pumpkin, oil, eggs, water, and spices.
  4. Combine with dry ingredients but, do not mix too thoroughly.
  5. Stir in walnuts, if using.
  6. Pour into a well-greased standard loaf pan.
  7. Bake 50-60 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the very center of the loaf comes out clean. Turn out of the pan and let cool on a rack.
  8. Makes one loaf. Recipe can easily be doubled.
  9. Can be baked as muffins, just reduce baking time to 20-25 minutes.
RECIPE BACKSTORY
I can't remember exactly where I got this recipe from, but it's been one of my families favorite. It comes out so moist everytime.