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Pumpkin Nut Bread

Description

Capture the tastes of the holiday season with this easy nut bread. Bake ahead and freeze for quick, easy holiday gifts.

Ingredients

  • 3
    c
    sugar, granulated
  • 3 1⁄2
    c
    flour, all-purpose
  • 1⁄2
    t
    salt
  • 2
    t
    baking soda
  • 1
    T
    cinnamon
  • 1
    t
    nutmeg
  • 4
     
    eggs, large
  • 1
    c
    vegetable oil
  • 2
    c
    pumpkin, canned
  • 2⁄3
    c
    water
  • 1 1⁄2
    c
    walnuts, chopped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 3 large or 8 small loaf pans.

Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the eggs, oil, pumpkin and water. Beat well with an electric mixer. Stir in the walnuts with a wooden spoon.

Pour the batter into the loaf pans filling each half to two-thirds full.

Bake for 60-90 minutes for large pans, 30-45 minutes for small ones. Pumpkin-Nut bread is done when a toothpick in the middle comes out clean.

Cool in the pan for ten minutes, then loosen the edges of the bread with a knife and turn out to cool on a rack.

Makes 3 large loaves or 9 small loaves

Notes

To freeze, cool quick bread completely. Wrap each loaf in plastic wrap, then place wrapped loaves inside freezer food storage bag. Freeze up to 2 months.

Summary

Yield
Prep time10 minutes
Holiday RecipesQuick Bread Recipes