Pumpkin Bread (you're welcome)

I promised last year to share my pumpkin spice cupcake recipe and never did..(why that's still lingering in my mind I'll never know) anyways, now I don't know where it is and that depresses me.  SO I would be remiss if I did not share this one (to make up for last year, of course) and because it's just that worth sharing.  Make this and you won't be disappointed.
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Ingredients:

  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp nutmeg
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 cups canned pumpkin
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 2/3 cup water
  • 4 eggs
  • 3 cups sugar


Directions:  Sift all dry ingredients.  
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Combine all liquids and slowly add to dry ingredients stirring all the time until smooth.
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Add nuts/raisins if desired.  
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pumpkin bread
Add entire contents of the bag.. do it.

Grease pans.  Bake 350.
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*so those are the original directions.  Not very explanatory so I figured out baking them at 350 for 38 minutes all together was *perfect*.  In my oven though- check them after 25 minutes with a toothpick or thin knife and every 8 mins or so after that so you don't over bake.  I bought small gift-size loaf pans and ended up filling all 5 of them 3/4 of the way full as well as a regular bread loaf pan 1/2 way full.  So this recipe makes A LOT!  

BUT WAIT there's more! (;  My mom gave me this great sugar crumb topping to add:
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  • 1 Tbls Flour
  • 5 Tbls brown sugar
  • 1 Tbls melted butter
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
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(double this mixture though (maybe triple it..i LOVE crumb topping)!  I used all of the above measurements on just the 5 small loafs and made a whole new batch and ALL of that went on our big loaf.  It's mighty tasty.)
And finally....
 (your helper should be happy at this point)
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Dig in.
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20 comments

Pia said…
Oh my, this looks delicious! I wonder if I can get canned pumpkin in Germany...I really hope so, I desperately want to try this!
peckette said…
I am going to make this right now! So easy! Thanks so much!
carol said…
thanks so much for sharing this! it looks so yummy...I need to try it!! :)
Brea said…
yum yum yum!!! I just made a pumpkin roll the other day is it didn't tun out so good... lol
Allison said…
I am literally salivating right now... GET IN MY BELLAY! Haha. I am DEFINITELY gonna try this out.
i am SOOO making this!
Devin & Ruthann said…
Yum. Now I'm motivated to do some yummy fall baking!
Suget said…
wow... that looks delicious. thanks, I shall try this, this weekend, probably won't come out like urs haha but I shall try. (:
Tunes & Spoons said…
Oh my, I need to do this ASAP. Husband said he wants this like now! Thanks for sharing!
~M~ said…
These look so good!!!! I am going to make them this weekend!!
Lissa Chandler said…
this looks fabulous. thanks!
Jess said…
Super cute & yummy looking! Who the heck eats raisins anyway...? CHOCOLATE!
Melody said…
I dreamed about you Connie all night last night--great dreams! I made banana bread with choco chips in it this weekend, but now will just have to make it with the pumpkin---long live pumpkin/raisin bread or rather pumpkin/chocolate bread! Yummy!
Lauren said…
Oh you are my kinda girl. Raisins.. what? The whole bag of chocolate chips.. yes please! I will be making this. Yes yes!
Anonymous said…
i just read this post at work--

at the raisin/RAAWR part laughed out loud. i may have no more work friends now, but thank you for brightening my day!!

and it looks delicious.
Oh my GOSH! YUM!!!! And what beautiful photgraphs you take, missy!!
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Honey said…
Hi, Connie! ;D
I have no idea how I stumbled across your blog - but I wanted to send a note THANKING you for this recipe. I tried it out on the family - and they loved the bread!

Really, really cute blog!

Good luck with baby Hyrum. I wish you a safe and easy delivery (and recovery, of course!).

Jaime
Honey said…
Connie - stopping by a year later to look up this recipe again! Using it for birthday pumpkin muffins...!!
Thank you again!!
ConnieB said…
Haha! Awesome! Glad to hear this (: (: