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Holiday Pumpkin Bread Recipe

This recipe has been in my family for about 30 years. We are not big pumpkin eaters, but no one turns down a slice of this bread.—Gale Spross, Wills Point, Texas

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Holiday Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 65 min. + cooling

Yield: 24 Servings

15 65 80

Ingredients

3 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon each ground cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 can (15 ounces) solid-pack pumpkin
1 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups chopped pecans

Directions

In a bowl, combine the sugar, flour, spices, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In another bowl, combine the eggs, pumpkin, oil and vanilla; mix well. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in pecans.
Spoon into two greased and floured 8-in. x 4-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350° for 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 2 loaves (12 slices each).

Lighter version: Makeover Holiday Pumpkin Bread

Nutritional Analysis: One slice equals 283 calories, 15 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 27 mg cholesterol, 94 mg sodium, 35 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 3 g protein.

Originally published as Holiday Pumpkin Bread in Light & Tasty October/November 2003, p21