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Pumpkin Bread

by erika

I was about to say that my roommate and I are like ships that pass in the night, but I just googled and that seems to have a kind of a romantic connotation. So let me say this: I live with my roommate who is great, but I don’t get to see her very often.

She’s busy with grad school applications; I’m busy baking, reading the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series and walking around trying to figure out how to exercise with a knee ridden with tendonitis or something equally annoying.

But last week, we finally got together for a roomie date and we went on a bender. A baking bender. It was quite fabulous.

I made those modified pumpkin muffins I showed you Monday and she made this pumpkin bread, which she found on FoodGawker (and she looked through a LOT of recipes, so you should be proud, Melissa!). This pumpkin bread is totally the dreamily indulgent, tight-crumbed type of treat that is exactly what it tastes like. That is, full of refined sugar and flour and oil. The type of stuff I try to avoid on a regular basis.

But. It’s delicious. Especially in moderation. Which is totally why both the bread and the muffins disappeared in about two days. In our humble abode of two people.

Ack. I will say that when we tried both pumpkin items right out of the oven, we actually liked the modified, low-fat muffins better. The pumpkin bread grew on us (all too quickly), but it was a sweet, cinnamon-y reminder how good modified recipes can be!

Notes

The original recipe lists butter, but says you can use canola oil in a pinch. I’ve always found that my quick breads turn out moister when I used oil, so that’s what my roommate used and the result was a very tender and moist bread. Next time, I’d definitely try cutting down on the oil in a similar fashion to these muffins, swapping in at least half yogurt or applesauce. You can’t hardly tell in pumpkin bread!

The original recipe also called for ginger,  nutmeg and cloves–the feisty trio that makes up pumpkin pie spice, which I often omit because I don’t have them and because I didn’t particularly like nutmeg the last time I tried it. I might try have to try again soon, but in the meantime, I’d try upping the cinnamon to 2 tsp to compensate for the lack of other spices.

Also, how much more awesome do you think it’d be if you added milk instead of water? Or yogurt (probably not the Greek kind, since that would be too thick)? I think it’d be great. If you make this, you should try it and let me know how it is!

Pumpkin Bread
Adapted from Kids in the Sink

Yield: 1 loaf

1.5 cups sugar
1/2 cup canola oil 
2 eggs
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1.5 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup water

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a loaf pan.

  1. In  a large bowl, combine oil and sugar until well combined. Add eggs and pumpkin and mix well.
  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
  3. Alternating between water and dry ingredients, pour into large bowl of creamed mixture. 
  4. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean.
  5. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes and then remove to wire rack.

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  1. Denise Browning

    September 26, 2012 at 8:22 pm

    Erika:
    This pumpkin bread looks simply divine. You’re absolutely right when you said that the oil makes them moist. I also like to use oil in my coffee cakes instead of butter for the same reason. Thanks a lot for stopping by and for your nice comment as well about my Tropical Sushi. xx

    • erika

      September 27, 2012 at 9:03 am

      Anytime! I look forward to reading more about your delicious fusion cuisine 🙂 And yes, I’m glad to have affirmation about oil and moisture!!

  2. Laura Dembowski (@piesandplots)

    September 22, 2012 at 10:08 am

    I love pumpkin muffins and posted some on my blog last week. I always use oil in quick breads like this, and I definitely would sub the water with something. Milk is a great idea!

    • erika

      September 27, 2012 at 9:05 am

      Thanks Laura! I love how you used fresh pumpkin AND toasted pecans in your muffins–fresh pumpkin sounds so luscious and pecans sound like the perfect decadent touch to pumpkin mufins 🙂

  3. Mich - Piece of Cake

    September 20, 2012 at 10:54 pm

    I’ll definitely swap out the butter for the oil too. This looks very delicious!

    • erika

      September 27, 2012 at 8:52 am

      Thanks Mich! 🙂

  4. petit4chocolatier

    September 19, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    The pumpkin bread looks absolutely delicious! I loved your pumpkin muffins too! I am craving pumpkin now.
    Sincerely,
    judy

    • erika

      September 20, 2012 at 8:43 am

      Thanks Judy! I have one more pumpkin recipe lined up this week that I’m super excited to share…pumpkin is the best!!!

  5. Choc Chip Uru

    September 19, 2012 at 2:55 pm

    This bread looks dreamy and utterly delicious, I could sink into it!
    Glad you and your roomie spent some good quality time together 🙂

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

    • erika

      September 20, 2012 at 8:46 am

      Thanks Uru! Haha. It was pretty plush and sinkable! LIKE YOUR CHOCOLATE COCONUT MUFFINS yummm going to go read about them now!

  6. erika

    September 19, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    Haha I just left you a comment–we must have crossed paths 🙂

    And thank you! I was excited to find this layout on wordpress 🙂 I’m sure all your coworkers and neighbors will love you! Mini loaves are such good gifts. My neighbor used to give us a trio of lemon poppyseed, cherry/craisin walnut and pumpkin mini loaves every year. They were always highly enjoyed!

  7. Bailey

    September 19, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    Wow, I love your new layout!! It’s very chic and modern 🙂 This pumpkin bread looks scrumptious. I actually don’t have a go-to pumpkin bread recipe and I was thinking that this year for Christmas I’d give out mini loaves to coworkers and neighbors. I’ll have to give this a try and be sure to let you know how it turned out.

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