One of my favorite holiday traditions is to make pumpkin bread with my mom. It is something that we have done ever since I can remember, and it will always be one of my favorite treats. One year for my birthday, I even asked my mom to bake pumpkin bread for me instead of a cake! I’ll leave the recipe down below, and I hope you all try it out and love it as much as I do!
Ingredients:
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1 cup margarine (You can also use butter, but we’ve tried that before and it doesn’t taste as good!)
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2 3/4 cups sugar
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3 eggs
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1/2 tsp of baking powder
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3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
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1 tsp nutmeg (This part is the best in my opinion!)
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1 tsp baking soda
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1/8 salt (You can chose to leave this out, and it still tastes great!)
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1 tsp allspice
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1 tsp cinnamon
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2 cups pumpkin
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1 tsp vanilla
Directions:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees, and soften the margarine at room temperature.
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Cream margarine, and gradually add sugar and eggs. Mix until well blended.
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Sift together the flour, baking powder, nutmeg, baking soda, salt, allspice, and cinnamon. Add to the creamed mixture.
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Add pumpkin and vanilla. Mix until well blended.
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Grease two 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 X 2 1/2 loaf pans. You can also use 4 small foil pans.
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Pour mixture into pans, and bake in the oven for 1 hour, if you are using the bigger pans. If you are using the small foil pans, bake for 40 minutes. Your oven might need to bake the bread for a little longer than I’ve listed, so be sure to check your’s after the 40 minutes or the hour.