One of my dear friends sent me a text the other day asking if I had a good pumpkin bread recipe. I had to admit that I didn’t. For years, I’ve been buying Trader Joe’s pumpkin bread mix. It’s the only mix I’ll buy. She also uses it but wanted to make something from scratch. Of course, I had to start looking for a recipe. I sent her the recipe I found and told her that I would make a classic pumpkin bread as well.
The loaf doesn’t bake up very high, but it’s a lovely moist flavorful bread. Yes, I’m going to compare it to Trader Joe’s and I can say it was just as good! My proof was when Miles tried to eat half of the loaf for breakfast.
Classic Pumpkin Bread
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly spray a 9 x 5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray. In a large bowl, combine the pumpkin, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Add the sugar and mix well. In a medium bowl combine the flour, salt, baking soda, baking powder, and spices. Add to the wet ingredients and mix just until combined.
- Pour into the loaf pan and bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Allow to cool before removing from pan.
Adapted from yammie's noshery
So glad you like it 🙂
They were delicious. I added chopped pecans and made 12 muffins. Will definitely make again.
Also I used almost a whole can of pumpkin instead of 1 cup.