Friday, September 6, 2019

Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe

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It's finally September, and that can mean only one thing...IT'S PUMPKIN SEASON!  Yes, it seems like everywhere you look you see pumpkin spice everything.  When I think of pumpkin, I think of eating slices of warm pumpkin bread at my grandma's table while she piddled about in the kitchen.  Just the thought of those memories give me all the feels so I thought I would share my Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe with you.  

The finished pumpkin bread loaf on a white platter with fall decor around it and the title above.

I'm no baker so you know this recipe is easy and it makes not one, but TWO loaves!  You're gonna love it so...

Let's Get Started!


For this Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe you are going to need a few simple ingredients:

The ingredients needed to make the Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe.

  • 3 cups Sugar
  • 1 cup Oil
  • 4 Eggs
  • 3 1/3 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 Tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • 2/3 cup Water
  • 1 15 oz can of Pumpkin
To begin you will need to preheat your oven to 350 degrees.


The flour, salt, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice combined in a mixing bowl.

Then, in a mixing bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice.

The flour, baking soda, salt, and pumpkin pie spice being whisked together.

Mix it all together and sit to the side.

The oil and sugar combined in a mixing bowl.

In a separate bowl combine the sugar and oil.

The oil and sugar being mix together,

Using a mixer, beat together the sugar and oil until it looks like wet sand.

The eggs added to the sugar mixture in the bowl.

Now add the eggs and beat those into the sugar and oil mixture.

The flour mixture being added to the sugar mixture.

Once the eggs have been beaten into the oil and sugar, you can started adding your flour mixture to the batter a few spoonfuls at a time.


When you feel the batter getting too heavy, add some of the water.

Water being added to the pumpkin bread batter.
Complete this process until you have combined all of the flour and water into your batter.

The pumpkin being added to the pumpkin bread batter.

Now it is time for the magic, the pumpkin.

Add the can of pumpkin to the batter and mix it in until smooth.

**MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING 100% PURE PUMPKIN AND NOT PUMPKIN PIE MIX**

The pumpkin bread batter distributed evenly between two bread pan.

For this Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe you are going to need two bread pans.

Make sure they are WELL GREASED and divide the batter between them equally.
I find the best way to do this is with a 1 cup measuring cup.

The two loaves of pumpkin bread in the oven.

Place them in the preheated oven and bake for 55-65 minutes.

I'll warn you now, your house is going to smell AMAZING!

A cake pin being poked into the pumpkin bread.

You will know that they are ready when you can stick a toothpick in them and it comes out clean.

Mine took the entire 65 minutes.

The two loaves of pumpkin bread, in the pans, on a cooking rack.

Sit the loaf pans on a cooling rack and let the pumpkin bread cool in the pan for 10 minutes.

The loaves of pumpkin bread, removed from the pan, on a cooling rack.

After 10 minutes remove the Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe from the loaf pans and place on a cooling rack until totally cool.

The completed loaf of Classic Pumpkin Bread on a white platter with fall decor around it.

Dust with a little icing sugar and you are ready to eat!

Have you ever seen a more beautiful loaf of Pumpkin Bread in your life?

A fancier load of the Classic Pumpkin Bread on the same white platter with fall decor around it.

How about now?

I got this really cute Fall Loaf Pan from Amazon last year and I love the way it elevates the look of this simple  pumpkin bread loaf.  It's perfect to serve at any and all of those holiday get togethers coming up!  It wasn't that expensive, so I linked it for you incase you are interested.


The warm spiciness of this Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe gives me all the autumn feels and I know it will do the same for you and your family as well. The pumpkin bread is moist and flavorful, everything you want this sweet treat to be! It's a super easy and fool-proof recipe that yields two loaves, one for now and one for later.  Just wrap one in cling wrap and place in the freezer until you are ready for it.  You won't find a better fall treat so get in the kitchen and give it a try TONIGHT!

And as always...

Happy Reading, Happy Eating, and Happy Living,
~The Kitchen Wife~



Yield: 2 Loaves
Author:

Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe

Nothing gives me the autumn feels like a warm slice of Pumpkin Bread. Here is my recipe for a Classic Pumpkin Bread that is super easy and perfect for the fall season!
prep time: 10 Mcook time: 65 Mtotal time: 75 M

ingredients:

  • 3 cups Sugar
  • 1 cup Oil
  • 4 Eggs
  • 3 1/3 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 Tbsp Pumpkin Pie Spice
  • 2/3 cup Water
  • 1 15 oz can of Pumpkin

instructions:

How to cook Classic Pumpkin Bread Recipe

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a mixing bowl combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and pumpkin pie spice.  Whisk together and sit to the side. 
  3. In a separate mixing bowl combine the sugar and oil.  Mix together until it resembles wet sand.
  4. Add the eggs to the oil and sugar mixture.  Mix them in until smooth. 
  5. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture a few spoonfuls at a time and mix.  If you find the batter is becoming too thick and heavy add the water.  Continue doing this until all the water and flour in incorporated into the sugar mixture.
  6. Add the pumpkin to the batter and mix in as well. 
  7. Grease TWO loaf pans LIBERALLY.  Evenly distribute the pumpkin bread batter between the two pans. 
  8. Place in the preheated oven and bake for 55-65 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. 
  9. Remove from oven and place the pans on a cooling rack.  Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes. 
  10. Remove from the pans and let cool. 
  11. Serve and Enjoy!
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2 comments:

  1. Are the loaf pans 9 x 5 inches?
    AAAND can we reduce the sugar without effecting the texture? My family does not like desserts to be overly sweet, but I do not want to ruin the texture.
    THANKS!

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  2. Yes, the loaf pans are 9x5. To be honest I have never strayed from this recipe, so I don't know the answer to your question. You can always give it a try. I will say that I don't find this to be too sweet at all.

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