Easy Pumpkin Bread

My family’s easy pumpkin bread recipe is moist, perfectly spiced, and beyond delicious. Bake it to perfection and top with cream cheese or serve plain!

This quick bread is probably my favorite sweet bread of all time. Worst quick bread recipe?  Banana bread.

I’ve been eating this pumpkin bread for as long as I can remember. The lovely aroma of it baking is such a great memory for me. I think it’s the cloves. 🙂

Christopher loves to slather prune spread on everything and this best pumpkin bread recipe is no exception. He eats this bread for either breakfast or as a snack.

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Helpful tips

• Do you hate getting your fingers greasy? Here’s a hack: put a sandwich baggie on your hand before dipping it in the butter, Crisco or whatever shortening you use. Spread it all over the inside of the bread pans. When you’re done, pull the baggie off your hand and throw it away. Clean hands = happy baker.
• Did you know they sell block Crisco? So easy to measure out and less mess.
• Use canned pumpkin puree NOT canned pumpkin pie filling as it is too sweet.
• Use your stand mixer but do not over mix at any step.
• When you mix all the wet ingredients, it will be watery – you will also see little balls of shortening in it, so don’t stress, it doesn’t matter.
• I use sprouted spelt flour. But you can replace it with all-purpose flour.
• No sifting involved, just put the dry ingredients in, as is.
• I would put chocolate chips in this bread but hubby likes it without. Try it both ways to see what you think.
• Sometimes I add 1/2 teaspoon of ground ginger and 1/8 teaspoon of ground nutmeg. It adds a deeper flavor but I prefer it as written.
• You can freeze one of the loaves for later consumption. First wrap it in plastic wrap and then in aluminum foil. Add the wrapped bread in a freezer bag and it will last up to 6 months.

How to make easy pumpkin bread

Pre-step

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and liberally grease two loaf pans.

Step one

Gather the ingredients – room temperature Crisco, white sugar and brown sugar. (A)

Step two

Add the ingredients to the stand mixer and mix until just combined.

Step three

Gather the wet ingredients – eggs, water, and pumpkin puree. (B)

Step four

Add the wet ingredients to the mixer and mix until just combined – (it will be loose, so don’t stress about it).

Step five

Gather the dry ingredients – flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and the spices – cinnamon and cloves. Along with chopped walnuts and raisins. (C)

Step six

Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and the spices to the to the pumpkin mixture and mix until just combined.

Step seven

Stir in chopped walnuts and raisins with a rubber spatula and pour the batter into greased bread pans.

Step eight

Bake for 1 hour and 5 minutes. As all ovens are different, check after 1 hour to see if it needs more time – which it does, usually 5 minutes.

Step nine

Stick either a cake tester or a toothpick in the middle of the bread and if it comes out clean, it’s done.

Take the bread out of the oven and let it cool in the pan for 15 minutes before removing it and placing them on a wire rack. (5)

Isn’t this loaf a thing of beauty? I love how smooth it turns out, with just the right amount of crevice running through the top. Ahhhh.

Yum, yum.  I hope you like this easy pumpkin bread recipe.

What is your favorite sweet bread recipe? Leave me a comment to let me know as I’m nosy!

Here’s a slice of pumpkin bread before hubby worked his magic.

And after. Perfect.

Other popular sweet bread recipes

• Layered pumpkin cheesecake bread
• Vegan lemon blueberry bread
• Fabulous healthy zucchini bread
• Lemon raspberry bread
• Pumpkin muffins

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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