Recipes

Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

Downeast Maine Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients

  • 1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 cup vegetable oil
  • ⅔ cup water
  • 3 cups white sugar
  • 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 ½ teaspoons salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • ½ teaspoon ground cloves
  • ¼ teaspoon ground ginger

Directions

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
  • Step 2
    In a large bowl, mix together pumpkin puree, eggs, oil, water and sugar until well blended. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and ginger. Stir the dry ingredients into the pumpkin mixture until just blended. Pour into the prepared pans.
  • Step 3
    Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

 Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

263 calories; protein 3.1g 6% DV; carbohydrates 40.6g 13% DV; fat 10.3g 16% DV; cholesterol 31mg 10% DV; sodium 305.4mg 12% DV.