Pumpkin Bread

I found this recipe for Pumpkin Bread on the allrecipes.com site and its definitely one of my favorite recipes. I made 2 loaves and both were gone in a matter of days.

• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 3 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 1 (16 ounce) can solid pack pumpkin 

In a mixing bowl, dream butter and sugar. Add eggs; mix well. Combine dry ingredients; stir into creamed mixture just until moistened. Stir in pumpkin. Pour into two greased 9-in. x 5-in. x 3-in. loaf pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour, or until bread tests done.

Pumpkin Bread and/or Muffins

Its been a while since I've contributed a new recipe, but with all the canned pumpkin I have on hand, I've become a baking fool.  Up first... Pumpkin Bread!  I got this recipe from AllRecipes.com.

Ingredients:

1 (15 ounce) can pumpkin puree

4 eggs

1 cup vegetable oil

2/3 cup water

3 cups white sugar

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking soda

1 1/2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon ground cloves

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 7x3 inch loaf pans.
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.
3. Bake for about 50 minutes in the preheated oven. Loaves are done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Some of my own thoughts... 

• I was actually able to make 1 loaf of bread and a dozen muffins with this recipe, seven of which have already been eaten.
• The bread actually took more like 60-70 minutes to cook, not 50 like the recipe said.
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  Next up... Pumpkin Cookies!

Egg Bread

From the darling Kerbi at So Are You To Me. Thanks Kerbi!

1 1/2 packets active dry yeast
1 T and 1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. olive oil
5 eggs
1 T salt
8 1/2 c. flour

1. In a large bowl, dissolve 1 T sugar and yeast in 1 3/4 c. warm water (stir for a couple of minutes to make sure everything is dissolved.



2. Wisk in oil, then beat in 4 eggs one at a time. Then add in 1/2 c. of sugar and salt. Gradually add in flour 1/2 c. at a time. Then knead the bread on the counter for a couple of minutes.



3. Grease another large bowl (or you can wash and use the same one from earlier) and return the bread. cover with a towel and let rise for 2 hours. Then press it down to get all the air out and let it rise for another 45 minutes.



4. Divide the dough in half (at this point I freeze one of the halves for later) If you don't want to freeze it, then take one of the halves and divide into 3 balls.



5. Roll out the balls and braid together. Repeat with the other half.



6. Beat the last egg and brush over bread. Let the bread rise for another 30-45 minutes.



7. Brush the bread one more time with the egg.



8. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes.

Whole-Wheat Bread

Our first recipe submission! From Mindy at Hill Happenings. Thanks Mindy!

To start mix together the following ingredients and let sit until double (usually 15-30 minutes). This step is called a sponge and is very important to allow the yeast to get a head start.

1 1/2 tablespoons yeast
2 cups warm water
2 cups whole-wheat flour

After rising, add the following:
1/4 cup butter or vegetable oil
1/3 cup honey or molasses (add a little more for sweeter bread)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
3 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour

Mix this together and knead for 15 -20 minutes if kneading by hand. Place in oiled bowl, cover and let rise again until double (About 30 minutes). Punch down and shape either in a bread pan or into loaf shape and place on oiled/prepared baking stone. Cover and let rise again until double, about 20-30 minutes. Use a sharp knife to cut a line in the top of the bread about 1/4 in. deep (I usually make a pretty design like you see on breads at a bakery).

Bake at 350-degrees for 30 minutes. Oil or butter top of bread for a nice shiny crust.

Poppy Seed Bread

1 cup warm water
1/2 cup poppy seeds
1 yellow cake mix
1 pkg. vanilla instant pudding
4 eggs
1/2 cup oil

Combine water and poppy seeds. Then combine all the ingredients together. Pour into two (2) greased loaf pans.

Bake at 350-degrees for 40-50 minutes.