Kids love this easy quick bread, which tastes something like applesauce cake because of all the spices. If it’s a bit too sweet for your taste, try it without the glaze. Great served with coffee, too.
Yield:
2 loavesBread:
Ingredients
3/4 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1 can (15 ounces) pumpkin puree
2 cups white sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
3-1/2 cups all-purpose white flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1-1/2 cups chopped nuts
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease two 8-inch by 4-inch loaf pans.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the oil, eggs, pumpkin, and sugar. Stir in the 1/4 cup orange juice. In another bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, soda, salt, cloves, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon nutmeg. Combine with the pumpkin mixture and mix well. Fold in 1 cup of the nuts. Spoon the batter into the prepared pans. Sprinkle the remaining nuts on top.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes or until a tester inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then turn out onto wire racks to finish cooling.
Glaze:
Ingredients
1 cup confectioners’ sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/3 cup orange juice
Instructions
Combine all the glaze ingredients. Drizzle over the bread while it is still warm (but not hot).
