Pumpkin Bread with Orange Spice Glaze
By Yankee Magazine|May 23 2002|
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 loaves
Bread:
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).
I usually don’t like pumpkin breads, but this one was very very good. I think the orange juice made the difference.
This recipe is much like an old family favorite. I’ve made it for over 30 years. So, when the Autumn light begins to shine, I begin to yearn to bake – and this is what I love to make.
I love pumpkin and this recipe is one of the best. The aroma while baking is wonderful and it tastes better than it smells, with or without the glaze. Yum!
I have made this Pumpkin Bread several times since I found it here in Yankee Magazine recipes. Friends and family say it is the best they have had, and I have to agree with them.
I have made this recipe many times. It is delicious. My 13-year-old grandson requests it for his birthday present. He thinks it is “awesome.” I do use the Orange Spice Glaze, the bread is good without … but the glaze makes it even better.