Delicious Pumpkin Bread
"another Amish recipe"
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
1 loaf
ingredients
- 1 2⁄3 cups flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1⁄3 cup shortening
- 1 1⁄3 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup mashed pumpkin
- 1⁄3 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup chopped walnuts or 1/2 cup pecans
directions
- Grease regular loaf pan.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Cream shortening, sugar and vanilla.
- Add eggs one at a time.
- Beat thoroughly after each addition.
- Stir in pumpkin.
- Add dry ingredients alternately with the water, beating until mixture is smooth.
- DO NOT OVERBEAT.
- Fold in nuts.
- Pour into loaf pan and bake 350F for 45-55 mins or until done.
- Turn bread onto wire rack to cool, before storing in an airtight container.
- Slice and serve with butter if desired.
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i live in rural canada. i love to cook, penpalling, hockey,music, and wwe wrestling. also am a avid fishermen as well. my grandmother who was a great cook and baker (she owned and operated a bake shop for years) was my biggest inspiration for me learning to cook and bake.
