Moist Pumpkin Spice Bread

Name: Moist Pumpkin Spice Bread
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 2 loaves, 24 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups pumpkin puree; 2 cups applesauce; 4 eggs; 1 cup water; 2 cups sugar; 3 1/3 cups flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 2 teaspoons cinnamon; 3/4 teaspoon nutmeg; 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon salt

Submitted by EntirelyEmily

"This may be the most delicious pumpkin bread recipe I've ever baked. I came up with this for my brother's 18th birthday and it has been devoured in just two days. I believe the applesauce in the recipe is what makes it so ooey-gooey moist. It's also low in fat as the applesauce replaces the oil that would normally be used. The recipe makes two loaves, one of which can be frozen or given to a friend."

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Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 12
Yields:: 2 loaves
Serves:: 24

ingredients

2 cups pumpkin puree
2 cups applesauce
4 eggs
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
3 ¹⁄₃ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoons cinnamon
³⁄₄ teaspoon nutmeg
³⁄₄ teaspoon ground cloves
1 teaspoon salt

directions

Preheat oven to 350.
Grease two 9 x 5 inch loaf pans and dust with a little flour.
In a large mixing bowl, beat together pumpkin, applesauce, sugar, water, and eggs until well blended.
Measure the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and salt, into a separate bowl and stir until combined.
Slowly add the dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture, beating until smooth.
Divide the batter evenly between the two pans.
Bake for 60-70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Allow bread to cool for 10-15 minutes before removing from pans.
Slice and serve plain, buttered, or with cream cheese.

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Reviews

Fantastic seasonal bread that doesn't make you feel guilty after eating too much of it! Plus you get all your vitamin A. I'm favoriting this and sending it to my friends and mother in law : )

mokguszqcom
I LOVE healthy recipes that end up tasting better than any other ones close! God this bread turned out moist. I think it's the applesauce that makes it retain the moisture and bounce. yummmyyyyy

HealthyBaking
I was going to make this, but went to the reviews to see what others thought, if they had modified, or anything like that. Then, I noticed that all the positive reviews were made within a freakishly close time to one another (not to mention the writing style of each is exactly the same.) Soooooo... I checked out the questionable reviewers. Turns out, each of them just so happened to have reviewed the same four recipes within the same few weeks of each other. Things that make ya go "hm?" So, not going to make it, not going to recommend it and in fact, plan to post this little bit of info on facebook, twitter, pinterest, etc. Shameful, really. I mean, fake news has screwed up this country, it shouldn't be tolerated in the baking world, for cryin out loud!

Nonayer E.
Soooo healthy and SOOOOOOOO yummy! This has to be the best pumpkin recipe I've ever used! I would recommend this to anyone : )

avobdziablas
Sooo moist!! I made this using 1/2 white and 1/2 whole wheat flour. I also only had pumpkin pie mix on hand so I used that and elimated the other spices as well as a cup of sugar. I didn't like it at first, it's not as sweet and you can taste the wheat flour, but now I'm hooked!! We haven't finished it yet and I am making more. My husband says it's the best pumpkin bread he has ever had! I also made recipe # 328442 Pumpkin Spice Cream Cheese Spread to go with it and it's perfect! I call it a "breakfast bread" because it's not too sweet and is pretty healthy, unlike most muffins and breads that are more like dessert and feel like a ball of white dough sitting in your gut! I'm going to try this now with regular pumpkin and see how that turns out.

Chef Casalinga

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Tweaks

Whole-grain flour (emmer/spelt)... honey in place of sugar/water... added nuts...

Cheryl S.
Sadly, both of my loaves sank immediately after I took them out of the oven, despite following the recipe carefully, including testing for doneness. I'm sure they will taste good, but I wanted to send one to a friend and I can't now. I have used applesauce instead of oil in other recipes. Not sure why it caused the bread to fall in this recipe. Too bad, really.

lois p.