Pumpkin Bread
Friday, October 08, 2004 @ 1:40 PM Pumpkin Bread

Ingredients:
1 & 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup pumpkin pure'e
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup water
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. allspice

*Optional Ingredients:
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2-3/4 cup of chocolate chips

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350*F. Sift together the flour, salt, sugar, & baking soda. Mix the pumpkin, oil, eggs, water & spices together, then combine with the dry ingredients, but don't mix too thoroughly. Stir in any optional ingredients here. Pour into a well buttered loaf pan. Bake 50-60 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Turn out of pan onto a cooling rack. Makes a 9x5x3 -inch loaf.

Variations:
You can also double the recipe and make into a bundt cake and then either drizzle a little powdered sugar glaze icing or sprinkle a little powdered sugar. You could also drizzle a little melted chocolate over the top of a bundt. This also makes a good breakfast muffin! My kids love it that way or with the chocolate chips mixed in! This bread is great to make up a bunch of loaves at once and then freeze the extra ones. You can then thaw out as needed. This also makes a great gift to wrap in colored plastic wrap or tissue paper and put in a gift basket!