It is that time of year again!
The leaves are just beginning to turn, enough have fallen so that when you walk down the street there is that satisfying crunch beneath your feet. The pumpkin spice lattes have returned to Starbuck menus across the nation, sweaters are coming out from their summer hibernation. It is autumn!
Now, with all this wonderful excitement over my favorite time of year, comes all the amazing fall foods; pumpkin bread, banana bread, butternut squash soup, stuffed acorn squash, pumpkin soup, pumpkin munchkins (I’m looking at you Dunks), apple cider, homemade applesauce, the list goes on and on. One of my personal favorite autumnal foods happens to be pumpkin bread. In fact, I love pumpkin bread so much that I spent over three hours baking five loaves of pumpkin bread and two dozen pumpkin muffins. Let me just say that it was a great morning, baking and my favorite Spotify playlist are really all I need.
I don’t know whether or not you all like pumpkin bread or not, but if you don’t then I’d reevaluate just about everything. For those of you who do like pumpkin bread here is the recipe that I swear by;
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1/4 water
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp allspice
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
- (if you don’t have cinnamon, allspice, and nutmeg you can use pumpkin spice instead.)
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter a 9” x 5” x 3” baking pan (if you choose a different size, you may have to alter how long the batter needs to bake).
- Sift the flour, baking soda, salt, and sugar together in one bowl.
- In a separate bowl, mix the eggs, vegetable oil, pumpkin puree, spices, and water together.
- Fold the dry mixture into the wet mixture, do not mix too much.
- Pour the batter into your baking pan and place in oven.
- Cook for 50-60 minutes.
I definitely recommend this recipe to all you pumpkin lovers! Give it a whirl and let me know how it goes!
I agree, fall is my favorite season. I love sweater weather, apple cider, and pumpkin bread. This made me want to embrace the cool weather by apple picking!
ReplyDeleteI love the fall and it is my favorite season as well. I walked out of my house the other day with my dad and I said to him, "its starting to smell like fall!' It was the first chilly day in a while and I loved it! All of the reasons you listed above along with all of the classic fall foods just made me that much more excited for this season. I love pumpkin bread and I always have my grandma make it for me when she visits. But that isn't that often so I will definitely be making your recipe and I can't wait.
ReplyDeleteI loved the line "the satisfying crunch beneath your feet." It's true that a nice crunch, whether it's dry leaves or that very thin ice in the winter is oddly gratifying! Your piece made me look forward to the positive aspects of fall when I usually consider it the death of summer.
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