Description

    Capture the tastes of the holiday season with this easy nut bread. Bake ahead and freeze for quick, easy holiday gifts.

    Ingredients

    3Cupsugar, granulated
    3 1⁄2Cupflour, all-purpose
    1⁄2Teaspoonsalt
    2Teaspoonbaking soda
    1Tablespooncinnamon
    1Teaspoonnutmeg
    4 eggs, large
    1Cupvegetable oil
    2Cuppumpkin, canned
    2⁄3Cupwater
    1 1⁄2Cupwalnuts, chopped

    Instructions

    Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter 3 large or 8 small loaf pans.

    Sift the dry ingredients together into a large bowl. Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add the eggs, oil, pumpkin and water. Beat well with an electric mixer. Stir in the walnuts with a wooden spoon.

    Pour the batter into the loaf pans filling each half to two-thirds full.

    Bake for 60-90 minutes for large pans, 30-45 minutes for small ones. Pumpkin-Nut bread is done when a toothpick in the middle comes out clean.

    Cool in the pan for ten minutes, then loosen the edges of the bread with a knife and turn out to cool on a rack.

    Makes 3 large loaves or 9 small loaves

    Notes

    To freeze, cool quick bread completely. Wrap each loaf in plastic wrap, then place wrapped loaves inside freezer food storage bag. Freeze up to 2 months.



    Summary

    Yield
    Servings
    Prep time10 minutes