Oct 18 2008
Fresh Pumpkin Bread Recipe
Whether you’ve grown fresh pumpkin in your garden just to feed your family or you’ve grown a whole pumpkin patch for the business of selling pumpkins, you’ll want to have some great recipes. If you’re in the pumpkin business, make sure you have a certified kitchen (or any other necessary legalities covered) to bake in if you plan to sell your bake goods. This is one of my favorites, a bread recipe, with many variations which allows you to make the basic recipe and add different things to make each batch different.
Pumpkin Harvest Sweet Bread
Ingredients
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup brown sugar, packed
¼ cup white sugar
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups pumpkin puree
¼ cup milk
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup pecans, chopped
2 cups milk chocolate chips
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease or use spray oil to line 2 loaf pans.
In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, white sugar, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and pumpkin pie spice. Mix thoroughly.
In a separate mixing bowl, combine the eggs, pumpkin puree, milk and oil. Mix well.
Combine the pumpkin mixture with the dry mixture. Stir until all is moistened.
Add the pecans and chocolate chips and mix.
Pour the pumpkin mixture (half in each) into the loaf pans.
Bake for 55 to 60 minutes. Test the center with a toothpick. When it comes out clean the loaves are done.
Variations on the Bread Recipe
Instead of milk chocolate chips try:
*white chocolate chips
*butterscotch chocolate chips
*semi sweet or dark chocolate chips
* raisins
*dried cranberries
Instead of pecans try any other nut such as walnuts or almonds. Experiment by adding sunflower seeds or a combination of nuts and seeds. You also may enjoy the loaves with the nuts sprinkled only on top.
You also may like to use less oil and substitute applesauce for part or all of it. This recipe can also be made into small loafs or muffins.
Tips: If you are selling your baked goods, make up different names of each recipe combination you come up with, then print labels on your computer to make your packages look professional.
Also, you can never beat just plain old fashioned chocolate chip cookies at a sale. Just make your chocolate chip cookie a bit different by selling a dozen very small ones in a packet or a very large cookie. Or make the cookie with candy corn and peanuts instead of chocolate chips.
