Holiday pumpkin bread

Holiday pumpkin bread

Ingredients/Components

• sugar
• cinnamon - 1 tsp
• eggs - 4 item
• salt
• chopped nuts - 2/3 c
• butter - 3/4 c
• water - 2/3 c
• baking powder
• baking soda - 2 tsp
• plain flour
• chopped maraschino cherries - 1/2 c
• ground cloves - 1 tsp
• cream cheese optional - 1 item
• fresh fruit optional - 1 item
• pumpkin, canned or cooked - 1 lb

How to make holiday pumpkin bread:

Cream together butter and sugar in large mixing bowl; add eggs all at once. Add pumpkin and water, stirring until well blended. In separate bowl, combine remaining ingredients, except nuts and cherries; mix well. Stir dry ingredients into pumpkin mixture, a little at a time, until well blended. Stir in nuts and cherries.

Grease and flour 2 loaf pans; divide batter evenly into pans and bake in preheated 350° oven, about 1 hour and 10 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan to wire racks. Cool completely before wrapping with foil or plastic wrap. Serve with fresh fruit or cream cheese, if desired. Leftover may be frozen and thawed, sliced and toasted.

Recipe categories: Breads, Christmas, Winter.