Pumpkin Bread

Recipe courtesy Alton Brown

Show: Good EatsEpisode: Squash Court

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (109)

Cook Time:
1 hr 15 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
1 loaf or 1 1/2 dozen small muffins

Times:

Prep: 20 min
Inactive Prep: --
Cook: 1 hr 15 min
Total:: 1 hr 35 min

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Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
3 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups shredded fresh pumpkin
1 cup toasted pumpkin seeds

Directions

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Sift the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together.

In a separate bowl, mix the sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla. Combine both mixtures and fold in the shredded pumpkin and pumpkin seeds. Once the ingredients are all incorporated pour into a non- stick 9 by 5 by 3-inch loaf pan. If your pan is not non- stick coat it with butter and flour.

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes. At this point a knife inserted into the middle of the loaf should come out clean. Cool for 15 minutes and turn out onto a cooling rack. Cool completely. For muffins temperature should also be 325 degrees F., but bake for 30 minutes.

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Heather Lafayette, CO 01-09-2010
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Easy to Make GF
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I have celiacs so am always looking for something that I can easily adapt that non-celiac folks will like as well as I do. ... This is a huge winner. I just use GF baking mix and xanthum gum and it's perfect - I also top it with a drizzle of royal icing - thanks Alton!Read more
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Kerri zachary, LA 12-28-2009
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Very moist
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

This is the best recipe...
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Ruth Boise, ID 12-07-2009
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Great Mini Muffin recipe with Yams or Sweet Potato
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I make this all the time now, and my husband says it tastes as good or better than anything from Starbucks. I use 3 medium... sized yams that I halve, apply salt and pepper and olive oil, and roast off at 425 degrees for 45 min, and just replace the pumpkin with them after they are cooled. I make mini muffins and it takes about 20 min. at 325 degrees. The kids love them. Makes about 40 mini muffins.Read more
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Jennifer San Bernardino, CA 11-26-2009
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*heaven*
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

this is my go-to recipe whenever i'm in the mood for some pumpkin muffins. i use pecans in place of the pumpkin seeds, a... large can of pumpkin puree instead of fresh pumpkin, baking Splenda instead of sugar, and add a few extra spices (allspice, nutmeg, etc.) to taste. the results = always amazing!!! after it's cooled, i heat it up in the microwave for about 20 seconds and serve it a la mode with some vanilla ice cream. HEAVEN!!!!Read more
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Becky Colleyville, TX 11-22-2009
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Can I give it NO stars?
Rated: 1 stars out of 5

I always go to Alton Brown for any recipe because they are all delicious, so I was very, very disappointed in this one. Like... many other posters, I cooked and cooked this bread...over 2 1/2 hours...and it was still a gooey mess inside. I used convection as well as standard oven settings, and it remained a gooey mess. Thinking it was maybe my oven, I made a different batch using a different recipe...that one came out delicious. This morning, after cutting into my Alton Brown mini loaves, only two were gooey messes..the other 3 were fine, as far as texture was concerned. Taste was very bland. My husband ate them, but he liked the second recipe I tried better (from Joy of Cooking). Sorry Alton, I don't understand why some of us are winding up with gooey, undercooked messes here, but it seems when something goes wrong with this recipe, that's what goes wrong. Read more
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Samara Lakewood, CO 11-21-2009
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The seeds
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I love this recipe I continue to use it over and over with the exception of the seeds. I found out that the seeds get rather... chewy so by the time you are done chewing the bread you are still left chewing seeds.The only thing that might make this better is shelling the seeds or buying some that have already been shelled,or of course leaving them outRead more